Education Stakeholder Meeting
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=== About Kenyan Independent Schools Association === | === About Kenyan Independent Schools Association === |
Current revision as of 08:56, 4 June 2010
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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