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Urbanization and education in East Africa
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012The objective of this book is to pull together contributions on how education provision is affected by the rapid urbanization and to highlight the practice and policy gaps in the education of those who live in the urban areas.DocumentEast Africa Quality in Early Learning (EAQEL): impact evaluation report
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012This is an impact assessment report of an independent evaluation of the Aga Khan Foundation‘s (AKF) East African Quality in Early Learning (EAQEL) initiative to determine whether the initiative improves learning outcomes in the early grades (1-3) in two districts in Kenya and two districts in Uganda as was intended.DocumentStatus report on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013In Kenya, adolescents make up a considerable proportion of urban populations, and many of them live in the numerous informal settlements—or slums—in Nairobi.DocumentMoving from evidence to policy and action: can teacher quality help improve learning outcomes in Kenya?
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013Creating a school system that provides quality education requires more than expanding enrolments but also thinking about the eventual learning outcomes.DocumentNationally Standardized Continuous Assessment tests at various grades for improved academic achievement
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013Poor performance at the primary school exit exam means the end of schooling.DocumentMinistry of Education to reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and violence among girls attending high schools in Kenya by 2015
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013Sexual violence and harassment in schools is a public health problem, and is etrimental to girls’ psychosomatic health. Nearly a quarter of all girls below 15 years of age are forced into their first sexual encounter, according to the 2008-2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS).DocumentClosing the performance gap in student learning outcomes between private and public schools
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013Research evidence by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in the informalsettlements of Nairobi shows thatenrolment in public schools has decreased from 65% in 2003 to 37% in 2012. Simply put, by 2012, 63% of pupils in informal settlements were enrolled in low cost private schools for the poor instead.DocumentPrimary school completion and grade repetition among disadvantaged groups: a challenge to achieving UPE by 2015
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013The 2003 free primary education (FPE) program essentially aimed to make primary education accessible and affordable to all children, particularly for previously excluded and disadvantaged groups.DocumentQuality and access to education in urban informal settlements
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) conducted a longitudinal survey, 2005 to 2010, in two formal settlements (Harambee and Jericho) and two informal (slum) settlements (Korogocho and Viwandani) in Nairobi to understand the uptake and patterns of schoolenrolment after the introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) in Kenya.DocumentLand Access and youth livelihood opportunities in Southern Ethiopia
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013This study aims to examine current land access and youth livelihood opportunities in Southern Ethiopia. Access to agricultural land is a constitutional right for rural residents of Ethiopia. We used survey data from the relatively land abundant districts of Oromia Region and from the land scarce districts of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ (SNNP) Region.Pages