If education is the key to life, then you need to get the right key. Kenya is set to overhaul its current 8-4-4 education system, which has been criticised by experts for lacking the skills component. It will adopt a new system, the 2-6-3-3-3, which is set to commence in 2018. A lot of emphasis has been placed on the changes which incorporate a pre-primary level, which is silent in the 8-4-4 system.
The 2-6-3-3-3 system has primary education split into two categories: pre-primary and primary, with pre-primary taking two years and primary taking six years. Then students advance to junior secondary school for three years and depending on their abilities and interests, they spend another three years in their areas of specialisation. After the senior secondary stage, students take another three years in a vocational training centre or in university.
