Gov't Suspends Implementation of New 2-6-3-3-3 Kenya Education System

Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed has announced that the government will not be rolling out the new education curriculum in January as earlier planned.

Amina says the government has suspended implementation of the new education system to give room for comprehensive consultation with all stakeholders.

The Cabinet Secretary also says that this will give the Education Ministry more time to set up the required infrastructure.

“We have to make sure that everything is in place, enough teachers are trained… make sure that the books are the right ones…” Amina says.

Amina says her ministry will convene meetings with stakeholders to agree on a timetable for implementation of the program even as she assures that no child would be affected by the sudden postponement.

“Those who were to move to Grade Four were the pilot but will instead move to Standard Three but it will not affect their progress,” she adds.

In April last year, the government launched a pilot program for the new 2-6-3-3-3 curriculum in 470 primary and pre-primary schools countrywide in a bid to replace the current 8-4-4 system, which has been used in the past 32 years.

The new system proposes learners go through two years of Pre- Primary education, six years of primary (three years lower and three years upper primary), six years of secondary education (three years junior and three years senior) and three years in the university.