What Jubilee and NASA won’t tell you about free secondary education

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If school education is to be completely free, the infrastructure needs would further increase, since students who dropped out due to school fees may want to return.

In addition to the cost of secondary school, researchers have found that some students drop out because they don’t have uniforms and can’t pay for lunch.
If the cost of lunch and a uniform is not covered by the government, then the proposed policy should be called “free tuition”, Dr John Mugo, the country coordinator of Uwezo, an organisation that promotes literacy in East Africa, told Africa Check.