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The deadly craze for good grades and the zombies it creates

The deadly craze for good grades and the zombies it creates

Thanks to stiff competition for good secondary schools, a good number of candidates suffer mental anguish and psychological torture.

Two weeks ago, 15-year-old Clinton Okech Ojunga, a Standard Eight pupil at Olodo Primary School in Homa Bay County, committed suicide for losing his number one position in class.

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