This archive report was first published on 16 August 2019.
On Friday, August 16, 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta made a significant announcement during the third national conference on curriculum reforms at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi.
He clarified that there will be no national examinations for Grade Six pupils under the new curriculum, ensuring a 100% transition from primary to secondary school.
According to the president, the decision was part of the recommendations by a task force set up to iron out the issues surrounding the implementation of the new curriculum.
The task force also recommended that the lower secondary, which includes Grade Seven, Eight, and Nine, should now be domiciled in secondary schools.
Under the new curriculum, primary and secondary schools will each have six classes, with the two classes previously in primary school being dropped and incorporated into junior secondary school.
