Kenya: More boys dropping out of school than girls

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'NAIROBI, KENYA: A new report paints a grim picture of the Free Primary Education (FPE) with increased dropout rates and a rising proportion of boys’ marginalisation in education.
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The report says the majority of these are boys and warns over the rising neglect of the boy child.
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But the new concern is the increasing marginalisation of the boy child even as the girl child continues to get rising support.
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Prof Kaimenyi termed the findings on boy child marginalisation “worrying”. “Our boys are getting more shy and inferior because the girls are getting more attention yet the Education Act requires all children to be treated equally and enrolled in school,” said the CS while launching the report at a Nairobi hotel.
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Among these counties, Taita -Taveta had the highest rate of drop outs at 17 per cent. Most of the cases were reported in Class Eight. “Literature review points at the robust campaign focusing on girl child education which as a result pay minimal or no attention to boys,” notes the report. The report also blames the mining industry and ranches, which it says lure boys to work as miners and herdsboys respectively.'