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Report: Why slow learners drop out

While pupils in other schools wonder when the government will provide them with laptops , Pupils in Nachurur primary school in Tiaty have more worries than the laptops.They study under trees, their "desks' being huge stones and watching out for deadly scorpions and snakes. [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH]

Slow learners are more likely to drop out of school because they feel discriminated by teachers who focus on top performers, a new report says.

Kenyan school dropouts who participated in the survey cited that as their primary reason for leaving school, according to the World Bank report.

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