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Sifuna, Daniel N. – International Review of Education, 2007
This article shows how interventions to provide Universal Primary Education (UPE) from the 1970s into the twenty-first century affected efforts to improve the quality of primary education in Kenya and Tanzania. While the interventions have made significant differences in the lives of many communities by increasing access to education of children…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Quality
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Mukudi, Edith – International Journal of Educational Development, 2004
The economic and sociopolitical context for implementing education for all (EFA) policy in Kenya is examined. The policy absolving households from the responsibility of paying user fees for primary education leads to a focus on the capacity of the government to fully fund universal primary education. Funding constraints are identified as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Policy, Primary Education
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Mukudi, Edith – International Review of Education, 2004
What happens when a government cannot meet its obligation to provide universal primary education and enhance the quality of education for all of its citizens? The present study examines the interactions among stakeholders in the user-fee policy in primary education in Kenya. It seeks to show how this policy has affected attendance rates and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Private Education, Educational Policy