New system upsets parents’ education insurance plans

Class eight pupils of Nabongo primary school in Kakamega. FILE PHOTO | ISAAC WALE | NMG

The looming shift to a new system of education has changed the maturity dates of education insurance policies bought by many Kenyan parents for their children under the current 8-4-4, throwing them back to the drawing board.   

The new 2-6-6-3 curriculum, which is due for rollout beginning next year, will see pupils spend just six years in primary school before proceeding to a three-year “lower secondary” programme aged about 13.

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