What Kenya is ignoring in its latest CBC decision

President William Ruto’s declaration that Grade Seven to Grade Nine under the Competency-Based Curriculum will be hosted in primary schools marks a major policy reversal with far-reaching ramifications. It expands primary schooling from six to nine years, demolishes what was earlier conceived as three-year junior secondary schooling and shrinks secondary education to only three years of study: Grades 10, 11 and 12.

Effectively, this places Kenya among the few countries globally with the longest primary education cycle and shortest secondary education.