Education in Kenya: Interview with Mary Njoroge

During a recent visit to Washington, DC, Mary Njoroge, former Director of Basic Education of Kenya, gave an interview to the FTI website. In it she discusses:

• The importance of education in Kenya
• How Kenya’s education sector plan for 2005-2010 was developed
• The impact of FTI endorsement and Catalytic Fund assistance on Kenya’s efforts to reach the Education for All goals
• Her work with TREAC-Africa, an NGO, to reach out-of-school children in Kenya
• The Ministry of Education's program to reach children in Islamic schools
• Kenya's successful abolition of school fees initiative

Listen to the interview (total running time: 10.21 minutes)