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How the new senior school placement will work

PS Basic Education Julius Bitok before the National Assembly's Education committee on May 13, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A new placement formula into senior secondary school is being used to ensure equity, fairness and transparency.

This emerged yesterday when the selection exercise targeting 1.1 million learners who did the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) began. 

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