National Education Sector Strategic Plan for the Period 2018 – 2022

Abstract

This NESSP 2018-2022 outlines policy priorities, programmes and strategies for the Ministry of Education over the next five years. It covers the following sub-sectors: Pre-Primary Education, Primary Education, Secondary, Adult and Continuing Education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), University Education, Special Needs Education, and Teacher Education. There are also programmes related to National Qualifications Framework, Quality Assurance and Standards, as well as Science, Technology and Innovations. The Plan is divided into five chapters. The first chapter provides an analysis of issues that have an implication on education in Kenya, including Kenya’s demographic, macro-economic and social indicators, as well as the humanitarian context. Four in every ten Kenyans are of pre-school, primary and secondary school going age (that is age 4-17 years). In relation to the economy, the size of the economy has grown from GDP of about KES 4.8 trillion in 2013 to about KES 8.9 trillion in 2018. There are also improvements in a number of social indicators. For instance, Kenya’s Human Development Index (HDI) increased from 0.53 in 2010 to 0.555 in 2015 and further to 0.59 in 2017 with life expectancy at birth increasing from 62.9 years in 2010 to 66.6 years in 2015 and 67.3 years in 2017. Kenya is also ranked as one of the countries with the highest number of refugees, with close to 155,000 school going children among them.