“We shall leave no child behind. This data will be shared with local administrators who will team up with Directors from the Ministry in this final push,” said Ms Mohamed who was accompanied by PS Belio Kipsang at Arya Girls High School in Nairobi.
The CS said the Ministry has realised an 87 per cent Form One reporting rate which means that 895,987 students have now fully enrolled into Form One.
“Although this enrolment is seven percentage points better than last year, the Ministry is determined to do all everything possible to realise 100 per cent transition,’ said the CS.
Data indicate that Murang’a County has the highest transition rate of 97 per cent.
Majority of the Counties, have recorded transition rates above 80percent.
She said from the current NEMIS data, 640 candidates have opted to repeat class eight while 2,299 have joined vocational colleges.
