List of All Education TaskForce Proposals and their Respective Impact in Kenya Education
List of All Education TaskForce Proposals and their Respective Impact in Kenya Education. Kenya’s Education Task Force presented various recommendations for human capacity development in education.
One of the recommendations was to expand educational institutions to give intermediate level training at the ward, constituency, and county levels.
This extension would enable students in many parts of the country gain access to education and training opportunities.
Another suggestion made by the Task Force was to provide alternate educational modalities, such as remote learning and skills training, for students who may not benefit from regular secondary education.
This recommendation acknowledges that not all students learn efficiently in typical classroom settings and provides alternate routes to education and skill development.
List of All Education TaskForce Proposals and their Respective Impact in Kenya Education
To overcome the obstacles of providing free day secondary schooling, the Task Force proposed hiring private auditors to oversee proper use of public money.
This recommendation seeks to increase openness and accountability in educational fund administration, as well as to reduce corruption and ensure that resources are used effectively for educational purposes.
Overall, the Education Task Force‘s proposals in Kenya aim to promote access to education, provide alternative learning pathways, and improve openness and accountability in the education system.
These measures are critical for the country’s human capacity development and socioeconomic advancement.
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1) The Ministry of Education should implement a Comprehensive School System (PP1 — Grade 9) that combines Pre-Primary, Primary School, and Junior School into a single institution. The terms “Secondary” and “Senior Secondary” should be deleted from the current Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary School.
2) To avoid future educational crises, Kenya should prioritize investment in foundational learning. Basic reading, numeracy, and transferable abilities such as social and emotional skills are critical building blocks for learning higher order skills.
3) Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to reduce the number of learning areas in Lower Primary from 9 to 7; 12 to 8 in Upper Primary; and 14 to 9 in Junior School to address overload and overlaps. Pre-Primary will have 5 learning areas, while Senior School will have 7.
List of All Education TaskForce Proposals and their Respective Impact in Kenya Education
4) The Ministry of Education should abandon the current classification of public secondary schools as National, Extra-county, County, and Sub-county, and replace it with a classification based on career routes for Senior schools.
5) Rename the Education Management Information System (EMIS) to the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS); and the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ministries of Interior and National Administration, to integrate birth registration and to capture students in tertiary and vocational institutions, as well as school-age learners who are not enrolled.
6) The Ministry of Education will establish the Kenya School of Teacher and Education Management (KeSTEM) to manage in-service training, as well as the Kenya Teacher Training College (KeTTC) to oversee all pre-service teacher training.
7) To resolve overlapping mandates in the Basic Education Quality Assurance and Standards functions, move the Quality Assurance and Standards functions at TSC to the Ministry of Education. In addition, the State Department of Basic Education’s Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards should be strengthened.
List of All Education TaskForce Proposals and their Respective Impact in Kenya Education
8) To attract, develop, and retain effective teachers, there should be a one-year mandatory retooling program for all pre-service training graduates to be CBCcompliant, as well as a one-year mandatory internship program upon completion of pre-service training before being registered into the teaching profession.
9) Implement a minimal essential package to help schools with enrollments that are less than optimal. Ksh. 70,200 is recommended for Pre-Primary, Ksh. 537,120 for Primary, Ksh. 2,030,805 for Junior School, Ksh. 3,041,145 for Senior School, and Ksh. 1,890,000 for Special Needs Education.
10) Adopt amended capitation in light of CBC reality, as follows: Ksh. 1,170 for Pre-Primary; Ksh. 2,238 for Primary; Ksh. 15,043 for Junior School; Ksh. 22,527 for Senior School (Day); Ksh. 19,800 for SNE (Day); and Ksh. 38,280 for SNE (Boarding); and consider raising the ACE grant. Every three years, the capitation and grants will be revised.
11) As the successor to the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, coordinate the management of bursaries and scholarships through the Kenya Basic Education Bursaries and Scholarship Council.
12) To improve equitable access and inclusion, the Ministry of Education will draft guidelines for accelerated education programs for marginalized groups, learners with special needs, and adult and continuing education.
13) Create institutionalized links between TVETs and industry, as well as avenues for continuity between TVET and universities.
14) Adopt a long-term financing strategy for university education that mixes grants/scholarships, loans, and household payments for students classified as vulnerable, highly needy, needy, and less needy in order to promote equal access and inclusion in education.
15) Pass the proposed Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Bill, which would combine the HELB, UFB, and TVET Fund to improve higher education funding efficiency.
16) The National Government and County Governments will collaborate to create a finance mechanism for ring-fencing VTC resources.
List of All Education TaskForce Proposals and their Respective Impact in Kenya Education
17) The Kenyan government will put the Open University into action, with the first cohort of students admitted in September 2023.
18) To strengthen university governance, amend the Universities Act to, among other things, exclude the Public Service Commission (PSC) from the Chancellor appointment process, provide for a selection panel in the appointment of Chancellors and Council members, and empower Councils to be responsible for the appointment of Vice-Chancellors and other top management of universities.
19) Make environmental protection and climate change action a part of all educational institutions.
20) Implement a three (3) month mandatory community service program for Senior School graduates before entering Tertiary institutions, followed by nine (9) months of mandatory community service after completing Tertiary education. A certificate of completion of community service will be issued as proof prior to employment.
21) The Kenyan government will strengthen KNEC’s own capacity to print national assessments.