Oketch, Moses and Somerset, Anthony (2010) Free Primary Education and after in Kenya: enrolment impact, quality effects, and the transition to secondary school. Project Report. CREATE, Brighton, UK.

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Abstract

Based on case-study data from a small group of Kenya primary schools, this paper first examines local-level variations in the impact of the 2003 Free Primary Education programme. The effects varied widely: in two ‘high-impact’ schools, intakes more than doubled; while in several others, effects were negligible, either because local demand was already fully met, or in two cases because the schools had erected barriers to increased enrolment (the ‘high-barrier’ schools). A second section enquires into secondary-school transition patterns among the graduates from the case-study schools. Although overall transition rates were high, there were wide variations in the type of secondary school entered; and these in turn had massive consequences for the leavers’ chances of ultimately qualifying for access to university. The policy implications of these findings are discussed in a final section.

Item Type:	Reports and working papers (Project Report)
Keywords:	access; education; free; primary; Kenya; enrolment; impact; quality; effects; transition; secondary; school
Schools and Departments:	School of Education and Social Work > Social Work and Social Care
Subjects:	L Education > LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa. Oceania)
Depositing User:	Justine Charles
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2010
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2017 15:49
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2417
Google Scholar:	4 Citations

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