UNESCO National Education Support Strategy (UNESS) for the ...

UNESCO National Education Support Strategy (UNESS) for the Republic of Kenya

2010 - 2011

November 2010

UNESCO National Education Support Strategy (UNESS)

for the Republic of Kenya 2010 - 2011

November 2010

The UNESCO National Education Support Strategy for Kenya can be fully reproduced or cited provided that appropriate acknowledgment is made. Data, information and materials used in this document were derived from the national government, UN documents and other sources. Designations employed and presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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Development Priorities and Challenges

Table of Contents

ACRONYMS........................................................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................................... viii INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................... xi Education for all, and Millennium Development Goals...............................................x 1. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES...................................................................1

1.1 Social, economic and human development context............................................................1 1.2 National development priorities............................................................................................3 2. EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES, PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES.............................................5 2.1 Educational context and challenges.....................................................................................5 2.1.1 Education objectives...............................................................................................5 2.1.2 Education management...........................................................................................6 2.2 National priorities and strategies..........................................................................................9 2.2.1 Early childhood development education.................................................................9 2.2.2 Primary education..................................................................................................10 2.2.3 Non-formal education............................................................................................13 2.2.4 Special needs education.......................................................................................14 2.2.5 Secondary education.............................................................................................16 2.2.6 Teacher management............................................................................................17 2.2.7 Teacher education.................................................................................................19 2.2.8 In-service education and training (INSET).............................................................19 2.2.9 Adult literacy and continuing education................................................................20 2.2.10 EFA initiative programmes.....................................................................................22 2.2.11 Tertiary and university education sub-sector programmes...................................23 2.2.12 University education..............................................................................................24 2.3 Financing of education and resource mobilization.............................................................26 2.3.1 Expenditure analysis for the period 2006/07 ? 2008/09........................................26 3. PRIORITIES AND INTERVENTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS...................................28

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UNESCO National Education Sector Support Strategy (UNESS) for the Republic of Kenya 2010-2011

4. UNESCO'S PROGRAMMATIC THRUST...................................................................................30 4.1 Unesco's past support for education and programmatic priorities....................................30

4.1.1 Sector planning and management........................................................................30 4.1.2 Early childhood care and development.................................................................30 4.1.3 Literacy development............................................................................................31 4.1.4 Education for sustainable development................................................................32 4.1.5 HIV and AIDS.........................................................................................................32 4.1.6 Education quality - EMIS, school assessments and education outcomes...........33 5. STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.........................................................................35

5.1 Gaps and emerging needs in education.............................................................................35 5.1.1 Inadequate data.....................................................................................................36 5.1.2 Internal inefficiencies affecting quality of education..............................................37

5.2 UNESCO support strategy for Kenya.................................................................................37 Kenya UNESS Outcome Matrix for 2010-2011.................................................................................39 Action 1: Education sector planning and management through the EFA End Decade Assessment.....................39 Action 2: Promoting quality and relevance of basic education through Education for Peace..................... 40 Action 3: Promoting comprehensive education sector responses to HIV and AIDS prevention through EDUCAIDS.............................................................................................................41 Action 4: Supporting evidence-based literacy and non-formal education policy and planning, and programme development through LIFE.........................................................................42

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Development Priorities and Challenges

Acronyms

ADB AEO AGFUND ASAL BEUPA CEDAW DAE CHE CPAP CRC DESD DICT COPE DICECE DVS ECE ECD EDUCAIDS EFA ELSE EMIS EMOP ESA ESD ESFP ESIP ESSP ERSWC FAL

African Development Bank Area Education Officer Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations Arid and Semi-arid Lands Basic Education for Urban Poverty Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Directorate of Adult Education Commission for Higher Education Country Programme Action Plan Convention on the Rights of the Child United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development District Infrastructure Coordination Team Complementary Opportunities for Primary Education District Centres for Early Childhood Education Department of Veterinary Services Early Childhood Education Early Childhood Development Global Initiative on Education and HIV/AIDS Education for All Empowering Lifelong Skills Education in Masindi Education Management Information System Emergency Operations Education Standards Agency Education for Sustainable Development Expanded School Feeding Programme Education Sector Investment Programme Education Sector Support Programme Economic Recovery Strategy and Wealth Creation Functional Adult Literacy

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