Irony of poor urban children left out of free schooling

The UN-Habitat estimates that 60 to 70 per cent of Nairobi’s population reside in the slums – the first stop by young people coming to the city in search of a bright future.

Population growth estimates show that in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya included, slightly more than half of the population will reside in an urban context by the year 2050. What does this mean for education of children and youth who form the bulk of the urban population?