The rise and fall of Kenya’s once-elite ‘Pentagon’ schools

They were called the Pentagon Group: the learning institutions were limited to children from non-African families during and after colonial days. They were the top-tier in primary schools before the new CBE system. To avoid overcrowding in the so-called elite schools mainly erected in former White Highlands, children from poor families were not allowed to … Continue reading The rise and fall of Kenya’s once-elite ‘Pentagon’ schools