Implementing Educational Policies in Kenya

摘要

The paper reviews the evolution of the Kenyan education system since independence from Britain in 1963. The report outlines the institutional and legal steps that were taken to improve the educational system and traces its development through four five-year development plans. In the space of twenty years, the system has expanded dramatically and universal free primary education has been achieved, the progression of the system has been restructured, and the curriculum has been significantly revised, placing more emphasis on the technical and vocational skills which remain in high demand. However, educational development in the post-colonial period has been hampered by insufficient resources due to poor economic conditions, a high rate of population growth, teacher shortages, the need to balance native language with foreign language instructions, poor internal efficiency, and continued problems with curriculum relevance.