Subjects which have been scrapped off in new reforms
School Reforms begin as first-year students get ready to report to various institutions and universities while elementary and secondary schools reopen for the third term.
As recommended by the taskforce led by Prof. Raphael Munavu, the schools are reopening in the midst of a number of measures the government plans to do to ameliorate the changes the education system is currently experiencing.
Some of the reforms the Kenya Kwanza administration has made to the educational system will go into effect in September when primary and secondary schools reopen for the third term and students begin the new academic year at universities and colleges.
The suggestions given by the Presidential Working Party Taskforce on Education Reforms are reflected in these modifications.
Reducing the number of subjects offered in pre-primary schools to junior secondary schools is one of the reforms that will go into effect when classes return for the third trimester.
Professor Charles Ong’ondo, chief executive officer of KICD, stated that the organization has till the end of August to put the Munavu team’s plan to lessen the amount of subjects covered from pre-primary to junior high school into practice.
In the junior secondary school, students in grade 7 are currently required to take 12 subjects, with a maximum of two optional subjects making a total of 14. The school reform commission suggested, however, that the subjects be cut to eight and one optional area added, for a total of nine subjects.
Math, English, Kiswahili, pre-technical studies, integrated science, business studies, social studies, and regional education (HRE, IRE, or CRE) are among the twelve core learning areas. Other areas include agriculture, health education, sports and physical education, and life skills.
Visual arts, home science, performing arts, computer science, Kenya sign language, native language, and a foreign language (mandarin, German, French, or Arabic) are the other seven elective learning areas.
Subjects which have been scrapped off in new reforms
