Public Funding of Primary Education in Kenya: Recent Tends, Challenges, and Implications for the Future.

Mukudi, Edith

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ERIC Number: EJ599121

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Publication Date: 1999

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Public Funding of Primary Education in Kenya: Recent Tends, Challenges, and Implications for the Future.

Mukudi, Edith

International Journal of Educational Reform, v8 n4 p383-87 Oct 1999

Kenyan primary education is plagued by problems of high attrition and gender and regional disparities in access and achievement. Poverty, institutionalized corruption, and declining public funding are primary factors. More funding is needed for teacher salaries, infrastructure development, and improved educational access. (Contains 23 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Rate, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Elementary Education, Financial Problems, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Resource Allocation, Teacher Salaries, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kenya

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