A Case Study on Kenyan Female Students’ High Post-Primary Drop-out Rate
Authors
Yuwei Bai
London School of Economics and Political Science, Social Policy Department, London, UK
Corresponding author. Email: gaoming@cas-harbour.org
Corresponding Author
Yuwei Bai
Available Online 24 December 2021.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.424How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Kenya; Edudation; Inequality; Women
- Abstract
This essay looks at the topic of gender equality in education by focusing on Kenyan female high post-primary school drop-out rate. Through field research in Nairobi, Kenya, the author identified the main socioeconomic factors that constraints Kenyan females from continuing education. The factors are categorised into (1) The Lack of Family Financial Support; (2) Entrenched Culture of Early Marriage, Pregnancy and FGM; and (3) Subject and Career Choice Brought by Gender Role. Accordingly, measures which empower female with the right to education is proposed. Society as a whole should put in effort together to eliminate the gender discrimination and barriers. Also, measures ensuring female rights in education in Kenya should be taken.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yuwei Bai PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/24 TI - A Case Study on Kenyan Female Students’ High Post-Primary Drop-out Rate BT - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 2447 EP - 2452 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.424 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.424 ID - Bai2021 ER -