As the country goes through the first phase of transition in the education sector with the phasing out of Form-One intake this year, a section of traders in Nyeri are reading from a different script.
Kenya introduced the 8-4-4 education system in 1985 when the Government at the same time phased out the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) examination and replaced it with the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam while the Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) at O-Level became the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
However, with the introduction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in 2017, modelled under the 2-6-3-3-3 model, the country began a gradual transition from the old 8-4-4 system that had been around for more than three decades.
The last KCPE examination was done on November 1, 2023, at 11 am and was subsequently replaced by the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA).
