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We must improve the quality of teaching in public primary schools

This week, we went through the annual ritual of KCPE results release. Other than the early release of results started by the indefatigable Matiang'i, everything else about the results was predictable. As a product of the public school system, my interest in the KCPE results has always been to track the performance of students in public schools.

Every year, my heart breaks as I observe the same disappointing news; private schools continue to outperform by far the public schools.

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