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Poor infrastructure, shortage of teachers and learning materials hamper learning

Nasiandi Pariken, a teacher at Nginyang Primary school in Tiaty with her Early Childhood development (ECD) pupils on February 5, 2019. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

It is midday at Nginyang in Tiaty sub-county and temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius.

Under a thorn tree that barely keeps away the scorching sun, a group of children aged five and six years squat on the dusty ground.

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