The Samburu Girls Foundation has launched an ambitious educational program to ensure there is 100 percent enrollment of students, retention and transition to secondary education in Samburu County.
The program dubbed Nabulaa Accelerator Learning Program (NALP), which targets out-of-school children between 10 and 14 years old, will be rolled out in six wards in Samburu County, targeting 500 students per year.
A Programs Officer, Mercy Wanderi, at the Samburu Girls Foundation (SGF) said that Samburu County was unique and in need of an accelerated education program because 40 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 17 years were out of school.
According to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) 2022, the high out-of-school children in Samburu County was caused by cultural barriers and gender inequalities such as child marriage, which is at 31.9 percent, teenage pregnancies at 50 percent and a 75.6 percent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalence.
