CBE dropout crisis raises alarm as over 150,000 learners exit school system

Concerns are mounting over the rising number of learners under the Competency-Based Education system dropping out before completion. Data from the Kenya National Examinations Council indicates that more than 151,000 learners from the first CBE cohort did not complete junior school. The figures are now raising serious questions about retention gaps in the roll-out of the new curriculum. Brenda Wanga reports on the troubling trend.