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Quota system triggers exodus from private primary schools

A teacher (left) ransacks the box of one of the students who were admitted to Form One at St Angela’s Girls Secondary School in Kitui County.  [PHOTO: ANDREW KILONZI/STANDARD]

By AUGUSTINE ODUOR

Kenya: Private primary schools say they have lost thousands of pupils to public institutions this year due to the Form One selection quota system that has disadvantaged candidates from academies.

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