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CBC crisis: Books, funds and classrooms cloud Grade Nine shift

Workers put final touches on Junior Secondary School classrooms at Roots Academy in Nakuru County, on January 4, 2025. The more than 30 classrooms are expected to accomodate learners from Grade 7 to 9. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

A crisis is looming in public schools across the country as a lack of adequate classrooms, delay in the release of capitation funds and books cloud Grade 9 transition.

The situation is so dire that some schools have reported plans to accommodate the Grade 9 learners in dining halls and laboratories to act as temporary classrooms.

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