EDUCATION IN 11TH AND 12TH PARLIAMENTS: ASSESSING KENYA’S PARLIAMENTARY 10-YEAR LEGACY ON THE ACTUALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION RESEARCH DONE BY MZALENDO TRUST FOR THE RELI EAST AFRICA PARTNERS WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE REGIONAL LEARNING INITIATIVE (RELI AFRICA) Table of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 4 CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................. 6 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................... 6 SCOPE OF STUDY ............................................................................................................................................... 6 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................. 6 PURPOSE OF STUDY ........................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................................ 7 SENATE LEGACY ON EDUCATION .......................................................................................................... 7 EQUITY AND INCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 7 Marginalized Areas ................................................................................................................................. 7 Special Needs Children .......................................................................................................................... 8 Adult education ........................................................................................................................................ 9 School Feeding Program ....................................................................................................................... 9 Street Families ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Early Childhood Education ................................................................................................................. 10 ACCESS TO EDUCATION........................................................................................................................... 10 Education funding ................................................................................................................................. 10 Security ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Teenage Pregnancies ........................................................................................................................... 11 Teachers’ Shortage ............................................................................................................................... 12 Health and Sanitation .......................................................................................................................... 12 Learning Institutions ........................................................................................................................... 13 SCHOOL LEADERSHIP .............................................................................................................................. 13 Students Unrest ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Students’ Abuse/ Harassment .......................................................................................................... 14 INFRASTRUCTURE/ EDUCATION MATERIALS ................................................................................. 14 TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION ........................................................................................................... 15 UNIVERSIRTY AND TEARTIARY LEARNING INSTITUTIONS ...................................................... 16 TEACHERS .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Teachers Strike ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Teacher Promotion ............................................................................................................................... 17 Teachers Transfer ................................................................................................................................. 18 EDUCATION CURRICULUM ..................................................................................................................... 18 LANGUAGE IN SCHOOLS .......................................................................................................................... 19 PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION ........................................................................................................... 20 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT .............................................................. 21 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEGACY ON EDUCATION ............................................................................. 21 ACCESS TO EDUCATION........................................................................................................................... 21 Education Funding ................................................................................................................................ 21 Education in Schools ............................................................................................................................ 22 School Feeding Program ..................................................................................................................... 23 Teenage Pregnancies ........................................................................................................................... 23 Shortage of Teachers ........................................................................................................................... 23 Security of Students ............................................................................................................................. 23 Health and Sanitation .......................................................................................................................... 23 2 | P a g e EQUITY AND INCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 24 Marginalized regions ............................................................................................................................ 24 Special Needs Education ..................................................................................................................... 25 Girl Child Education .............................................................................................................................. 25 Street Children and Orphans ............................................................................................................. 25 SCHOOL LEADERSHIP .............................................................................................................................. 25 Students Unrest ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Students’ Abuse/ Harassment .......................................................................................................... 26 Guidance and Counselling .................................................................................................................. 26 Mismanagement of School Funds .................................................................................................... 26 TEACHERS .................................................................................................................................................... 26 Recruitment and Promotion .............................................................................................................. 26 Teachers Strikes .................................................................................................................................... 27 SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................................... 27 School Land ............................................................................................................................................. 28 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION/APBET ......................................................................... 28 LEARNING IN SCHOOLS IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 .................................................................................... 29 PAYMENT OF SALARIES TO SUPPORT STAFF IN SCHOOLS ...........................................................................