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Increased investment in education has boosted enrolment, President Uhuru Kenyatta says

By PSCU | Jan. 17, 2015

President Uhuru Kenyatta awards one of the beneficiaries of the Wings to Fly scholarship at Safaricom Stadium, Kasarani. (Photo:PSCU)

Nairobi: The Government has scaled up its investment in education to sustain ongoing efforts to increase enrolment,” President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.

The President said the Free Primary Education programme expanded enrolment from 5.9 million children in 2003 to 10 million presently. He added that since inception in 2008, the Government’s Free Day Secondary Education has raised enrolment from 800,000 to nearly 2 million currently.

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