In discussing what percentage of Kenya’s spending is on education, the only thing former teachers’ union leader Wilson Sossion got right was that the country spends more on the sector than what the United Nations recommends.
The education minister also didn't get the percentage of the budget allocated to education right, and a former defence minister misrepresented the number of pupils moving from primary to secondary school.
Kenya's education system has been under a relentless spotlight in recent months, with the government criticised for both underfunding and mismanagement.
In January 2024, headteachers threatened to close schools because of a funding crisis, while the roll-out of a new curriculum has been hit by bottlenecks.
Questions have also been raised about the credibility of the national exams.
As the criticism mounted, it was reported that more than 130,000 pupils had failed to enrol in secondary schools, some because they couldn't afford the fees.
Against this backdrop of turbulence, Africa Check fact-checked six different claims made by prominent figures about the state of education in the country.
“The government spends over 30% of its total revenue of the entire budget on matters education.”
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