Government launches mop-up exercise to transition Grade 9 learners amid education inequality

The government has embarked on an intensive mop-up exercise to ensure that all learners who completed Grade 9 transition to Senior Secondary School. A move that comes as thousands of learners who recorded stellar performance in the 2025 KJSEA remain stranded at home due to lack of school fees and other school requirements. A reality that experts say exposes the widening gap of inequality in access to education where affluent learners access better opportunities than their peers from poor backgrounds