The World Bank report highlights Kenya’s strong educational achievements for adolescent girls but underscores persistent gaps ...

One in five Kenyan Adolescents has experienced four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), which has placed them at ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said Friday. There are fears that the death toll may rise, police said.

Kenya’s National Crime Research Centre (NCRC) found in 2017 that student arsonists are triggered by frustration at poor school conditions or are angered by teachers they perceive to be hostile.

Kenya’s deadliest school fire was in 2001, when students set fire to a high school in Machakos, southeast of Nairobi, killing 67 students, according to the 2016 report.

This adds to the 1.9 million children already out of school in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL). To further compound the challenges, ...