Spurred by the Coleman Report of 1966 on the Equality of Educational Opportunity in the US, the past five decades have seen rapid expansion in academic achievement surveys albeit fraught with mixed findings and interpretation. ...

The introduction of Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003 was aimed at enhancing the enrolment of all school going- age children in Kenya indiscriminately. However, significant concerns have been raised by scholars ...

Free primary education policy has substantially increased school enrollment rates in Sub-Saharan African countries. The success and sustainability depend on teachers’ perception, motivation, and proper implementation of ...

Education is recognized as one of the drivers of economic and social development. However, millions of children who attend school do not acquire essential knowledge and skills. Studies done on strategies to improve pupils‟ ...

The MDG2 makes basic education a human right and a valuable input to the development of human resource capacity of the individual and the nation. But, the extent to which acquisition of basic education translates to human ...

From independence in 1963 to 1987, the Government subsidized primary education but in 1988 cost sharing was introduced. In 2003 the government reintroduced the policy of funding most of the cost for primary education to ...

Since Independence in 1963, Kenya has launched three Free Primary Education programmes: the first in 1974, the second in 1979 and the most recent in 2003. Using historical data, this paper first outlines each initiative ...