The Role of Low-Cost Private Secondary Schools in Rural Kenya under the 'Free Secondary Education Policy'

Autor/in	Ogawa, Miku
Titel	The Role of Low-Cost Private Secondary Schools in Rural Kenya under the 'Free Secondary Education Policy'
Quelle	In: Journal of International and Comparative Education, 10 (2021) 2, S.97-115 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2232-1802
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Private Schools; Secondary Schools; School Role; Educational Policy; Barriers; Income; Educational Finance; Enrollment; Educational Quality; Boarding Schools; School Choice; Fees; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Competencies; Resources; Costs; Class Size; Small Classes; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Private school; Privatschule; Sekundarschule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Einkommen; Bildungsfonds; Einschulung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Boarding school; Internat; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lehrkunst; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Cost; Kosten; Klassengröße; Kenia
Abstract	This study aims to understand the role of private secondary schools in rural Kenya under the Free Secondary Education Policy. Data were collected from four private schools over two months in 2018 and 2019. All the schools had experienced instability due to low enrolment, particularly after the policy was implemented in 2018. The decline in the schools' income also affected the quality of education. However, the results suggest that some students prefer to complete their education at private schools as low-expense-boarders or as beneficiaries of fee discounts. Other students choose private schools to avoid overcrowded classrooms and travel far, especially when excluded from public schools. This study argues that despite limited learning resources, private secondary schools in rural Kenya have an important place in the public education system outside of the academic pyramid of public schools. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Press. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50603. e-mail: jice@um.edu.my; Web site: http://jice.um.edu.my/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01