Copyright

Sara Ruto; Ann Gachoya; Virginia Ngindiru

Published On

2022-02-21

Page Range

pp. 361-380

Language

  • English

Print Length

19 pages

14. Kenya

Education, Learning and Policy-Framing for Children at the Bottom of the Pyramid

  • Sara Ruto (author)
  • Ann Gachoya (author)
  • Virginia Ngindiru (author)
Chapter of: Learning, Marginalization, and Improving the Quality of Education in Low-income Countries (pp. 361–380)

Contributors

Sara Ruto

(author)

Sara Ruto is the Chief Administrative Secretary at the Ministry of Education in Kenya. Previously, Sara was the Chief Executive Officer of the People's Action for Learning (PAL) network. This network comprises civil society organizations that conduct citizen led assessments and actions to improve learning outcomes in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. As PAL CEO, Sara led the accelerated learning program that sought to provide improved learning outcomes for children left behind. Sara was Chair of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development.

Ann Gachoya

(author)

Anne Gachoya is the Deputy Director Education at the Directorate of Policy, Partnerships & EACA, Ministry of Education in charge of coordinating education reforms in the Ministry and the National Educational Sector Support Program (NESSP) development. Ann sits in the Technical Committee of the National Curriculum Reform Policy Framework. She is a professional educational planner experienced in quality assurance and standards, education management, policy design, formulation and implementation of policies and programs.

Virginia Ngindiru

(author)

Virginia Ngindiru is a senior manager at Zizi Afrique Foundation, coordinating the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy as well as the Youth portfolios in the organization. Previously, Virginia was a manager in the same institution, overseeing implementation, monitoring and advocacy of the Accelerated Learning Program. The program seeks to hasten acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy competencies for children furthest behind, through innovative, child-centered pedagogies. Previously, Virginia served similar initiatives at the Women Educational Researchers of Kenya and Voluntary Services Oversees (VSO) Kenya.