Kenya News News Kenya » Education: Kenya’s education: 60 years of searching for identity
Kenya’s education sector has — for the last six decades — been subjected to multiple fact-finding missions to reform a system that now stands at the crossroads of transition to a new ...
News Kenya » Education: Kenya: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
We write in advance of the 72nd pre-session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Kenya’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural ...
News Kenya » Education: Education reform in Kenya to address access and standards
Kenya’s education sector is experiencing a period of increased investment and attention. With pressing demand created by a growing population, the government is focusing on improving access and ...
News Kenya » Education: Kenya’s education goals face the challenges of affordability, traditions and COVID‑19
Students at St Dominic Bukna Secondary School in Kisumu, Kenya, take their English test outdoors due to overcrowding in classrooms. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images More than a million students ...
News Kenya » Education: Kenya’s budget doesn’t allocate funds for new education initiatives – this will stall innovation in the country
Kenya has over 18.2 million children and youth in educational institutions. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images President William Ruto’s first budget for Kenya sets no education priorities.
News Kenya » Education: Between English and mother tongue: Kenya’s education language dilemma
Kericho, Kenya – When Lona Chepkemoi walked into a technical college classroom in 2023, she found something she had rarely experienced during her years in school: She could understand what the teacher ...
News Kenya » Education: Kenya's Free Schools Bring A Torrent Of Students
Parents of U.S. students often complain about things like too many standardized tests or unhealthful school lunches. Kenya wishes it had such problems. Kenya dropped or greatly reduced fees at public ...
News Kenya » Education: Millions in Education Money Stolen in Kenya
Kenya’s education sector continues to suffer fallout from the theft of millions of dollars two years ago from a government program that, among other things, funds the country’s Free Primary Education ...
News Kenya » Education: Corruption Puts Kenya’s Educational Funding at Risk
With tens of millions of dollars already missing in Kenya’s Ministry of Education, the corruption scandal currently rocking Kenya’s schools threatens to cost the country millions more. With efforts to ...
News Kenya » Education: Kenya: Denying Education to Pregnant Teens and Young Mothers
"I didn't go back to school, because I didn't have anyone to give me advice," "Harriet" told me. "I wish someone would've come to talk to me about school and encourage me." We were sitting in her ...