'Beyond justification': teachers decry UK backing for private schools in Africa

Global teachers’ federation says Kenya lawsuit reflects desperation to silence critics, but Bridge International claims it is simply trying to set the record straightA row over the future of low-cost private schools in Africa has escalated after one school company, backed by the UK government, was accused of intimidating its critics.Bridge International Academies, which runs more than 500 primary and nursery schools in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Libya, as well as India, has high-profile ba