Shock of widening education gaps in marginalised communities

Pupils study under trees in Nachurur primary school in Tiaty, Baringo County, with rocks for desks. The children also have to watch for poisonous snakes and scorpions that inhabit the area. (Kipsang Joseph, Standard)

Some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are spending meagre resources in education, a Pan African conference held in Nairobi found.

Equatorial Guinea, a country whose per capita income stands at over $20,000, spends only 2.3 per cent of its GDP on education.