In 2011, the Education Ministry’s international affairs deputy announced that foreign students were banned from enrolling in special schools for the gifted, as well as in exemplary public schools and vocational schools, a violation of the internationally guaranteed right to higher education. 
Mwaka 2011, Naibu Waziri wa elimu, Masuala ya Kimataifa, alitangaza kuwa, wanafunzi wa kigeni wamezuiwa kujiunga na shule za vipaji maalum, pamoja na shule za serikali za kupigiwa mfano na shule za ufundi, hali ambayo ni ukiukwaji wa haki ya kimataifa ya kupata elimu ya juu.