Magoha’s form one headache as deadline lapses

Form one students and their parents at Kakamega high school. (Benjamin Sakwa, Standard)

Form One admission deadline lapsed yesterday even as questions emerged over the push by the government to absorb all candidates to secondary schools.

Poor state of school infrastructure, inadequate teachers and lack of proper social care to support learning have been cited as major bottlenecks that must be addressed even as the ministry pitched a strong case to implement the 100 per cent transition policy.