Hopes for Democracy, Stability & Education Alive in Kenya
After traveling to Nairobi this summer, EPCC Co-Chair Gene Sperling reflects on progress and challenges in Kenya's education sector in a commentary published on International Literacy Day.
"As the world celebrates International Literacy Day today, there are few countries being more closely watched than Kenya. In 2003, when newly-elected President Mwai Kibaki announced during his inauguration that primary school would now be free for all Kenyans, over two million additional children poured into school. The cause of universal free education was thus linked from the start with the new hopes for a stable democracy in Kenya. "
