After discovering that President Uhuru Kenyatta's pledge of 100 per cent transition was in jeopardy, the Education CS took matters into his own hands and sought to have students report into high schools.
According to a report by Citizen TV, the CS resorted to personally visit students' homes to get them to join form one after admitting that nearly 40 per cent of 2019 KCPE candidates were yet to report to school.
Uhuru had earlier directed the Ministry of Education to see to it that all KCPE candidates transition to high school.
In his trip, Magoha visited Kibra slums accompanied by journalists and managed to send five students to school, who had failed to join due to lack of fees.
"This has to be done like yesterday, I will still move around the rest of this week but the multiplier effect of having everyone getting involved, all arms of government in terms of the police and chiefs, move along and ensure that the process is ongoing.
"There are still over 400,000 sitting out there who have not been admitted, yet the government has said every child must go to school and we will ensure that happens,” stated Magoha.
For the students who had been found in their homes without the requisite needs, principals of the schools they were scheduled to attend were ordered to make arrangements for providing the learners with uniforms.
“We have been able to identify one learner and made a firm decision to bring her to Karen C Girls where she will enjoy boarding facilities and the government will make sure that fees are paid for her,” stated Magoha after successfully sending Josephine Nyandiwa to school.
Nyandiwa had scored 266 marks and was found living with a guardian after lacking school fees to join high school.
1,075,201 students had sat the KCPE examinations in 2019 but only slightly over 700,000 students had reported to their respective schools.
So serious was the situation that the government had extended reporting period from January 17 to 24, to ensure that every learner had a chance to report to secondary school.
