Kenya : A brief educational introduction
Kenya attained independence from British rule in 1963. The country inherited its
education system from the British colonial education system. Since independence, the
government of Kenya has continually sought to modify the curriculum to achieve context
relevance.
This has been done through two major avenues; One, periodic commissions constituted
by the government to look into aspects of the school system and suggest better policy and
practice. Two, constant curriculum development programmes handled by the Ministry of
Education and related agencies (Shiundu and Omulando 1992, Kinuthia, 2009). This
paper will dwell more on the second avenue.