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The objective of the commission was stated as follows:
-‘To work out an educational plan for the next 10 years for Africans’
-The chairman was a missionary by a name Archdeacon Beecher. He was a sympathizer of the African course in the education development of Africans. The commission reported its findings and recommendations in 1950.
-The main paints in the recommendation included the following:
-That, the education system in the country should take the following forms:
i. Lower primary cycle 4 years.
ii. Upper primary circle, 4 years
iii. Secondary circle, 4 years
in other words this commission created an education whose cycles were 4:4:4.
-That, terminal examinations to be instituted at the end of every circle
-That, Africans should be prepared for future leadership of their country
-That, the Christian principles to remain the basis of education in Kenya
-That, the fees should be charged to enable finance the education system, but that the fees structure should be at varying levels depending on the availability of each district
The effects of the recommendations of the commission included the following:
i. There were variations to allow for separate development in the districts
ii. Enrolment in the schools went up
iii. More schools were opened by LNCs
iv. About 80% of the children were at lower primary
As usual, the numbers of the girls at the school remained low.
However, this commission did a lot to encourage the Africans to go to school generally to seek knowledge wherever it could be found. This is due to the fact that the commission came up at the time of great re-awakening in Kenya both educationally and politically.
Maybe it is not worthy to point here that education was never sought most earnestly in the history of education in Kenya that during those periods of 50s.
Titany answered the question on August 30, 2021 at 13:05
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