Why are there proportionately more poor pupils enrolled in non-state schools in urban Kenya in spite of FPE policy?

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Oketch, Moses ^a,b   Mutisya, Maurice ^a   Ngware, Moses ^a   Ezeh, Alex C ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Differentiated demand; Excess demand; Free primary education policy; Urban schooling

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349423397     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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