212. With regard to children with disabilities, the Government has progressively established programmes in various institutions to cater for these learners. There are presently 1,882 primary and secondary schools in Kenya that provide education for learners with special needs. These schools have 50,744 enrolled learners with disabilities. 24,000 of these learners are in special schools while the rest are in regular schools. This increase has been realized as a result of the efforts made to include learners with disabilities in regular schools through FPE. There are also 15 special secondary schools and integrated programmes. 213. With regard to internally displaced children, the Prevention, Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and Affected Communities Act, places the primary responsibility for the provision of economic and social rights which include education on the Government. Refugee children are provided with educational opportunities within their areas of residence as part of the international assistance that Kenya receives. They are provided with primary, secondary, technical as well as vocational education and there are also university scholarships through UNHCR. The schools within the refugee settings follow the Kenyan curricula which enable refugees to acquire academic certificates that they can use once they return home or proceed to be resettled abroad. Access to Secondary education 214. The state is in the process of constructing and fully equipping 560 secondary schools and rehabilitating existing ones. In the first year alone of the MTP, funds covering 200 such schools had been disbursed. Another Government initiative that has complemented this effort is the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) that has also facilitated construction of many district schools thereby increasing access. 215. These have seen the number of secondary schools increase from a total of 6,485 secondary schools in 2007 to 6,971 in 2009 and 7,308 in 2010. Enrolment grew from 1.18 million students in 2007 (639,393 boys and 540,874 girls) to 1.5 million (804,119 boys and 695,896 girls) students in 2009 and, further, to 1.7 million (916,302 boys and 792,818 girls) students in 2010. 216. The GER for secondary increased from 38.0 per cent (41.4 per cent for boys and 34.6 per cent for girls) in 2007 to 45.3 per cent (49.0 for boys and 41.8 for girls) in 2009. In 2010, the GER increased to 47.8 per cent (50.9 per cent for boys and 46.3 per cent for girls. The NER recorded an increase from 28.9 per cent (29.8 per cent for boys and 27.9 per cent for girls) in 2007 to 35.8 per cent (36.5 per cent for boys and 35.1 per cent for girls) in 2009. In 2010, the NER dropped to 32.0 per cent (32.4 per cent for boys and 32.9 per cent for girls). 217. In 2008, the Government put in place and started implementing Free Day secondary Education (FDSE) which provides financing to take care of tuition with a view to making secondary school education affordable. There is also a secondary bursary scheme meant for vulnerable groups including orphans, girls and children from poor families in informal settlements, poverty-stricken families in high potential areas, and families in ASAL districts. Although the Government has introduced FDSE, the programme has also assisted the poor to meet other secondary education expenses not catered for by the Government during the period under review. The Government continues to implement FDSE towards progressive realisation of free secondary education across the country. Further, the 48