Ministry stops expansion of low-cost schools

A low-cost chain of private schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has frozen its expansion in Kenya after the government issued an order stopping the opening of new non-formal schools.

Bridge International Academies – which operates 405 nursery and primary schools in Kenya with a population of 100,000 pupils – has run into regulatory headwinds that have stopped plans to open additional 100 schools this year.