Educationย Cabinet Secretary Mr. Ezekiel Muchogu is leading a mop-up exercise to ensure 100 per cent transition ofย learnersย who are to join Grade 7 under Junior Secondary School and form oneย are accounted for in Kilifi County.
The CS said theย Ministryย of Educationย is tackling the transition challenges through a multi-agency approach to identify and solve the challenges facing learners unable to climb the ladder.
During a meeting with leaders in Kilifi on Thursday, Machogu revealed that the Coast region is an area of focus because more than 30 per cent of learners have not joined school and are yet to be accounted for under Junior Secondary School.
Machogu urgedย all education officers, elected leaders and administrators to work together to ensure no learner is still at homeย or missing out of school due to financial challenges.
โWe are at the Coast region to seek answers and find a lasting solution to the issues affecting our children. We are giving special attention to Kilifi and Kwale Counties because we want our learners toย be in school,โ he said.
The Cabinet Secretaryย affirmed his commitment to work with elected leaders to ensure school infrastructure and performance is achieved in public schoolsย across the Country.
โWe cannot work alone. We need to frequently engage our leaders because education is an investmentย and weย must ensure all our learners in every region performsย wellย academically,โ he said.
He said the Ministry will make deliberate efforts to undertake frequent monitoring of learners across the Coast region to ensure local schools perform better in KCSE.
Machogu said teenage pregnancies, child labour, high poverty levels and the severe drought requires a concerted effort by all the stakeholders in the education sector to ensure equal access to education regardless of the region.
