Gender Disparities

The girl child continues to be in vulnerable situation parental gender bias, cultural norms

negative impact adversely on the girl child’s participation in education. The Kenya has made

continuous progress towards gender parity showing that gender differences in education can be

overcome though public policy and changes in attitude but there is still along way to go as only

59 out of 176 countries have achieved gender parity in both primary and secondary education.

Many sub Saharan countries (Kenya inclusive) are miles to go before they achieve gender parity

and equality in education

Hiv/Aid Pandemic

Inadequate financial resources

Supply quality/tr shortages

High poverty levels

In Kenya poverty levels still remain high on becoming a republic in 1964. Kenya leaders vowed

to eradicate poverty, disease and illiteracy. So years down the line the proportion of Kenyan

population living on less than one us dollar in a day that is the poverty line is higher than ever

before with high poverty line compounded by economic crisis prevalence of HIV/AIDS

pandemic it could be just a mere dream to attain education for all by 2015 EFA.

Economical Issue

Inadequate Financial Resources

Financing education for all remain the core challenges which face Kenya. They depend on donor

support which more often than not come with strings attached. The government is financially
strained due to a number of factors ranging from political and economic instability, to weak

governance on introduction of FPE in 2008 and FSE on 2008.

These challenges are associated with lack of adequate teachers due to high involvement rate

dispatch funds. Embezzlement of funds at are dispatched, lack of enough equipment and

facilities due to this challenges Kenya is not about to be free from its state of need thus pushing

for the dream of education for all by this year which is remaining 2 months.

2003 NARC National Rainbow coalition government implemented FPC the programme created

a positive outcome because it resulted in significant increase in enrollment in majority of

schools. However serious challenges have bedeviled these implementation.

 Marginalized areas. Samburu Garissa

 Geographical factors

 Cultural practices-circumcision

 Child labour- cheap labour

 Conflict of role among education stakeholders

 T.S.C M.O.E

 Decentralized government/central government

 Imbalance of posting of teachers who tend to concentrate on town places

 Poor working conditions for teachers

 Poor pay

 Rampant strikes

 Arrogant leaders “Can’t Pay Won’t Pay”

  Indiscipline

 Drug abuse-school dropouts

Political Interference

fluctuated fees even after government pay teachers to allocate funds to each school going leaners

fees remain very high some schools paying over one hundred thousand per year.

High dropout rates

Kenyan schools post high dropout rates. high dropout rates in Kenyan primary schools worrying

this daily nation 26/10/2015.

According to the institute of economic affairs even with the introduction of free education in

2003 the dropout rate in Kenyan primary schools still remain high.

Congested class rooms

Limited physical facilities. Sharing textbooks.

Shortage of qualified teachers

Poverty levels

While the abolition of secondary school fees reduced the costs for households, indirect costs are

still twelve to twenty times as much as the monthly income of parent in rural areas leaving

secondary school out to reach for the poorest households only a minority of children from poor

rural and urban slums make it to secondary schools.

High dropout rate

While 1.3 million children join primary school at the start of free education only 875300 make it

to standard 8. More dropped out by completing second school and the government move to

subsidize cost by absorbing tuition coast in all public day and boarding schools.

The IEA note there are more drop out in institution of economic affairs.

A policy think tank has expressed serious concern about.

The just released report observe while 679000 boys enrolled in standard 1 in public numbers

dropped to 453300 girls ,632700 to 422000 over the same period.

422000 boys enrolled secondary only 2141000 completed secondary education.

453300 enrolled primary, 247,500 sat for class eight F.P.E

Solution

 Teachers need continued professional growth development in order to be competent to

handle challenges and emerging issues in schools. Teacher is a vital in that they can curb

indiscipline cases in school children strikes drug abuse.

 Embezzlement of funds most government officials are corrupt and hence they mismanage

or misallocate funds that are allocated to them.

 Future prospects on the girls child education depends on the following factors in EFA

goal are to be realized. Added commitment by all the stake holders to the girl’s education

enough and targeted funding by government and donors to the girl child education

strengthening the gender unity by allocating enough financial and national task force on

gender and education by allocating financial resources for activities.inc.

 In regard to deployment there is need thus to give equal distribution of primary in

districts that carry out registration of all pre-school teachers a untrained try be in-service.

Motivation of teachers and better pay.

The IEA is a public policy think tank based in Nairobi that promotes the pluralism of

ideas through open activities and informed debate on public policy issues.

 The increased investment would be more equitably distributed if it were geared towards

remote rural areas slum settlements and pastoralist communities.

Report from education for all global monitoring. The poor have far less chances of

making it to school. In Nairobi all children from rich household make it o school boys or

girls. But 55% of poor girls living in these North-East had never been to school with 43%

of poor boys in the region in the same situation.

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