 All public primary school pupils sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination at the end of the school year in Standard eight.In primary school, students are taught English, Kiswahili and Indigenous language activities.In January 2003 President Mwai Kibaki re-introduced free primary education which previously existed before the mid-80s when the government adopted cost-sharing measures that led to a minor level of school fees charged by primary schools for textbooks, PTA, and extracurricular activities.