Education stakeholders in Isiolo County are out to strategise the means of uplifting the rate of transition to universities, which had remained minimal for a long time compared to other regions in the country.
The stakeholders included development partners, political leaders, educationists, Secondary School Principals and their Board of Management Chairmen and the County government.
Attendants of the forum analysed last year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and resolved to support the education sector in the County to uplift the performance as the 8-4-4 education system comes to an end in 2027 and ensure more students get quality grades that would make them join public universities and enrol in superior courses.
The forum observed that although the County produced 517 candidates who met the University entry qualification out of 1992 who sat the KCSE last year, representing a transition percentage of 26, and being the best ever, a lot of effort was necessary to improve and even double that rate.
