Project paves the way for more Kenyan students to study in Japan

Dr Midori Daimon undertaking a Japan Education Program in Kenya. [Courtesy]

It's a well-known fact that Kenyans have a thirst for education that rivals any country in the world. This insatiable hunger for knowledge explains why education claims the lion's share of our budget, why classrooms are bursting at the seams at every level, and also why the dropout rate at the university level in Kenya is very low, even compared to developed countries.

It speaks of a desire for education so deeply embedded in a nation's collective psyche it qualifies as a default setting.