Quality and Access to Education in Kenyan Slums: New Report

Posted: November 29th, 2013 | Author: Michael Goldstein | | No Comments »

Guess: What percentage of Kenyan parents in slums send their kids to private schools?

47% of urban poor enrolled in non-government primary schools.

Amazing, right?

From the comments section of the Daily Nation:

Quality of education public schools has deteriorated so much and it seems does not concern anyone.As a parents it annoys me so much.Though I struggle financially I have taken my children to an private academy and am sure they are in good hands.

The comment is attached to this story:

More Kenyans are enrolling their children in costly academies, shunning free public schools, a survey shows.

The report on education released Wednesday, indicated that enrolment in public schools in slums in Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kisumu and Nyeri, decreased from 69 per cent in 2003, when free primary education was started, to the current 37 per cent.

Parents preferred academies because of insecurity, lack of enough public schools and poor performance of pupils and teachers.

The survey was conducted in five slums by the African Population and Health Research Centre.

Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi said the ministry would support low-cost academies in the slums, which more than 60 per cent of pupils attend to ensure the learners got quality education.

Whole story is here.

The report was done by the outstanding APHRC.