Government keen to have a 100 percent form one transition

The Ministry of Education yesterday began tracking down over 150,000 pupils who sat for their Kenya Certificate Primary Education (KCPE) examination last year but are yet to report to secondary schools.

A status report by the ministry indicates that out of 1,033,901 that sat the examination last year, 873,692 have reported, representing an 85 percent transition rate.

The report further indicates that Murang’a County had the highest number of students who have reported to secondary schools, at 97 percent.

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A total of 32,556 students were expected to report to secondary schools countrywide under the government’s 100 percent transition policy, but only 31,420 took up their slots, which means that three percent are still out of school.

Tana River County with the lowest enrolment, at 59 percent. Only 2,205 students have reported against a target of 3,721.

Siaya County with a 95 percent turnout (24,857 of the 26,071 expected), while Kirinyaga had 95 percent (14,196 of 14,929 expected). Kisumu County had expected 27,227 students and with 25,561 having reported, making 94 percent.

Inset: Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed. Photo: Courtesy

Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed is expected to lead the campaign as the government seeks to ensure that all learners have access to basic education. The Form One selection started on November 19 and ended December 2.

Reporting dates for all Form One students were scheduled for between January 7 and January 11, but it was later extended to January 18. The ministry also did away with a second selection to prevent reporting delays.

Instead, parents were asked to place requests at their preferred schools where the principals were to capture the details on the NEMIS platform for approval by the ministry.

This was to allow the ministry to monitor the enrolment and as of February 1, it received and approved 194,000 requests.

Ms. Mohamed said the use of NEMIS facilitated the acquisition of real-time data on the status of admission. Accessing admission letters through NEMIS facilitated prompt reporting and admission and increased access in remote counties such as Tana Rive

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