Provision of Education to the ‘Hard to Reach’ Amidst Discontinuity in Nomadic Communities in Kenya
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2016-01
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Forum for International Research in Education
Abstract
The formal education system in Kenya has generally not served the nomadic
communities effectively over the nearly fifty years since independence. Educational indices
of performance in the two counties revealed that the nomadic groups are at the bottom of the
table in national statistics pertaining to enrolment rates, participation, classroom performance,
gender balance, achievement, progression to the next level of education and by extension
training. Despite the existing government plans intended to ensure access and equity of
education provision in the country, issues of imbalance in enrolment, completion rates and
academic achievement between children of pastoralist communities and the rest of the
country have been and are still a subject of debate considering the huge disparities that exist
to which many feel are not receiving the expected attention. National primary school statistics
since independence to date, for example, reveal that children from the arid and semi-arid
lands (ASAL) regions of the country are most affected by under- enrolment and non completion of school.
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Nomadic pastoralists, Nomadic Education, Nomadic Communities, Kenya
Citation
Ayiro, L. P. & Sang, J. K. Provision of Education to the ‘Hard to Reach’ Amidst Discontinuity in Nomadic Communities in Kenya. Forum for International Research in Education. 3(3). Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.18275/fire201603031070