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Lay offs, funds cuts loom in secondary schools changes

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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu with PS Basic Education Dr. Belio Kipsang. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A major overhaul is on the horizon for the more than 10,000 secondary schools in the country that could see significant staff layoffs and funding cuts as the government implements changes to the national curriculum.

The Ministry of Education recently rejected a proposal to move the final year of junior school to secondary schools.

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