Kenya’s future still depends on basics of learning despite new technologies

Students in a congested classroom during a lesson at Elburgon DEB Secondary School, Nakuru County, on February 9, 2024.

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When many of us think back to our early years in school, we remember the simplicity of learning. A wooden desk, a battered exercise book, and the determination of a teacher who insisted that neat handwriting was a non-negotiable life skill.

In many Kenyan classrooms, those early habits shaped the way we think, write, and express ourselves. Yet, along the way, foundational learning, the bedrock of every child’s education, has started to slip through the cracks.

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