A pupil sitting for KCPE. [Photo/nation.co.ke]

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The Principal Secretary for Education, Dr. Belio Kipsang, has said that all 1 million plus pupils who will sit this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will join form one.

Kipsang said the government plans to spend Sh6 billion to expand facilities in existing schools so they could admit more students.

The PS was speaking on Saturday at St. Francis Girls High School, Mang’u in Kiambu County during the school’s 53rd anniversary of the school’s existence. He was flanked by Archbishop of Nairobi, Cardinal John Njue.

The plan will see the Ministry construct 2,000 additional classrooms in 2,576 secondary schools across the country.

It will also be used to 1000 laboratories, and a further 1,000 sanitation facilities to cater for two classes each in the schools.

Kipsang said the government had so far spent Ksh.196B on Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) programme which had helped thousands of children to access secondary education.

He said the 100% transition of KCPE candidates to secondary school will open doors to more children to access formal secondary education.