In classrooms across much of sub-Saharan Africa, the quiet question of who raises a hand and who stays silent is far more than a matter of personality. It is shaped, according to new research from Kenya, by household budgets, school fees, siblings and the careers students believe await them. A study of public day secondary schools in Mwala Sub-County, in the semi-arid hills of South Eastern Kenya, has found that the forces driving students’ part…
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