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Will Grade 7 learners handle secondary school as we know it?

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha looks at a pupil's book in one of the classrooms when he toured Kakamega Primary School last year. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Despite the efforts by the Ministry of Education to ensure a smooth institutional transition for Grade Six pupils to junior secondary, fears and questions arise on the psychological and social implications of domiciling prepubescents amongst adolescents and young adults. 

The ministry has committed money to construct 6,500 classrooms in 6,371 secondary schools to guarantee enough space for the incoming Grade Six when they transition to junior secondary in April 2023.