education
Directorate of Adult and Continuing Education
The Directorate is responsible for coordination and management of programmes and activities in the adult education. Specifically, the Directorate functions are to;
- Formulate and implement ACE Policies
- Promote multiple literacy through alternative provision of basic adult education programmes
- Provide Education through alternative education approaches
- Promote general Adult Education programmes
- Provision of Basic literacy to out of school children
- Coordination of the implementation of Nomadic Education and Alternative Basic Education and Training in Kenya
- Provision of Alternative Education to Marginalized, hard-to-reach and vulnerable groups
- Development of guidelines on competencies in Alternative Basic Education programmes
- Manage ACE Assessment and Examinations
- Governance and Management of Alternative Basic Education Centres
- Development of ACE programmes
- Enhance community empowerment programmes through partnerships and collaboration with all stakeholders
- Development of ACE Instructional Materials
- ACE Teacher Management
- Management of strategic partnerships and linkages
- Enhance Governance and Management of MDTIs
- Advice the Minister on matters relating to teachers for Alternative Basic Adult & Continuing Education.
Directorate of Secondary and Tertiary Education
Directorate of Secondary and Tertialy Education is responsible for coordination and management of programmes and activities in Secondary Schools and Diploma Colleges. Its`Specific functions are;
- Registration of Schools and Diploma teachers Colleges
- Policy formulation and implementation
- Admission and transfer of students in Secondary Schools and Diploma Teachers colleges
- Discipline of students, BOM, Parents Association and school Projects
- Management of external and GOK Projects
- Coordination of Co- Curricular activities
- Management of school grants
- Implement SNE Policy in Secondary Education Partnership with State, and private partners.
Principal Secretary-Vocational & Technical Training
Dr. Dinah J.C. Mwinzi, MBS
Dr. Dinah Mwinzi is an educationist, enterprise, youth, gender and public policy practitioner with more than twenty five years’ experience across higher education, administrative levels of Government and development sectors. She is also a certified business mentoring, ICT, knowledge society and e-learning specialist. In her professional career, she is the founding Director of the Department of Vocational Education and Training (DVET), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Formerly in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports).
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Education and a Master of Philosophy from Moi University, a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University. Also a Graduate Diploma in Leadership Development in ICT and the Knowledge Society, from Dublin City University, Ireland. Dr. Mwinzi has been a recipient of the prestigious DAAD Scholarship from the German Government and several research grants from other organizations.
Her recent publications include two books; Substance Abuse and its Impact on Students in Kenyan Universities: Towards Developing Policy Guidelines for Prevention Education Strategies, VDM, 2010. ISNB, 978-3-639-25073-2. The Role of women in African Traditional Religious Rites: A Case of the Keiyo of Kenya, VDM, 2010. ISNB, 978-3-639-1657-9.
Two Chapters in 2 scholarly books , “Access to and Retention of Early School Leavers in Basic Technical Education in Kenya” , in The Burden of Educational Exclusion: Understanding and Challenging Early School Leaving in Africa By Zeelen,J, Van der Linden,J Nampota,D. and Ngabirano,M, (Eds.) Sense Publishers, 2010 and “The impact of cost sharing policy on University Students Living conditions in Kenya Public Universities: The case of Nairobi and Moi Universities”, in African Universities in the twenty-first Century: Liberalization and Internationalization Vol.1 Zeleza P.T and A. Olukoshi (Eds.), CODESRIA in the twenty-first century: Liberalization and Internationalization Vol.I, UNISA press, 2004.
She has published three articles “Motivational Factors For Substance Abuse Among Secondary School and University Students in Kenya: The Way Forward” International Journal of Asian Social Science 2(9):1548-1563 - Online ISSN: 2224-4441 Print ISSN:2226–5139 Journal homepage: http://www.aessweb.com/journal-detail.php?id=5007 “The Challenges Faced by University Refugee Students in Kenya,” Maarifa Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Vol.2 No.2 2007. “Learning of Science and Mathematics among Female Students in Secondary Schools in Economically Disadvantaged Areas in Kenya: Challenges and Prospects” Sauti Standford Journal of African Studies Spring, 2006.
Her passion “relevant and harmonized Technical and Vocational Skills Development to build a better Kenya”.
Directorate of Basic Education
Directorate of Basic Education is responsible for coordination and management of programmes and activities in the Early Childhood Development, Primary Education and Teachers Training Colleges for P1. The specific functions of the Directorate is to;
- Formulate and Implement Policies
- Strategies and Programmes for Primary Education and Teacher Training
- Supervise the Management of Basic Education Service Provision Institutions
- Establish and Maintain an Information Management (database) System for Primary Education
- Facilitate the Development of Basic Education and Teacher Training Including Pre-primary
- Early Childhood Development Education
- Day Care Centres
- Initiate and Implement Strategic International
- National and Institutional Collaborations and Partnerships for Interventions in Basic Education
- Ensure Implementation of Nomadic Education and Alternative Provision to Basic Education Policies
- Ensure Prudent Management of Finances and other Resources in Basic Education Institution
- Ensure Registration of all Schools and Colleges and Processing of DEBs
- Teacher and Student Management
- Coordinate and Supervise Policies/Strategies on Free Primary Education
Primary Teacher Education
Primary School Infrastructure
Water and Sanitation and ESP Programmes
Implement SNE Policy
Emergency Infrastructure in Basic Education.
State Department of Education
The Mandate of the State Department of Education
- Education Policy Management;
- Management of Continuing Education;
- Administration of Early Childhood Education;
- Standards and Norms;
- Management of Education Standards;
- Management of National Examinations and Certification;
- Curriculum Development;
- Quality Assurance in Education;
- Primary and Secondary Education Institutions Management;
- Teacher Education and Management;
- School Administration and Programmes;
- Registration of Basic Education and Training Institutions;
- Special Needs Education Management; Representation of Kenya in UNESCO;
- Adult Education Management; Tertiary Institutions and State Corporations
- University Education;
- Commission for Higher Education (CHE);
- Higher Education Loans Board (HELB);
- To promote and integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at all levels of education and training.
