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The impact of COVID-19 school closures and stress on adolescent mental health in Kenya
By Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Faith Mbushi, Population Council & Julie Mwabe, Kenya Executive Office of the President, Policy and Strategy Unit “I had anxiety because we left school when we were just about to sit for the exams, and … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children, Youth
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, kenya, mental health, target 4.1, youth
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Why the uptake of TVET courses is still low in Kenya
By Justus Omondi Olwande, a high school teacher in Kenya with a background in Education in Emergencies Since the introduction of free primary education in Kenya in 2003, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of learners transiting … Continue reading
Schools closing is a risk to our village’s future
By Francis Silvester, director of a school in rural Kenya I run a private school called Tower of Light in a rural place commonly known as Yala Swamp 17km away from Siaya town in Kenya. It is a registered school … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Disaster preparedness, Gender, Out-of-school children, Rural areas, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, kenya, out of school
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George teaches in a double-shift school in a refugee camp in Kenya to increase access to education
This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. Low and middle income countries hosted about 89% of all refugees in 2017. About 52% of all refugees are under the age of 18. About … Continue reading
Kenya’s primary schools (or those with electricity) to get laptops any time now
The government in Kenya is about to live up to its 2013 election pledge and deliver laptops to primary schools any day now, or, at least, to all primary schools with electricity… Kenya’s education system is in need of an … Continue reading
