{"id":128429,"date":"2026-01-12T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/low-turnout-marks-first-day-of-grade-ten-admissions-in-kisii-and-nyamira-counties\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:02:44","slug":"low-turnout-marks-first-day-of-grade-ten-admissions-in-kisii-and-nyamira-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/low-turnout-marks-first-day-of-grade-ten-admissions-in-kisii-and-nyamira-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Turnout Marks First Day of Grade Ten Admissions in Kisii and Nyamira Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KISII, Kenya, Jan 12 \u2013 The first day of grade ten admissions for students transitioning to senior secondary schools saw low turnout in many schools across Kisii and Nyamira counties, a departure from previous years when schools would be crowded with parents and learners.<\/p>\n<p>At Kisii School, only 300 students had reported by mid-morning, although the school expects to admit about 820 students allocated by the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Neighboring Kereri Girls\u2019 School received a relatively higher number of students, with 500 placements confirmed by the ministry. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sironga National School engaged teachers and support staff in admission activities for 700 allocated students.<\/p>\n<p>Other schools reporting similar trends included Nyambaris, Nyansiongo Boys, St. Paul\u2019s Gekano Boys, and Nyaikuro Secondary, all witnessing a lower-than-expected turnout on the opening day of admissions.<\/p>\n<p>Education officials noted that despite the slow start, schools are expected to complete admissions over the coming days as students and parents adjust to the new reporting schedule.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISII, Kenya, Jan 12 \u2013 The first day of grade ten admissions for students transitioning to senior secondary schools saw low turnout in many schools across Kisii and Nyamira counties, a departure from previous years when schools would be crowded with parents and learners. At Kisii School, only 300 students had reported by mid-morning, although [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}