Education Stakeholder Meeting

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Attending

Charles Ochieng (St. Christine Community Centre & School), Chairman of Kenyan Independent Schools Association, Langata District. http://www.stchristine.help-kenya.org/

Pastor Anthony's Evangelical Church network also incorporates Church schools

Ben from MSKenya

Mikel

Others Not Attending

Christ the King/KISEP has informal school network

Marcie from SODNET to work on database compilation

Buluma, Kibera Langata Complementary Schools Association, Red Rose Olympic, 0722-731984

About Kenyan Independent Schools Association

  • sponsor 1000 students from slums for school, launched May 2008
  • advocacy work. for instance, vulnerable children, girls, may have guardian that don't value education, want them to marry
  • social programs to support students (merry go round)
  • assocated with Elimu Yetu Coalition, advocating rights of children to education

In Langata

  • 38 primary schools
  • loads of pupils

St. Christine's

  • began in 2000
  • started with 25, now 400+
  • high school just started this year. 800 KSh/month w/food.

Overview

  • 80% of school informal
  • addressing OVC
  • fill the gap with formal schools
  • peace building & non-violence trainings with students
  • Kibera schools are well regarded, attract outsiders
  • public schools hide fees in other ways, by other names. "remedial fees"
  • non-paying students at public schools are stigmatized
  • Raila Education Centre was informal, now formal through PM's work. Clever manager named school after Raila.
  • During Anti-Corruption Youth Week, KCODA led procession to all primary schools. May not be up front to questions.
  • Head teacher will relegate to others, to protect themselves. Can claim information is wrong.
  • Honest reckoning in public/press, gets heat from bosses. Olympic head teacher was called to task for stating in public teacher/student ratio problems.
  • "Corruption fights back"
  • Haven't previously had the support to retain and manage information & research

Questions

  • who funds them
  • ratio of teachers/students
  • teaching staff
  • private/govt
  • amount of school fees
  • teacher training
  • other programs at schools (feeding programs, etc)
  • relationship to other schools, networks.

types of schols

  • kindergartens
  • primary school
  • secondary school
  • technical schools
    • driving schools
    • computer schools
    • tailoring
    • Nairobits
    • hair dressing
    • catering schools
    • language schools
    • adult education

Considerations

  • May not be up front.
  • Must know who they are dealing with to answer questions
  • Ministry of Education can authorize data collection, but lengthy process to get letter.
  • Possibly get authorization from chiefs, DO/DC. Print up Flyers.
  • Not all schools are signed. Some are within churches.

Existing Data

Charles has this on the network But not sure of the form, or location

  • enrollments
  • teachers, trained and untrained
  • staff
  • feeding programs
  • issues

Also brochure that explains education as job opportunity

Researchers have worked with him before

  • PhD student did extensive study, will check into its availability
  • Catholic University did training and data collection
  • Have questionnaires directed towards students/teachers/managers

Elimu Yetu Coalition ... advocating rights of children to education

James Tooley, Newcastle University. james.tooley@ncl.ac.uk

For follow up meetings

  • parent groups
  • teachers
  • students
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