Poor students yet to join Form One due to lack of fees, bursaries

Presidential security officers subdue a school girl who was seeking President William Ruto attention during interdenominational and thanks giving prayers at Machakusi in Teso South in Busia county on January 21, 2024. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Thousands of pupils who sat their 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations and got good grades are staring at a bleak future due to poverty.

More than 20 pupils from poor families who sat their KCPE at Kakamega Primary School now risk losing their Form One admissions.