The Quest for Education in Post Colonial Kenya: My Personal Experiences.

Autor/in	Mungai, Anne M.
Titel	The Quest for Education in Post Colonial Kenya: My Personal Experiences.
Quelle	(2002), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Colonialism; Comparative Education; Developing Nations; Educational History; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Females; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Primary Education; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Kolonialismus; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Primarbereich; Kenia
Abstract	This paper recounts the personal and educational experiences of a Kenyan woman now living in the United States. The paper relates her misfortune of failing the primary school national examination, which meant that she would not be admitted to a government high school. It discusses education during the British colonial period in Kenya and traces her passage through a Catholic boarding school with 300 students from all walks of life. The paper describes the woman's life in the United States where she attended graduate school. The education system in Kenya is described, giving the historical background of the traditional Kenyan system, and noting the beginning of modern western education in Kenya. It also considers the education of females in Kenya. After Kenyan independence, education was seen as a vehicle to train more human resources to enhance economic development; distribute national income; bring national unity; and ameliorate national disparities. The paper states that Kenya defines the objectives of education as follows. Education must:(1) serve to foster national unity; (2) serve the needs of national development; (3) foster, develop, and communicate the rich and varied cultures of Kenya; (4) prepare and equip the youth of Kenya with expertise to play an effective role in the life of the nation; (5) promote social justice and morality by instilling right attitudes; and (6) foster positive attitudes towards other nations. It concludes by discussing primary (elementary) education in Kenya. (BT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC