From bad to worse: Why fewer Coast students are joining form one

Parents wait for their children to be admitted at the Shimo la Tewa Boys High School in form one, January 19, 2018. There has been low turn out for students joining form one in Coast region. [PHOTO/GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

By the end of deadline day on Thursday, less than 40 per cent of students admitted to secondary schools in Taita Taveta’s four sub-counties had reported to school.

These worrying statistics underline the Coast region’s low transition rate from primary to secondary school that has now attracted the attention of acting Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.