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Puzzle of 175,748 students who dropped out of secondary school

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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Nearly 200,000 students may have dropped out of secondary school in the last four years, raising questions about the 100 per cent transition drive.

Analysis by The Standard shows that the 899,453 candidates who received their KCSE examination results on Monday were part of the 1,075,201 students admitted to Form One in 2020.

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