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Mend it or break it: Is teacher absenteeism killing public schools?

Public school students are performing poorly compared to their counterparts in private schools as evidenced by the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam results. A number of reasons have been raised as causes for this dismal performance. Amongst these are teachers’ strikes and lack of exam preparedness. Teacher absenteeism has however been cited as single-most contributor to the poor performance witnessed in public schools. 

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