Kenya’s Inclusive Education Gap Widens as New Data Exposes Stark Barriers for Children With Disabilities
New findings from the USAWA Agenda reveal a systematic failure in Kenya’s pursuit of inclusive education, with children with disabilities facing the highest dropout rates, the lowest levels of enrollment, and some of the most persistent barriers to learning. According to the report, two in every ten children with disabilities are currently out of school, while 15 out of every 100 have dropped out altogether. Even more worrying, five out of every 100 children with disabilities never enroll in school at all, highlighting deep inequalities hidden within the country’s education system. The data further shows that children with autism and mental health challenges face the steepest uphill battle. Learners with autism are more likely to drop out than any other group, while children with mental health conditions are the most likely to never enroll at all. Girls with mental health challenges face even higher dropout rates than boys, exposing a gendered dimension of vulnerabilit...