In Kenya, there seems to have been a certain amount of influence. One of the teachers at Kakamega carried it on to another school and into the teacher training college. One of the respondents has asked for group work for his children in primary school.

Points made.
A helpful statement from the lawyer about the change of attitude was:

It was the first terminal examination which showed we hadn't lost a whole term. Initially we had thought it was a waste of time and at the end of the term we were going to make an assessment on whether or not what we had done had really helped or not. With most of the people there was an unconscious appreciation that there had been something learned. And hence probably the slow change of attitude. The initial reaction by the students was the normal reaction to a new thing.

One of the journalists, unprompted, made the interesting remark about the passing round of student work, that:

I can remember exchanging stories among the students and discussing them afterwards. This was very helpful. At first most people thought the writing was a bit confidential and didn't want others to know your weaknesses.

And on the genres:

We learned more writing skills than others. Other schools did work just to pass exams but we did more kinds of writing.

The customs officer remembered that:

A form one boy could stand up and talk even in front of form six fellows.

One of the journalists said:

I use the same small group methods in my journalism now. Discuss the story with other journalists.
I advised my son's teacher (primary ) to use group discussion about the writing and I am told she is doing that.