Raed Alotaibi First Draft Research methods Low Female Primary School Attendance in Kenya Kenya is one of the

countries that is actively involved in international organizations such as Human Rights, United Nation and Childrens Act. These international conventions stated that education is essential to every child, so that every child can learn basic skills such as writing and reading. The Kenyan government has made education free for primary schools. However, according to Nkoyiai and Amanuel research, about 21% of females do not go to school, which means many of them are considered as illiterate. This number has a huge impact on the new generation. Similarly, the same study show that there is a huge gap between girls education and boys education in both achievement and enrollment. Due to this, girls lack opportunities to get education in Kenya. The benefits of getting girls education can help further develop any countrys society because of the potential benefits that women can bring. literate women are more likely to assist the education of their children than illiterate women. According to Takashi Yamano article, there are many Kenyan girls who dont even enroll in school, despite the law in Kenya stated that girls who are eligible to attend primary schools must get an education. Culture, societal expectations, and diseases, exist in Kenya and contribute to some of the major reasons that prevent girls from attending school. This is an important topic to know about because the education of the Kenyan female youth population is vital

to the success of their countrys society. This leads us to questions how culture have a negative influence on female Kenyan education and how can the law prevent this from happening? The law in Kenya created social services so that education was given more importance. However, according to Anastia and Teklemariam research, the leaders of some Kenyan tribes outcast education for their children especially girls, because they believe that girls in primary schools are ready for marriage. Although girls education is important, according to the same research, they claim that this law is against their culture and their values because once a girl becomes ten years old, she is considered a woman. These people are afraid to send their girls to school because educated girls have less of a bridal value. Another reason that tribes prevent these laws is so that the female students can stay back and take care of older family members. They cannot pay for proper health care for the sick so they believe that girls should be committed to taking care of the sick adults. AIDS tend to be the most common disease. In poor households, AIDS affects girls more than boys. If one of the family members is sick, girls are withdrawn from school so that families can save money from medical services and use the girls instead to take care of the sick. The third reason is that parents who are not educated have a negative influence on their children because they are not eager to push their girls to get an education. Parents with no education have a conflicted relationship with their childrens education. Thus, if the parents are educated, they will encourage their kids to attend school because they value education as they have experienced it before.

In conclusion, attendance rates for females in Kenyan primary schools are much lower than males due to culture, disease and lack of the education value. !"#$#%&'%()$*% +#&,-%.),#%/)%0)1,/#$%/"#%#.102/&),23%+2$$&#$'%4$#'#,/%5)$%-&$3'%+1/%51$/"#$%0"2,-#'% 2$#%,#0#''2$67%

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