Kenya has adopted the education systems since the early times of missionaries. For instance this can be traced back as far as 1728 with a Swahili manuscript “Utendi wa Tambuka” (book of Heraclius.
Since then what followed was the chain of evolution in the Kenya education system with great determination to break from the cocoon of illiteracy. The missionaries set up the stepping stones which could later be used as a catapult in the education standard when they up one of the earliest mission schools in the country at Rabai in 1846 in coast region.
With the improvement in infrastructure including roads and communication networks, the new revolution of the mind started penetrating to the interior of the Kenya. Instantly many people became aware of the necessity of education and people like Jomo Kenyatta, Charles Njonjo, peter Koinange, Tom Mboya among others Kenyans political icons furthered their education abroad.
Earliest schools in Kenya included the school of Rabai near Mombasa established in 1846, Nairobi school established in 1902, friends school Kaimosi, now the Kaimosi friends primary school established in 1906. There were a total of 18 schools by the year 1932. After independence what followed was tremendous campaigns that acted to be an eye opener for all Kenyans. Most individuals in the political spheres started the new hunger and craving for education that helped them retain political power.
Kenya adopted various forms of education system including the 7-4-2-3 system that was shared among the east African community. In this system it meant 7 years in primary school, 4years in secondary school, 2years in high school and 3-5 years in university. Later due to split of EAC Kenya adopted the 8-4-4 system which was introduced by Daniel Moi in 1985 to spearhead a new dimension in education where individuals were now to spend less years in schools.
During this