Kenya

By: Leigh Scarano, Julia Zendell, Kayleigh Basovsky and Mazie Stiles
 Background information
Location- Coastline of the Indian Ocean in South East Africa,
the neighboring countries are Ethiopia, Somalia, South
Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Capital- Nairobi

Population- 49.7 million

Independence from Great Britain- December 12th, 1963

Main language- Swahili

Here’s a glimpse of the culture in Kenya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yvrxmpDh4
 Dance
Maasai Dances of Northern Kenya

● The North represents the Maasai tribe

● There dance consists of them making a circle and
jumping really high
● They wear colorful beaded necklaces and sing their
traditional music

Kamba Dances in the Eastern Province

● This dance involves shaking their shoulders while

stomping their bare feet
● The music usually has drums, beats and flutes in it
 Religion
● Kenya Constitution promises freedom of
religion
● Half of the population is Christian
○ Many Christians are mainly located in
the West
● 10% of population is Muslim
○ Many Muslims live in the eastern
coastal region
● Small Hindu minorities
 Language
● Keyna is a multilingual country
● Swahili and English are the two official languages
● The main language is Swahili
● English is mostly spoken in commerce, schooling and
government
● Literacy rate is 82%
 Education
● The government of Kenya instituted a free
primary education for all programs and
later made secondary education also free
in 2008
● Nearly three million more students were
enrolled in primary school in 2012 than in
2003 due to the free tuition
● The number of schools increased by
7,000.
Education Structure
● Kenya follows a 8-4-4 system which replaced
the model 7-4-2-3 in 1985
○ 8 years of primary education
○ 4 years of secondary education
○ 4 years of undergraduate education
● Formal schooling begins at the age of 6 with
compulsory and free basic education until age
14
● Secondary schooling is also free but not
compulsory
● Vocational or technical school after secondary
school is an extra 1-3 years
Learning Styles
Auditory: we spoke clearly

Visual : we showed a video and the students could see the slides throughout the
presentation

Applied: we compared schools in Kenya to schools in the United States which is a

real life situation

Spatial: the students drew the Kenyan flag

Social and verbal: the students came up and presented different conversations in
Swahili and translated their conversations back to English
References
● https://wenr.wes.org/2015/06/education-kenya
● http://www.expatarrivals.com/africa/kenya/education-and-schools-kenya
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yvrxmpDh4
● http://theinformer.co.ke/1018/public-schools-receive-funds-from-the-
education-ministry/
● https://www.britsinkenya.com/2015/12/08/natalie-portman-lends-a-helping-
hand-to-build-schools-in-kenya/
● https://www.pinterest.com/pin/377528381243031983/?lp=true
● https://www.pinterest.com/pin/358880664027825881/
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamba_people
● https://sojo.net/articles/kenyan-muslim-who-shielded-christians-terrorists-dies
Go over worksheet!