Both ECD and primary education influence the academic, mental and psychological formation of the youth and the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workforce in the African continent. The transition rates to secondary education is way below 50% in most Sub Saharan economies. This leads to indulging in what is perceived as grown-up activities prematurely, key among these: irresponsible catastrophic sex, child labour, crime, creative ways of subverting the laws existing in their countries. In retrospect, furtherance of their education onslaughts give them capacity to better their lives, those of their families, reduce dependence ratio, scale down adverse impacts of low transition to higher levels mentioned above, and have knowledgeable life choices for quality living.
Entrenchment of student access to learning materials through of innovative means like mobile ‘camel libraries’, book exchange, promoting BoG science teachers in public schools with high pupil-teacher ratio, school feeding for student retention other than just for food and nutrition concerns are initiative EPS KENYA advocates for to harness positive learning outcomes in quality and quantity.