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Why textbooks matter in education

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has warned there is a serious problem with the framework of textbook distribution in public schools under the free basic education system.

The alarm is that after 13 years of Free Primary Education and eight years of Free Day Secondary Education programmes in the country, public schools have not attained the expected 1:1 pupil to textbook ratio.

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