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Kenya: Child Labor and Teenage Pregnancies Blamed for Poor Form One Turnout
Capital FM, 13 May 2022
Teenage pregnancies and child labor have been identified as major impediments to the government's 100% secondary school transition programme in Kisumu County. Read more »
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Kenya: How Loya Primary School Became a Safe Haven for Girls
Africa Renewal, 9 May 2022
At night, classrooms in this northern Kenya school serve as dormitories to keep the students safe from early marriages Read more »
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Kenya: Magoha Expresses Concern Over Low Form 1 Admissions
Capital FM, 7 May 2022
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has warned parents against delaying to enroll their children to school with the hopes that they will be room to change schools for their… Read more »
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Kenya: Boy Walks More Than 60 Kilometers to Seek Form One Admission
Capital FM, 8 May 2022
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Kenya: Secondary School Heads Discuss CBC Implementation
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Getting to the Cause of Low Learner Numbers at Kenya High Schools
Capital FM reports that teenage pregnancies and child labor have been identified as major impediments to the government's 100% secondary school transition programme in Kisumu County.
Over 10, 000 children spread across the seven sub-counties were yet to report raising concerns amongst stakeholders.
Kisumu County Director of Education Peter Munene said out of the 31, 303 candidates who sat for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in the area, only 20, 804 have reported so far.
He attributed the poor turnout to rising cases of child labour where some of the children have ventured into boda boda (motorcycle taxi) business and other income generating activities to fend for themselves and their siblings.
Cases of teenage pregnancies which skyrocketed during the Covid-19 lockdown period, he added, have also affected the turnout for girls in the area.
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