Inadequate funding of schools could lead to mass dropout

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a ‘global education emergency’ that threatens to, according to Unicef, derail the education of at least 24 million learners.

At the height of the coronavirus, 192 countries closed schools, leaving 1.6 billion learners worldwide, including over 18 million Kenyans, without in-person learning. This is a threat to attainment of Sustainable Development Goal on access to quality, equitable and inclusive education.