The competency-based curriculum — 2-6-3-3-3 — is a drastic shift from the current 8-4-4. The policy to guide the new curriculum was launched on Wednesday by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). But the curriculum was rolled out last year in the early grades. The last review in 2003 removed the technical subjects entirely because the curriculum was deemed too heavy and exacting on the learners. By shedding off the technical courses, the reason the system had been introduced, the objective was lost completely.

Source: Daily Nation May 16, 2019 06:56 UTC