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    "content": "FDSE. The overreaching intention was to enable all Kenyans of school-going age to access universal basic education. This policy commitment is well articulated in our National Development Strategy Blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030. To ensure that this commitment is translated into reality, and as a Government that cares for her people, we have continued to allocate, at least, 25 per cent of the main Ministerial Budget to the education sector. This funding level translates to an expenditure of Kshs1.020 per annum per child in public primary schools, and Kshs10, 265 per annum per student in public secondary schools. The Government resolve to implement the two programmes is a true testimony of our commitment to ensuring that there is access to universal education which is one of the fundamental rights for the people of Kenya stated in our Constitution. It is also a demonstration of our commitment to the implementation of the Millenium Development Goal (MDG) on education that seeks to ensure universal basic education. It is instructive that since the launch of the two progammes, significant progress has been made in the enrolment of children in schools. For instance, gross enrolment in public primary schools shot up from 5.9 million pupils in 2003 to 8.7 million pupils in 2012. The enrolment in public secondary schools has also increased considerably, rising from 1.28 million in 2008 when the programme was started to 1.9 million students in June, 2012. The transition rate from primary to secondary has improved remarkably increasing from 42.6 per cent in 2008 to---"
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