<Li> Kitale Primary, later Kitale Academy, now Kitale School established 1929 </Li> <Li> Kisii School, established in 1932 </Li> <P> Kenya began a campaign for free primary education after independence in 1963 . Since then, the system of education has undergone transformation twice . Before independence elementary education was based on the colonial system of education . </P> <P> In 1967, Kenya, with Uganda and Tanzania, formed the East African Community . The three countries adopted a single system of education, the 7--4--2--3, which consisted of 7 years of primary education, 4 years of secondary education, 2 years of high school and 3--5 years of university education . Under the system, which was similar to the British system of education, children began their elementary (primary) education at the age of 7 and completed at the age of 13 after sitting for a regional examination known as the East African Certificate of Primary Education (EACPE). </P>

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