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The downside to 100 per cent transition in our schools

The government’s policy on 100 per cent transition to high school could end up as one of the lasting legacies of the Jubilee government, besides the Big Four Agenda.

It does not matter the grade one got in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. The 100 per cent transition reduces crime, other vices and population growth by keeping a million young people busy for four years. The extra years make a difference in a youngster’s life.

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