Kenya: 6 Priorities to Get Kenya’s Curriculum Back On Track – or Risk Excluding Many Children From Education

Kenya’s education curriculum was reformed in 2017 to improve its quality – but now many Kenyans are calling for change again. Public disillusionment with the competency-based curriculum has forced a government review.

Frustrations with the curriculum centre around the complexity of learning activities and its sustainability given the high costs involved in its delivery.

The previous 8-4-4 curriculum, launched in 1985, required eight years of primary schooling and four years each of secondary and…