Ruto's high tolerance for failure in the education sector is a problem

A Grade 10 student prepares for admission at Moi Girls High School in Kakamega on  January 14,2026. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

About a week ago barely 600,000 out of 1.13 million children had been recorded in the online admissions portal for Grade 10. This means that over 500,000 children were simply missing from the system.

Admittedly, some of these children reported to school over the last week after the government extended the admission deadline.