Explore more ways to tap youth talent

A group of youth enjoy fun at Rupaz Fun and Fitness Centre during the Burudika festival on the eve of Christmas Day celebrations. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

This week marked another milestone for the education sector with the reduction of learning areas in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).

According to the new plan by the Ministry of Education, which is based on the recommendations of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms, subjects taught in Junior Schools have been reduced from 14 to nine, alongside the dropping of the name 'secondary' from junior and senior levels of education for the basic level of education.