Transition crisis as over 200,000 learners fail to reach Form Four

Education PS Belio Kipsang speaks to a KCSE candidate at Nakuru West Secondary School on November 11, 2024. [File, Standard] 

Over 200,000 students who would have sat the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination are missing four years after completing their primary school education, raising questions about the government’s push for 100 per cent transition.

While the government insists that all Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates transition to secondary school, the number of students sitting for the KCSE tells a different story—one of consistent decline.