Parents are now spending two whole months with their children at home and some are making 'final' touches to travel upcountry and to new destinations to make the long December holidays memorable. To other parents, the holiday season is not only about bonding but glorious moments to bond with their children and provide them with details of the education policy plans rolled out to pave a successful future for them.
Parents make significant sacrifices to ensure their children have access to good quality education that will enable them to gain professional training relevant to the job market locally and abroad. The government is also credited with making heavy investments on education infrastructure and paying personnel at all institutions to ensure Kenya has a highly skilled workforce These collective efforts have contributed to Kenya's impressive literacy rate of 81.5 per cent, one of the highest in Africa, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.