New report reveals widespread illegal levies in schools

As schools across Kenya reopen for second term, thousands of children from poor families are staring at a bleak future. Civil society is warning that despite education being free and compulsory by law, illegal levies by public schools continue to lock out the most vulnerable from school. Tonight, Elimu Bora Working Group is calling out the government for breaking its promise of free primary education to thousands of children, even as duty bearers watch in silence.