Neglect by State leaves education in private hands
Nairobi, April 8 -- Kenyans are spending billions of shillings to educate their children in private schools due to declining quality of learning in public ones despite paying huge taxes to finance basic education, a study by the Nation indicates.
The analysis also shows that successive governments have failed to match population growth with expansion of public education infrastructure, thereby causing congestion in schools and compromising the quality of education offered.
Parents and other stakeholders who spoke to the Nation said that a gradual process of "forced privatisation" has taken root, especially at early childhood education development (ECDE) and primary school levels.
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