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9,000 students from poor families receive Elimu scholarships

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Some of the students from the Nairobi region who received Form One scholarships at the 12th annual Regional Education and Leadership Congress for Wings To Fly and Elimu Scholarship Beneficiaries at Pangani Girls High School on April 14, 2022. [David Gichuru, Standard]

More than 9,000 students in the country have benefitted from a full scholarship sponsorship for their secondary school education.

The students will be sponsored through the Elimu Scholarship programme in partnership with the World Bank, the Kenyan government and the Equity Group Foundation.

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