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We are paying a high price for neglecting girls’ education

While Kenya’s enrolment rates for primary school are currently commendable, it is time to focus on communities where, as girls grow older, their education is often seen as an unnecessary luxury.

Education of girls, or more precisely failing to take girls to school, is now no longer just a cultural nuance especially in Africa because recent data is showing that society – both men and women - is paying a very high economic price for not giving girls the same choices and opportunities in education.

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