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Grade 9 to remain in primary despite secondary school push

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Education Principal Secretary Dr. Belio Kipsang and KICD CEO Charles Ongondo during a stakeholders forum for Senior Schools and Education Curricular at KICD Nairobi on Wednesday, April 03, 2024. [Samson Wire, Standard]

The Ministry of Education has dismissed a push by a section of stakeholders who sought to have the final grade of the CBC moved to secondary schools.

This effectively means that the pioneer class of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) will remain in their current institutions next year when they transition to Grade 9.

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