KENYATTAUNI

VERSI
TY

DOMI
NICKI
PSANG E35S/22164/2015.

UNI
TCODE:
EMP201

UNI
TTI
TLE:
CURRI
CULUMDEVELOPMENT.

SCHOOL:
HUMANI
TIESANDSOCI
ALSCI
ENCES

DEPARTMENT:EDUCATI
ONALMANAGEMENTPOLI
CYANDCURRI
CULUMSTUDI
ES

I
NSTRUCTOR:
DRELI
ZABETHKATAM

TASK:

HASTHEREBEENAFALLINTHEQUALITYOFEDUCATI
ONRESULTI
NGFROMYOURCOUNTRY
I
NCREASI
NGENROLLMENTINSCHOOLS?HOW CANTHEGOVERNMENTHELPPREVENTAFALL
I
NTHEQUALITYOFEDUCATION?DI
SCUSS.
Inkenya
,thereha sbeenafal
linquali
tyofe duca
tionres
ult
ingfroma nincr
easedenrol
mentofst
udents
.
Thi
shasbeenbr oughtaboutbyma nyfactorsoneofwhichispoorpolic
iesappl
i
e dbygover
nmentinthe
ques
ttoensuret hats
e c
ondaryschool
sa bsorbasma nyst
udentsa spossi
bl
e.Arecentpol
i
cybythe
gove
rnmentisthehundr edperc
enttransit
ionint
of ormbytheK. C.P.Ecandi
dates
.Ahundredperc
ent
tr
ansi
ti
oninretur nbr
ingsaboutanincre
a sedenroll
ment.

Pa r
entsal
socontr
ibute
dt oincrea
sedenrol
me ntt
hrought he
irdemandforeduc a
tionf
orthei
rchi
ldr
en.
Theproble
mofi nc
reasedenrolmentha
sgr e
a t
lyaf
fecte
dt heacademi
cs t
andardsandquali
tyof
educat
ionoff
eredi
nma nys econdar
yschool
s,.
Anincreaseinenrol
l
me nthasre
s ul
tedinhugecl
asssi
zes
andtheref
orethetea
chingloadformosttechersi
sbig.

I
ncre
aseinenroll
mentinkeny
ahasledtoinadequacyofschoolf
aci
l
iti
esli
kecl
asses,
desks,dor
mitor
ies
e
tc.Alargeenr
ollmentove
rworkst
ea c
he r
samidstinadequatet
eac
hingmate
ria
lsl
ikete
x tbooks,
l
aborat
oryequipmentandchemi
cal
s.Thisint
hee ndwill
r es
ulti
nafall
int
hequali
tyofeducati
onoff
ered.

As ur
geinenr
oll
mentma kesi
tdif
fi
cultwhendeal
ingwit
hover
agepupi
l
s,di
sci
pl
ineandtruanc
y.Sc
hools
withl
argenumberofpupi
lsfa
cema nyindi
sci
pl
inecas
esandpr
oblbl
emsofi
nsuf
fic
iente
quipmentand
suppl
iesl
eadi
ngtoover-
useofsomeoft he

f
aci
l
iti
est
hatwe
rea
vai
l
abl
eins
chool
s.

Thehe
adofs
chool
sar
eli
kel
ytof
acec
ons
tra
int
sin

or
ganiz
ingpupi
l
ssoa
stout
il
iz
ethel
i
mit
edf
aci
l
iti
es.
Thi
sint
urni
sboundt
oaf
fec
tcoor
dina
tionof
i
nstr
ucti
onal

Qual
it
yteac
hinga ndl
ear
ningcanbeac
hie
vedbythgover
nmenti
namov etoprev
entafal
li
nthequal
i
ty
ofe
ducat
ionthroughmeasure
swhichc
anthenbeappl
i
edthr
ougheduc
ationa
lins
tit
uti
onsasf
oll
ows;
coac
hingandmentor
ingbyheadtea
che r
s,us
ingappl
ic
abl
eappr
oachestostudent
swithdi
ff
erentne
eds,
andperi
odica
sse
ssme ntofs
tude
nts.Theyal
soincl
udest
ude
ntscounse
ll
ing,enga
gingst
udent
singroup
workamongother
s.

