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Nieuwland, Romée – Childhood Education, 2022
On average, over 45% of the population in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Malawi is under 14 years old, making access to quality education imperative to improve the socioeconomic circumstances for this generation and those to come. However, children in rural areas are confronted with daily challenges, such as extreme poverty, violence (including sexual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Athletics, Child Development
Meinck, Sabine, Ed.; Fraillon, Julian, Ed.; Strietholt, Rolf, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education provision at an unprecedented scale, with education systems around the world being impacted by extended school closures and abrupt changes to normal school operations. The Responses to Educational Disruption Survey (REDS) investigated how teaching and learning were affected by the health crisis, and how…
Descriptors: Surveys, Cross Cultural Studies, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Othoo, Hezekiah Adwar; Gogo, Julius O.; Olel, Maureen A. – African Educational Research Journal, 2019
The constitution of Kenya commits to providing Kenyan youths with access to quality education. Kenya has committed to achieve goal four of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aims to provide inclusive, equitable and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all by the year 2030. An analysis of Kenya…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Kanwar, Asha; Daniel, John – Commonwealth of Learning, 2020
This brief to Ministers of Education provides examples of how governments and institutions made it possible for people to continue their education during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies factors that contributed to success.
Descriptors: COVID-19, School Closing, Pandemics, Access to Education
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Milligan, Lizzi O. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2017
This article explores the implementation of Kenyan secondary education in rural Western Kenya, focusing on learners' experiences. One of the key challenges to educational quality is shown to be the size and breadth of the secondary education curriculum. Learners are in school 12 hours a day with those approaching their final exams working three to…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Secondary School Students, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
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Mackatiani, Caleb Imbova – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This paper provides a critical appraisal of the influence of examinations oriented approaches on quality education in primary schools in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to determine effects of examination oriented teaching approaches on learning achievement among primary school pupils in Kakamega County, Kenya. It explored the assumptions…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Trends, Educational Change
Warren, Marion Kohashi – 1984
Twelve United States Agency for International Development (AID) education projects were evaluated between 1980 and 1981. Four were in Asia (Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, Korea), two in Africa (Kenya, Nigeria), four in Latin America (Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador), and two in the Near East (Jordan, Afghanistan). The evaluations measured the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations