Today in Kenya school exams start for two hundred thousand children, including pupils of the primary school trying to complete the first cycle of studies, the mandatory then hope, if there will be the resources, to go to secondary school. Secondary School this year which will see thousands of kids dream of a degree that can improve the quality of their lives and the lives of the families who in most cases have made many sacrifices to make them study.
It is estimated that only 17 percent of the students who come from eight years of primary school to higher steps and that half of them drop out of school before reaching their final exams. Often because of lack of funds.
On the coast of Kenya and especially in Kilifi County, there are thousands of young people who are preparing for three weeks, to face the exams. Many of them are supported by foreign associations (in Malindi and surroundings for most Italian) that finance their school career.
And 'high average of those who pass the exams, including students funded by non-profit, associations, children centers and private. It happens to the sense of responsibility, because they are closely followed and often because parallel with school life is improved their standard of living, allowing them proper nutrition and better conditions in the newspaper.