Kenya: Private Schools Outperform Public Schools at National Primary School Results

The national primary school results have displayed the superior performance of private schools students compared to their counterparts in the public school system. This is a worrying trend. This implies that children whose parents have the means will attend private schools where they stand better prospects of good primary school results, and thus have a head-start in the competition for admission to the best secondary schools, and ultimately the best chance at coveted university places.

The children whose parents are not wealthy will have to contend with inferior education from the word go. They will be disadvantaged by the education system, and ultimately condemned to lesser professional and employment prospects.