Policy Brief No. 8 of 2004 on Can Kenya Achieve Universal Primary Education
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Education is the main factor associated with the probability of being poor. Improving educational performance should therefore be a core element in poverty reduction. Since independence, the Government of Kenya has given education a very high social priority and has committed itself to providing universal education to all primary school-going age children. Kenya’s policy on enrolment has been geared towards universal education as stipulated in the Sessional Paper No. 1 of 1965...
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Education; Universal primary education; Government of Kenya; Government expenditure; Primary school education
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A policy brief assessing whether Kenya can achieve universal primary education.
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The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and AnalysisSeries
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