Secondary school dropouts rise in erratic transition push

Six years down the line, the policy has seen three cohorts, of students who sat KCPE, go through secondary school.

An analysis by The Saturday Standard of the 100 per cent transition policy, using data from the Kenya National Examination Council, shows 993,718 candidates took the 2017 KCPE exam. But four years later, only 826,807 sat KCSE exam. It means some 166,911, who transitioned to secondary school as the first cohort of the 100 per cent transition policy, did not complete Form Four.