Form One admission: Chaos, congestion in rush for places

Form One students endure a chilly morning and long lines to be admitted at Kapsabet Boys. [Edward Kosut, Standard]

A major crisis is looming as secondary schools struggle to accommodate the high number of students in order to meet the government’s 100 per cent primary to secondary transition policy.

Other pupils in the countryside were yesterday staring at the possibility of failing to join secondary school due to lack of fees as parents face hard economic times.