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How education privatization is deepening inequality

Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba.[FILE]

The growing privatisation of education in Kenya is exposing deep cracks in the public education system and threatening to widen inequality across the country.

As the number of learners rises each year, parents are increasingly turning to private schools—often at great financial cost—amid government struggles to provide adequate, affordable, and quality education.

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