Why schoolbooks may be fuelling gender stereotypes A Nairobi mother’s simple attempt to teach her son cooking led to a frustrating realisation: his school textbooks were teaching him that domestic chores are only for girls Gender Just now

Persistent stereotypes A University of Nairobi study examining gender role portrayal in Kenyan primary school textbooks analysed 40 textbooks used in Classes One to Three and found that they largely reinforced traditional gender stereotypes.25 per cent of candidates who sat the Grade 6 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment, while boys accounted for 51.

Another study, published in the International Journal of Education and Research, reached similar conclusions, finding that Kenya's education system continues to reinforce traditional gender stereotypes through school textbooks.