As the world marks the Day of the African Child, focus shifts to Kenya’s high dropout rate among children enrolled in primary schools. The poor transition rate to high school is a big concern and befits a review given this year’s celebrations themed “Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development”.
Official data shows that about 32 per cent of pupils who enrolled for school in 2009 and expected to sit for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) last year -- after eight academic years -- failed to sit for the examination.
