Grade 10 placement: Why principals have lost admission powers

A learner seeking admission at St Kizito Nyansiongo on Januaray 20, 2024. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

Thousands of parents are stranded as they seek admission for their children to preferred senior secondary schools, following a Ministry of Education decision to strip principals of the power to approve placements.

The Standard has established that secondary school heads are receiving thousands of requests from dissatisfied parents whose children sat the first-ever Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) and are now seeking transfers from the schools they were placed in.