The tsunami awaiting secondary schools in 2023

The government did not make any budgetary provisions for capitation in its current budget. [Courtesy]

There is a tsunami headed our way in the secondary school system in January 2023. The crisis arises due to implementation by government of policies that, while progressive, have not been properly planned for.

In 2018, the government introduced the 100 per cent transition from primary school to secondary school. The effect of that welcome move was to increase the number of students overnight in some cases by more than...