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President's team leans on reducing subjects, a return to national exams

Class 8 candidates ready to write KCPE exams. [File, Standard]

Cutthroat national examinations may remain in Kenyan schools, clawing back proposals pitched under the new curriculum emphasising skills and competencies.

Learners under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) would still scramble for high scores in national examinations, retaining the crisis that the shift from 8-4-4 sought to cure.

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