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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...