The transformative Elimu Scholarship programme has promoted school enrolment by learners from needy families.
A report by the Ministry of Education titled Key Highlights on the Status of the Kenya Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP), indicated that majority of the beneficiaries of the flagship programme sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination.
The first cohort saw 8,725 students complete their secondary education, with only 257 failing to see their education through after either dropping out or passing away.
The second cohort of 8,834 learners are still pursuing their education, with only 170 dropping out.
The scholarship programme was launched in 2019 to provide financial assistance to vulnerable learners who excelled in the KCPE.
The beneficiaries were selected from the 47 regional governments and include candidates with special needs and disabilities, learners from vulnerable and marginalised groups and refugees.
The initiative is administered by the Ministry of Education in partnership with The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and Equity Group Foundation.
The initiative was complemented by the government’s 100 percent transition policy that led to the increase in the number of learners transitioning from lower primary and upper primary to senior secondary.
The number of learners who sat the KCPE examination in October 2023 before it was phased out to cede room for CBC grew by about 180,000 to 1.41 million.
All the learners continued with their education by being placed in national, special needs, extra county, county and sub-county secondary schools depending on their performance.
SEQIP was launched on September 15, 2017 to improve retention of learners in the upper primary and increase transition from primary to secondary education.
The project, which ended in December 2024, improved learner textbook ratio in in 7,852 primary and 2,147 Secondary Schools.
Elimu Scholarship Programme Boosts School Enrolment, Benefits over 17,000 Learners
The transformative Elimu Scholarship programme has promoted school enrolment by learners from needy families.
A report by the Ministry of Education titled Key Highlights on the Status of the Kenya Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP), indicated that majority of the beneficiaries of the flagship programme sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination.
The first cohort saw 8,725 students complete their secondary education, with only 257 failing to see their education through after either dropping out or passing away.
The second cohort of 8,834 learners are still pursuing their education, with only 170 dropping out.
The scholarship programme was launched in 2019 to provide financial assistance to vulnerable learners who excelled in the KCPE.
The beneficiaries were selected from the 47 regional governments and include candidates with special needs and disabilities, learners from vulnerable and marginalised groups and refugees.
The initiative is administered by the Ministry of Education in partnership with The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and Equity Group Foundation.
The initiative was complemented by the government’s 100 percent transition policy that led to the increase in the number of learners transitioning from lower primary and upper primary to senior secondary.
The number of learners who sat the KCPE examination in October 2023 before it was phased out to cede room for CBC grew by about 180,000 to 1.41 million.
All the learners continued with their education by being placed in national, special needs, extra county, county and sub-county secondary schools depending on their performance.
SEQIP was launched on September 15, 2017 to improve retention of learners in the upper primary and increase transition from primary to secondary education.
The project, which ended in December 2024, improved learner textbook ratio in in 7,852 primary and 2,147 Secondary Schools.
