The author discusses the 8-4-4 system of education in Kenya, developed to provide all Kenyan youth with life skills training. Emphasis is placed on the primary school with the realization that many students will not pursue their schooling beyond that point. Some comments on next steps are included. (CH)

Provides a framework to understand how information technology (IT) and culture interact, illustrated with examples from Kenyan case studies. The following ways of interference are identified: culture influences IT; culture is influenced by IT; and culture provides the conditions to interpret IT's utility. Aspects of Kenyan cultural context are…

Instructional radio is a relatively low cost technology which can deliver effective educational programs to any school capable of receiving broadcasts, however remote the school might be. This paper explores the Radio Language Arts Project (RLAP), an application of instructional radio technology to the teaching of English as a foreign language.…

Analyzes student dissertations at the School of Information Studies for Africa (SISA) at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) in order to present an overview of the library and information systems and services available in seven eastern and southern African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. (Author/LRW)

Based on a Kenyan headmaster's personal observations, this article compares the roles of U.S. principals and Kenyan headmasters. U.S. principals should encourage greater public focus on a high school diploma's economic value, work to build a stronger sense of community within the school, facilitate development of consensus about common values, and…

In Thailand, secondary school enrollments for males and females were negatively related to employment opportunities in the agricultural sector and positively related to opportunities in the manufacturing and service sectors. In Kenya, school supply, school quality, and service-sector employment positively influenced enrollments. Adult literacy…

Describes the apparatus of a chemistry kit that also contains a pupil's manual and a teacher's guide. (LS)

An important issue confronting newly emerging nations in Africa is the development of a new curriculum to reflect the changing norms and views of the past. Looking at nations that share a common British educational tradition, a study done in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe asked which topics and categories of cultural knowledge were essential…

To establish a definition of costs in education, a "concept map" is established to which inevitable questions of inclusion and exclusion can be addressed. A specific case, namely the costs of practical/vocational subjects, is then presented. It also includes a profile of benefits, since with regard to vocational education, much more than…

This study surveyed parents, headmasters, and home economics teachers from 12 primary schools in Nairobi to collect information on the extent of radio use in home economics teaching, the reasons for use or non-use, and parental attitudes toward educational radio programs in general. Upper primary (standard 4-7) home economics teachers completed a…

In preparation for the Third World Conference in Adult Education, the chaptrs of this report are based on Unesco's questionnaire. It is, therefore, not an exhaustive account of the period 1960-1970. The report discusses the following topics: National Education System; The Board of Adult Education; Financing; Methodology; and Personnel for Training…

Describes the new Kenya Technical Teachers College on the outskirts of Nairobi, implemented by Canadian financial aid and technical expertise through the Canadian International Development Agency to the Government of Kenya. Kenyan scholarship students in Canada and Canadian technical educators in Kenya are developing programs to meet Kenyan needs.…

The unit for junior and senior high school students presents a description of a Kenyan mother's life style; geography and history of Kenya; map and discussion questions; and research ideas. (AV)

In Kenya, village polytechnics have been started through the efforts of harambees (local fund-raising). An informal program, the polytechnics are designed to aid the agrarian oriented society in improving its efficiency. (CP)

Reports tracer studies of Kenyan youths leaving technical school to determine their success at obtaining gainful employment. Almost 43% were neither in formal schooling nor training, nor employed a year after leaving, although technical skills were seen as useful, particularly in private life. (DP)