Anxiety, confusion on Grade 10 placement mar X-mas festivities

Grade 9 candidates at Kakamega primary school. [Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]

As families across the country prepared for Christmas, the transition from Junior School to Grade 10 remained a nightmare for parents and learners.

Instead of festive cheer, many parents and heads of institutions (HoIs) found themselves glued to the government portal, struggling to navigate a new and unfamiliar placement revision system under the Competency-Based Education (CBE) framework.