Kenya Education and Training Policy Framework 2019

Education, training and research is a major platform for national socio-economic transformation. Thus, the Government of Kenya, in its commitment to transforming education, training and research, has instituted a number of measures based on findings of various commissions and task forces. The National Conference on Education, Training and Research held in November, 2003 culminated in the development of Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2005, a Policy Framework for Education, Training and Research, which has largely been guiding education, training and research in the country. This Sessional Paper succeeds the 2005 Sessional Paper.

The most recent initiatives are those that re-aligned education, training and research to the Constitution of Kenya. These were—

• Task Force on the Re-Alignment of the Education Sector to the Constitution of Kenya; and
• Task Force on Alignment of the Higher EducationScience and Technology Sector with the Constitution of Kenya.

These two task forces completed their work in 2012. A key recommendation of these task forces was that a new policy be developed to guide the education sector. In an effort to develop this policy, the Ministry of Education, in 2012, drafted Sessional Paper No. 14 on ‘Reforming Education and Training in Kenya’. However, the process of approval was not concluded.

This Sessional Paper is based on the 2012 draft. Subsequently, the policy provisions embodied in this document are to address the constitutional requirements and national aspirations as well as offer direction in modernizing and rebranding the country’s education, training and research.