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How cost of living is pushing kids out of school

New terms start before parents can sort finances, especially villagers

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by Dolly Micheni

News13 July 2022 - 22:39
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There have been so many stories about Form 1 students who could not join primarily because of financial issues

You would consider it unthinking that a person would drop out of school, especially now, in the 21st century. Yet she, like many children in my village, is just another statistic down that road. This is fuelled by the fact that parents are not getting a breather in between the short holidays to organise their finances, factoring in the inflation.

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