Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya’s Education Sector ...

Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya's Education Sector

by Gwendolin J. Bandi

Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of University Honors College in partial fulfillment

of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy

University of Pittsburgh 2011

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE

This thesis was presented by

Gwendolin J. Bandi

It was defended on April 6, 2011

and approved by Dr. Leonora Anyango Kivuva, Faculty, Department of Linguistics Dr. Cecil Blake, Associate Professor, Africana Studies Department Dr. Joshua Kivuva, Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Public Administration,

University of Nairobi Thesis Advisor: Dr. Clyde Mitchell Weaver, Faculty, Graduate School of Public and

International Affairs

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Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya's Education Sector: Case Study of SNV Netherlands Gwendolin J. Bandi, BPhil University of Pittsburgh, 2011

In 2000, the United Nations presented the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the world`s leaders in a collective effort to promote poverty reducing initiatives including universal education. The goal of providing basic social programs such as education has been stressed in human rights initiatives and global development projects since 1948 and has been the focus Kenya`s national development programs since its independence. During the Kenyatta and Moi regimes, collective harambee efforts between the local communities, the Kenyan government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were established to provide physical infrastructure and feeding programs in the public school sector. The Kenyan government was unable to instate a sufficient free primary education system until recently. In 2003, President Mwai Kibaki issued the Free Primary Education Act, abolishing all primary school fees for public schools in Kenya. Vision 2030 outlines the implementation and enhancement efforts proposed by the Kenya interim government in 2008 to secure the future success of the Free Primary Education (FPE) Act of 2003. The reality of this vision requires the involvement and guidance of supportive Non-Governmental Organizations in the area, especially in the aftermath of the 2008 post-election violence. This study was conducted in an effort to increase the data available on the relationships between the Ministry of Education, primary school educators, the community and NGOS in Kenya`s education sector. Through interviews and focus groups with the Ministry of Education, teachers in private and public primary school systems and directors at

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SNV Netherlands, a Dutch NGO operating in Kenya, it is concluded that the involvement of NGOs in Kenya`s education sector is inevitable if the government is to succeed in its promises of providing Universal free primary education.

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