Welcome to school smaller than soccer pitch, but has 2,700 pupils

Pupils share desks and have to contend with dilapidated infrastructure. [PHOTOS: KAMAU MAICHUHIE/STANDARD]

Nairobi, Kenya: When the Narc Government introduced Free Primary Education in 2003, it was sweet music to the ears of hundreds of thousands of parents who were struggling to pay fees.

The move came as a relief since the burden of keeping children in school had been taken off parents’ shoulders by the Exchequer in collaboration with development partners.