Fatal end of KCPE era as nostalgic moments echoed

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Kenya education system exits the phase of the 8-4-4 curriculum as its last cohorts started their final primary school examination on October 30.

The government of Kenya during the tenure of Uhuru Kenyatta as the president started a Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) to replace the 8-4-4 one.

Last year, the pioneer CBC class sat their Grade 6 examination, which saw them transition to Junior Secondary at Grade 7.

The outgoing curriculum was first introduced by the then president Daniel Arap Moi in 1985.

Exam Nostalgia

Many Kenyans who underwent through the 8-4-4 system will live to recall the nostalgic moments that came with events leading to the eve of the exam moments.

Exam fever amidst anxiety occasionally clouded the minds of most candidates.

Candidates normally held special prayers ahead of the exam sessions. KCPE times were the only other moments that subjected most candidates to spiritual nourishment.

President William Ruto, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu and a host of political leaders witnessed some of the last KCPE candidates start their first exam at Kikuyu Town Primary School.

Challenges that faced 8-4-4

The abolishment of the 8-4-4 curriculum was triggered as a result of rampant exam rigging.

Technological upheavals, with the advent of social media, made it easier for KNEC exam papers to be spread before the official exam date.

Kenya national exams lost its original lustre of credibility.

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