A study on the challenges of implementing free primary education (FPE) in public schools in Kisumu municipality

Abstract

Since independence in 1963. the Kenya government has considered education as an important strategy for sustainable development and eradication of ignorance. poverty and disease. Further. Kenya is a signatory to the regional and international protocols relating to education for all children. These include the world declaration on Education for All (EFA), arising from the World conference referred to as the Jomtien Conference of March 1990. The others are the Convection on the Rights o'f the child in 1990, and Dakar Conference in April 2000. Building on the previous efforts and initiatives towards the attainment of universal primary education (UPE), the government declared Free Primary Education (FPE) in January 2003. with the intention of removing all levies that previously prevented children especially the vulnerable groups from accessing education. The long term objectives of the government is to provide every Kenyan with basic quality education and training