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Assessment of Cultural Aspects That Affects the Re-Entry Policy of Teenage Mothers to School in Bungoma County Kenya

Cherui, Rodgers; Kipkoech, Lydia; Kisilu, Kitainge (Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2018)

In equality in girl’s education has been a subject for many developing countries. The Kenyan government developed the policy of the re-entry of the teenage mothers to school in 2001. The policy allows teenage mothers to ...
Challenges of School Re-Entry among Teenage Mothers in Primary Schools in Muhoroni District, Western Kenya

Onyango, George; Kioli, Felix Ngunzo; Nyambedha, Erick (Elsevier, 2015)

Although much has been done towards attainment of gender equity in education as envisaged in the MDGs, gender disparities persist in many parts of the country. Studies indicate that most of girls who drop out of school due ...
Educational policies and teacher practices in Kenya

Dahl, Kari K. B. (Copenhagen Business School, CBS, 2009)

The health situation in Kenya is one of the poorest in the world. The country registers values below all three WHO health-for-all targets (WHO 2006). Western Kenya is particularly affected with high HIV/AIDS, malaria and ...
Free Education in Kenya’s Public Primary Schools: Addressing the Challenges

Ogola, Fredrick O. (Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), 2010)

This study was designed to examine ways of overcoming the obstacles faced by FPE in Kenyan public schools. The study adopted ex-post facto research design. The target population of the study were the PPS pupils, teachers, ...
The free education policy in Kenya: A critique

Limukii, Kaberia E.; Mualuko, Ndiku J. (Academic Journals, 2012)

Educational reforms are crucial in a country if the reforms benefit the intended target group. One of the educational reforms in Kenya was the introduction of Free Primary Education. This was informed by the need to improve ...
Free Primary Education in Kenya and its challenges in fighting Illiteracy

Otike, Fredrick Wawire; Kiruki, Beatrice (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2011)

For a country to realize full economic potential education is paramount. A population with ability to read and write compounded with technology savvy is key ingredients for growth. One of the pillars identified in the MDG ...
Free Primary Education in Kenya: A Critical Analysis

Musungu, Johnstone B. (ARC Journals, 2015)

On 6th January, 2003 the government of Kenya, in its attempt to boost access and retention in primary education thereby attain Universal Primary Education (UPE) and ultimately Education For All (EFA), rolled out ‘Free’ ...
Free Primary Education in Kenya: An Impact Evaluation Using Propensity Score Methods

Muyanga, Milu; Olwande, John; Mueni, Esther; Wambugu, Stella (Springer, 2010)

This chapter attempts to evaluate the impact of the free primary education programme in Kenya, which is based on the premise that government intervention can lead to enhanced access to education especially by children from ...
Free Primary Education Policy and Pupil School Mobility in Urban Kenya

Oketch, Moses; Mutisya, Maurice; Ngware, Moses; Ezeh, Alex C.; Epari, Charles (Elsevier, 2010)

This paper examines pupil school mobility in urban Kenya using African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) household survey data which contain information on pupil transfers between schools. The aim is to identify ...
Free Primary Education Policy: Coping Strategies in Public Primary Schools in Kakamega South District, Kakamega County, Kenya

Mulinya, Lidoro Charles; Orodho, John Aluko (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2015)

This study examined the challenges of implementing free primary education and copping strategies in public primary schools in Kakamega South District, Kakamega County, Kenya. The study was premised on the demand and supply ...
The Impact of Free Primary Education Inputs on Educational Outcomes in Kenya (2003 To 2013): The Rate of Enrolment and Retention at Primary School Level as a Factor

Owuor, Dorothy Akinyi; Ayiro, Laban P.; Too, Jackson (European Scientific Institute, ESI, 2018)

Free Primary Education Initiative has been running for more than a decade and its purpose has been to help Kenya achieve equity, parity, quality and higher retention rate in primary schools. This study investigated the ...
The Impact of Free Primary Education on Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Kuria East Constituency, Kenya

Chacha, B.; Zani, A. P. (IOSR Journals, 2015)

This study is an assessment of how the introduction of Free Primary Education program affected pupils’ enrollment in public primary schools in Kuria East Constituency and how the resulting pupil - teacher ratio affected ...
The Impact of Free Primary Education on Teachers’ Effectiveness in Kuria East Constituency

Chacha, B.; Zani, A. P. (IOSR Journals, 2016)

The World Bank structural adjustment programs in Kenya that demanded cost-sharing in public primary schools led many poor families withdraw children from school such that when the government introduced free learning in ...
Implementation Gaps in Re-Entry Policy in Primary Schools in Kenya, the Case of Muhoroni Sub County, Kisumu County, Western Kenya

Onyango, George Otieno; Kioli, Felix Ngunzo; Nyambedha, Erick Otieno (International Knowledge Press, 2016)

School Re-entry Policy has been adopted as a key measure to improving gender equity in education by minimizing pregnancy related wastage. However, its impact on mitigation of exclusion of teenage mothers from education in ...
Influence of Free Primary Education on Performance in KCPE in Chemundu Zone, Kapsabet Division in Nandi County, Kenya

Mettoi, Wilson Kipkemboi (IJSRE, 2017)

This article investigated the influence of free primary education (FPE) on performance in KCPE in Chemundu Zone, Kapsabet Division in Nandi County, Kenya. The study was a cross sectional survey in which both quantitative ...
Influence of Government Policy Intervention Strategy on Class Repetition in Public Primary School Education, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Sambu, Nicholas Kipng’etich; Chumba, Sammy K. (Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2017)

The Government of Kenya has issued several circulars regarding class repetition in schools as a policy guideline. However, since the issuance, class repetition is still experienced in most schools across the country. ...
Policies on Free Primary and Secondary Education in East Africa: Retrospect and Prospect

Oketch, Moses; Rolleston, Caine (American Educational Research Association, 2007)

This chapter reviews the evolution of education policies in the East African region in a historical context. The focus is on the formulation of policies for access to primary and secondary education in Kenya, Uganda, and ...
Towards the Making of Education Policy in Kenya: Conclusions and Implications

Oduol, Truphena (Shannon Research Press, 2006)

This paper uses the SACMEQ II data to carry out an analysis of classroom context factors that accounted for student scores in reading and mathematics as well as a review of methods used to derive policies in Kenya in order ...
Universal Primary Education Policy and Quality of Education in Kenya.

Sifuna, Daniel N.; Sawamura, Nobuhide; Shimada, Kentaro; Malenya, Francis Likoye (Brill, 2015)

This chapter analyzes issues of quality in Kenya’s implementation of Free Primary Education (FPE). After outlining the study’s approach and describing the socio-economic contexts of the two districts, findings are described ...
Universal Primary Education Policy Assessment in Kenya

Sifuna, Daniel N.; Sawamura, Nobuhide (Brill, 2015)

Achieving Universal Primary Education (UPE) has received considerable attention since the early 1950s. The concept of universal education is, however, not well defined and is used to mean many different things to different ...

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