Nairobi, May 14 -- Have you ever been approached on the street by a boy who looks about 10 years old, begging you to buy sweets, chewing gum or bananas while schools are in session?

Have you ever paused to ask why he is not in school?

Kenya is facing a serious education crisis. While there are fewer males in the country's population, more boys than girls are out of school.

According to the 2019 census, of Kenya's 47.6 million people, males make up 49.5 per cent and females 50.5 per cent, with less than 0.01 per cent identifying as intersex.

A report on the state of gender equality in basic education by Usawa Agenda, "What is the State of Gender Equality in Our Basic Education?", released on Tuesday, shows that more boys (five in every...