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Parents collude with teachers to register Grade 7 pupils for KCPE

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu (right) with his PS Belio Kipsang look at admission documents at St. George's Girls' School in Nairobi on February 6, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Primary school head teachers are in a spot for enrolling learners in Standard Eight instead of admitting them to Grade Seven.

It has emerged that some heads are falsifying school records to enable them transfer learners from the new 2-6-6-3 education system to 8-4-4.

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