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Tooley, James; Dixon, Pauline; Stanfield, James – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2008
Free primary education (FPE) is widely assumed to be required to ensure that the poor gain enrolment. After the introduction of FPE (from January 2003) in Kenyan schools, huge increases in enrolment were officially reported. However, our research, conducted 10 months after the introduction of FPE in and around the informal settlement of Kibera,…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Private Sector, Primary Education, Focus Groups