Sub-county schools students highly disadvantaged – report
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Usawa Agenda Executive Director Emmanuel Manyasa during the launch of another report at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in Nairobi on February 29.
The sub-county schools also lack other resources such as libraries, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.
The survey was conducted in 1,317 secondary schools out of a target of 1,342 in all the 47 counties.
Learners attending sub-county secondary schools face a tougher road to success compared to their counterparts in other categories of schools irrespective of their performance in primary school, a report launched on Wednesday shows.
The institutions, 72.6 per cent of which are day schools, are not only underfunded and understaffed, but also have the highest drop-out and absenteeism rate, and offer the narrowest range of examinable subjects. According to the study, on average, less than a quarter of sub-county schools are equipped with biology, physics and chemistry laboratories compared to 90 per cent of national schools, which are all boarding.
