| dc.description.abstract | Since independence in 1963. the Kenya government has considered
education as an important strategy for sustainable development and
eradication of ignorance. poverty and disease. Further. Kenya is a signatory
to the regional and international protocols relating to education for all
children. These include the world declaration on Education for All (EFA),
arising from the World conference referred to as the Jomtien Conference of
March 1990. The others are the Convection on the Rights o'f the child in
1990, and Dakar Conference in April 2000.
Building on the previous efforts and initiatives towards the attainment of
universal primary education (UPE), the government declared Free Primary
Education (FPE) in January 2003. with the intention of removing all levies
that previously prevented children especially the vulnerable groups from
accessing education. The long term objectives of the government is to
provide every Kenyan with basic quality education and training | |
