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Parents Blamed for the decline of Reading Culture in Kenya
The debate on the declining reading culture among Kenya’s younger generation has been a hot topic among academics and writers across the country. Although Kenya has a vibrant publishing industry, the reading culture is poor. Despite this, the children’ s book market is on an upward trend. Compulsory Free Primary Education (FPE) has played a significant role in this; making the publication of educational books for children at primary school a lucrative business.Some blame the parents as well as the government for not encouraging a reading culture, while others blame the education system. E-learning has emerged as a solution to the problem of the declining reading culture with education officials meeting in Nairobi to promote reading.
“Once held as a largely neglected domain, books for children have over the past few years been on the increase. This is evidenced by the growing number of publications rolling off the printers and displayed in bookshops,” says a senior official at the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Kenya’s leading publishing firm. “You will also find publications (not necessarily from the mainstream publishers) being sold by hawkers in bus stops.”
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