Effect Of Free Primary Education Policy On Teacher Adequacy, Teacher Effectiveness And Coping Strategies In Public Primary Schools In Kakamega South District, Kakamega County

ABSTRACT Free Primary Education (FPE) was introduced in Kenya in January 2003.Since its inception, it has posed a number of challenges to the government, school managers and other education stakeholders. One of the major challenges is that FPE policy has led to an influx of pupils into various classes at primary level of schooling against a stagnant teacher population. This study was intended to investigate the effect of FPE policy on teacher adequacy, teacher effectiveness, and how the government, school managers and other stakeholders are coping with the issue of high enrolment rates. Kakam…