By Malachi Motano
The Coast Regional Commissioner John Elungata has asked chiefs in the region to strictly follow up on the enrolment of local children to secondary schools.
The Regional Commissioner decries the low numbers of learners transitioning to form one saying chiefs should play a critical role in helping the Ministry of Education achieve its 100 per cent transition policy in the country. The Coast region is at 63 per cent in form one transition.
According to Elungata, local administrators should stand firm on the issue of education, noting that children have a right to basic education regardless of the economic status of their parents.
Elungata directed the grassroots administrators to ensure that all form one students have reported to school by Mid-October.
He was speaking during a stakeholder’s forum at Wakala Girls Secondary School in Kilifi North Sub-county of Kilifi County.
