The transition of Grade 10 learners to senior school in Nyandarua County currently stands at 88.3 per cent.
The county Director of Education, Lucy Mutai said that the ongoing mop-up exercise to find whereabouts of local learners who are yet to enrol for a higher class has so far managed to trace 400 learners.
However, Mutai noted that about 1000 other learners are yet to be accounted for and they were working closely with National Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs) to trace them.
The director expressed concern that many learners are dropping out of school in the county to be employed as workers in potato farms.
“The county is also experiencing high girls’ drop out due to early marriages and teenage pregnancies,” she noted.
The Director called for a joint effort by all stakeholders in the fight against these vices so as to enhance 100 per cent transition and also retention.
Mutai, who was giving a report on status of education in the county during a two-day workshop for Sensitisation on Monitoring, Evaluation and Tracking of National Government Programmes and Presidential Directives, further called upon the government to fast-track internet connectivity in schools across the county to enhance digitalisation of services, hence enhancing service delivery, while exposing learners to digital space.
Nyandarua County Commissioner (CC), Abdirisack Jaldesa appreciated efforts by the Ministry of Education and local administration in ensuring the 100 percent transition of Grade 10 pupils into senior schools.
Jaldesa further directed area chiefs and their assistants to visit the junior schools within their jurisdictions and smoke out the learners who are yet to be enrolled for higher learning.
The ongoing two-day sensitisation forum to be concluded on Saturday has brought together national government administrative officers and other agencies involved in implementation of the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
By Kimani Tirus
