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Subjects to be taken by Lower Primary learners

Learning areas reduced from nine to seven

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by MANNY ANYANGO

News09 January 2024 - 08:29
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In Summary


  • In Pre-Primary (PP1-PP2), they agreed that learning areas remain five as they are consistent with the recommendation by the PWPER report.

The Ministry of Education has reduced subjects for lower and upper primary schools as recommended by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER).

The report on the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) was launched on August 1, 2023.

The PWPER recommended that the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) rationalise the number of learning areas and curriculum designs in terms of scope and integration of subjects within learning areas, gaps, content overload and overlaps in Basic Education as follows.

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