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State to construct 2,200 Grade Nine classrooms in Western

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A closed Junior Secondary School (JSS) classroom at Ulowa Girls Secondary School in West Yimbo, Bondo sub-county. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

The government has launched the construction of 2,200 Grade Nine classrooms for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) at a cost of Sh2.2 billion in Western.

Speaking at Kakamega Primary School during the groundbreaking, Western region Education Director Jared Obiero told the contractors that they have a strict four-month deadline to complete the project.

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