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Stakeholders split over proposal to split junior school

Education PS Julius Bitok issues KCSE Chemistry Paper 1 (Theory) to candidates at Kapkondot Secondary School, Kerio Valley, on November 3, 2025. [File]

Details have emerged on a proposal to  split Junior School into two in a move that would effectively revert Kenya’s education system to the scrapped 8-4-4 model.

Under the proposal now before Parliament, Junior School would be restructured so that Grades 7 and 8 remain in primary schools, while the final class, Grade 9, is moved to Senior Secondary School.

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