The proposed new education system has been received with many reactions among Kenyans some terming it is a good revolution while others view it as a waste of time.
According to a Kisii based education expert Professor Emmy Agok, she said the proposed new education is a good revolution to the education sector in that it bases on ones skills which the current 8-4-4 system has put little emphasis on.
“The new education system encourages students to specialise in areas where they are good at and they don’t have to waste all their time pursuing in-achievable goals they never wished for,” said Agok.
According to the new curriculum, students are expected to study for 2-years in pre-primary, 6-years primary, 6-years high school which will be 3-years in the junior secondary and 3-years in the senior secondary and 3 years in the higher education.
“The new education system is good and I support it for it minimises resources used and puts more effort in production, unlike the old curriculum,” she said.
She says that national examinations only reward those good in class work and fail to recognise others talented in other fields which are meant to be abolished in the new curriculum.
She adds that that is the type of education system advanced countries like China use to achieve great success in different fields due to early specialisation.
The new curriculum is to be approved in July 2016 according to education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi.