By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you...
The new 2-6-3-3-3 Education System was
proposed by a task force headed by Former
Moi University Vice Chancellor Douglas
Odhiambo. The primary education will be
split into two categories; Pre primary which
will take two years and Primary education
Then students will advance to Junior
secondary school which will take three years
and later proceed to senior secondary school
which will take three years too.At the
senior level they will spend another three
years focusing on their areas of
specialization depending on their abilities
After senior secondary school, the students
will enroll at vocational training centres or
The system puts more emphasis on
Continuous Assessment Tests (CATs) rather
than the end of cycle tests. It is focused on
examinations. The focus of the system is to
equip learners with skills rather than
making than cram for the examination.
The system(2-6-3-3-3 Education system)
gives students in secondary school a chance
to specialise in the subjects they wish to
pursue in tertiary institutions and learning
areas have been divided into three
categories: arts and sports, social sciences
and science and technology, engineering and
Under sports, students will pursue games,
performing arts and visual arts while social
science options will be languages and
literature, humanities and business studies.
The third option will have pure and applied
sciences, engineering and technical studies.
Subjects to be taught in lower primary will
include literacy, Kiswahili, English and
indigenous languages, as well as
mathematical and environmental activities
(science, social and agriculture activities).
In upper primary, pupils will be taught
Kiswahili, English, home science,
agriculture, science and technology,
mathematics, religious studies, moral and
life skills, creative arts (art, craft and
music), physical and health education, social
studies (citizenship, geography and history)
with an option of foreign languages (Arabic,
French, German, Chinese) and indigenous
At junior secondary, a learner will be
required to take the 12 core subjects —
including English, Kiswahili, mathematics,
integrated science, health education, pre-
technical and pre-vocational education,
social studies, religious education, business
studies, agriculture, life skills education,
sports and physical education.
They will also take a minimum of one and a
maximum of two subjects according to
personalities, abilities, interests and career
The optional subjects are home science,
computer science, performing arts, foreign
languages, Kenya Sign Language, indigenous
In senior secondary, a student will take two
core subjects irrespective of the pathway
They include community service learning
(life skills, citizenship, entrepreneurship,
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