Education Policy and Legal Framework

The Ministry has been engaged in the process of reviewing the legal framework governing the education sector to facilitate the anchorage of reforms that have taken place over the past years. This will include incorporating the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) into the management of schools, decentralisation of both Ministry and TSC functions and disbursement of funds directly to institutions. In addition, the Ministry will gazette the current fees guidelines for secondary schools as a way of entrenching Free Day Secondary Education. At university level, the sector will:

• Popularise the policy of Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT), as a way of upgrading and expanding university facilities;
•  harmonise the legal statutes governing education and training;
• Empower the Commission for Higher Education to be an effective quality assurance body for both Public and Private universities;
• Strengthen and improve the governance and management structures of local universities; and
• Provide incentives to private universities to enable them to expand facilities and capacities for increased access and especially access to science oriented programmes.

Curricula developed by individual universities will be geared effectively towards addressing the changing market needs. Consequently, there is a need to review the legal framework with a view to empowering Commission for Higher Education (CHE) to undertake programme accreditation for both public and private universities.The sector will also Finalise the development of the National Qualifications Framework and review the Board of Adult Education (BAE) Act and its inclusion in the proposed Education Training and Research (ETR) Act. In addition, the sector will develop a legal policy framework to establish an independent Educational Broadcasting channel for both Radio and Television under the Kenya Institute of Education.In order to assist persons with special needs realize their full potential; a special education policy will be developed and implemented with a view to have an integrated and inclusive education.