A presentation of local efa initiatives undertaken by Ministry of Education of Kenya. Presented by Leah Rotich, Director of Basic Education, MOE, given at the IAU Workshop on higher education for EFA, held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 24-25 January 2013.

1. PRESENTATION OF LOCAL EFA INITIATIVES DURING
IAU COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP
BY LEAH K. ROTICH, DIRECTOR BASIC
EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
VENUE: SILVER SPRINGS-NAIROBI ON 24TH – 25TH
JAN, 2013.
WHAT IS EFA?
A global initiative launched by UNESCO in
Thailand in 1990.

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AIMS:
to address the learning
needs of all children, youth
and adults by 2015

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APPROACH:
A collaborative effort of
Governments, Civil Society
Organizations and Development
Agencies to meet the six EFA
Goals which are:

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EFA GOALS ; GOAL 1
Expand and improve comprehensive early
childhood care and education, especially for
the most vulnerable and disadvantaged
children:-
• National ECDE Policy Framework&
Service Standards developed
• ECDE is included in structure of Education:
2-8-4-4(Free and Compulsory)

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GOAL NO. 1 CONT’D
• Provision of Community Support
Grants to ECDE Centre
• Enhance Health and Nutrition of
Children
• Enhance Capacity of parents to
manage the ECDE Centres
• Introduce ICT

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Areas of Focus
• Impact of ECDE teacher
training on learning outcomes
• Importance of investing in
early years
• Capacity building and
sensitization

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Goal 2
Ensure that by 2015 all
children, particularly girls, those in
difficult circumstances, and those
belonging to ethnic minorities, have
access to and complete, free, and
compulsory primary education of good
quality.

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Goal 2- Status
• Enactment of Constitution of Kenya 2010 which
provides for Free and Compulsory Basic
Education for all children
• Enrolments at pry( public and private) increased
from 892,000 in 1963 to 5.9million in 2002 and to
9.86million in 2011
• At ECDE level, .NER has increased from 35% in
2005 to the current 50%

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Goal 2, continued
• Provision of Sanitary Towels to vulnerable girls
• Establishment/sustaining of Mobile Schools
• Low cost boarding schools
• School Feeding Programmes
• Child Friendly Schools,
• School Based De-worming Programme
• School WASH-simple and cheap habits
e.g.washing hands with soap
• SNE Schools and units- grants, top up etc

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Goal no.3
Ensure that the learning needs
of all young people and adults
are met through equitable
access to appropriate learning
and life-skills programs.

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Goal 3, continued
• Alternative Basic Education &
Training
• Bursaries
• Appropriate teaching methodologies
• Use ICTs

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Goal no. 4
Achieve a 50 % improvement in adult
literacy by 2015, especially for
women, and equitable access to basic and
continuing education for all adults.

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Goal 4, Status
• Adult Literacy Survey conducted
• Secondary Schools for Adults being
developed
• Plan to provide teaching and learning
materials for all adults
• Provide infrastructure

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Goal no. 5
Eliminate gender disparities in primary and
secondary education by 2005, and achieve
gender equality in education by 2015, with
a focus on ensuring girls' full and equal
access to and achievement in basic
education of good quality.

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Goal 5, continued
• Provision of sanitary
towels
• Provision of bursary
funds- Girls and
vulnerable children

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Focus
food for thought:Should govt provide
sanitary towels or treat the pain during
periods?

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Goal no.6
Improve all aspects of the quality of
education and ensure the excellence of
all so that recognized and measurable
learning outcomes are achieved by
all, especially in literacy, numeracy and
essential life skills.

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Goal 6, continued
• INSET for teachers
• Improving Primary Maths/
Reading
• Reform Curriculum- to be
competency based rather
than objective based

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Challenges/Opportunities
• Large Class size/ small class size => pupil
teacher ratio
• Cultural believes-Girl child, Moranism
,FGM, boy child,
• impact of HIV/AIDS
• conflict in some regions due to resource
• Emergencies- Natural and man made

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Challenges/Opportunities- Continued
• poor learning outcomes in some schs,
• low quality of education in some areas
• Inadequate trained teachers at some
levels, esp. Adult Literacy Centres and
ECDE Centres
• access to education for the marginalized-
low with notable regional disparities

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Initiatives
Other initiatives include:
• the development of Special Needs, Adult
Basic Education, Nomadic and other
marginalized groups, National school Health
and Alternative Provision of Basic Education
and Training policies
• Development of strategies.

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Way Forward
• Any new policy initiatives must include
views from a wide sector of stake-
holders for purposes of inclusion and
ownership .
• Programme implementation must be
informed by research

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Way Forward
• All programmes incl. teacher training
programmes offered at University at all
levels should be developed through
consultation with relevant stakeholders
• Focus on Marginalized communities e.g.
CSN, those in ASAL, Orphans, those
affected and infected by HIV and AIDS