Ther
eisane e
dofs choolsthroughthegovernme ntadopti
ngICTasame a
sur
etodea
lwi
thi
ncreas
ing
e
nrol
lment.
Adopt i
onofI CTiscruci
altoreduceincre
a s
edenrolme
ntthr
oughmeas
uri
ngc
arr
ying
c
apac
ityofsecondar
ys choolsandther
e bydealwithincr
easi
ngnumbers
.

The reisneedforthegove r
nme ntt
oe nc
ouragetheset
tingupofqua li
ty-cont
roll
edpr i
vat
ei nsti
tut
ions
anda tthesa meti
mepr omot i
ngqua l
i
tyassurancei
npublicschool
s.Thegov er
nme ntshouldincrea
s e
resourceall
ocati
onpa rt
icul
arl
yt os
e c
ondaryschool
s.I
nor dertoachi
evethis,f
inancia
ldonat i
onsshould
bes oughtfrommul ti
-nati
onalorgani
sat
ionsengagedi
nf undingeducati
onalproj
ects,sothat
constructi
onofc l
assr
oomsc a
nbedonet osolvethepr
oble mofinadequateschoolinf
rast
ruc t
ures.

Further
more ,s
take
holderssuc
ha st
heBoa rdofMa nageme ntshoul
dseri
ousl
yplayt
heirs
upe r
vis
ory
rol
es;par
entsshoul
dc ont
inueass
ist
ingschoolsbycontri
but i
ngmor emoneytosubs
idi
sethatmone y
pai
dbygov ernment.
Te ac
hersal
soasveryimpor t
antsta
ke holder
sshoul
dbepa i
drea
sonablesal
ari
es
andinthatwa y
,the
ywi l
lworkver
yha r
dinor dertocont
ributetotheacademi
cprogr
e s
sofs c
hools
.

Thegovernmentshoul
dprovi
deinstr
ucti
onalf
aci
li
ti
essuc
ha stext
books,i
tshoul
dals
oincr
eas
elearni
ng
re
sourcecentr
esandemployenoughteache
rsinthesc
hoolasthestude
ntteache
rrati
oist
oohighin
major
it
yoft hesc
hoolswhic
hleadstopoorqual
it
yofeducat
ion.I
nthiscas
eitwouldcat
erf
orincr
eased
te
achers’
wor k
loa
da ndshar
eresponsi
bi
li
ty.

Theenti
recommunityshoul
dsuppor
tthecons
truc
tionofmores
chool
sthr
oughCDFsc
hoolsi
nthe
count
ybyprovidi
ngfre
elandandcheapl
abour
.Thiswouldi
ntur
ncate
rfori
ncre
ase
denrol
mentra
tesi
n
theexi
sti
ngschool
s.

CONCLUSI
ON:

Thefal
l i
nthequali
tyofeduc
ati
onwitne
ssedinKenya'
seducat
ionsect
orinmostcase
sisaresul
tofan
i
nc r
easedenrol
mentofstude
ntsinsc
hools.
Thepoli
cyofhundr
e dper
centtra
nsi
ti
ontosecondar
y
school
sisaleadi
ngfact
ortoanincr
ease
de nrol
lme
nt.I
nordertouphol
da ndupl
if
tthequa
lit
yof
educat
ion,Thegover
nmentneedstoputinplac
eme a
sure
sthewi l
lpr
eventafal
li
nthequali
tyofthe
educat
ionoffer
ed.
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it
yandr
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vanthi
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on,t
rai
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nga
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anove
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UNESCO,
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.Cha
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sofI
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eme
nti
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eePr
ima
ryEduc
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."I
ncr
eas
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ude
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