Achieving Sustainable Universal Primary Education through Debt Relief: The Case of Kenya

Nancy N. Nafula

No DP2002-66, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study critically reviews the education sector in Kenya and the challenges facing the sector in achieving universal primary schooling. The study argues that the introduction of cost-sharing system in Kenya has resulted in high dropout and repetition rates, low transition and completion rates. These problems are exacerbated by the fact that children from poor households, whose parents cannot afford to pay fees, end up dropping out of school. Lack of textbooks has also resulted in poor performance in the national examination.

Keywords: Public debt; Education; Health expenditures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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