CS Machogu unveils the education sector’s 2023–2027 strategic plan.
The fourth National Education Sector Strategic Plan (NESSP) 2023–2027 was unveiled by the Ministry of Education this morning. The five-year plan outlines policy priorities, programs, and strategies for education.
It also provides guidance to the Ministry on how to provide equal access to high-quality education for students nationwide. Ezekiel Machogu, Cabinet Secretary for Education, oversaw the opening ceremony at the Kenya School of Government (KSG) in Nairobi County’s Lower Kabete.
The plan will address a number of policy concerns, including accountability, equity and inclusivity in education, relevance and governance, and access and participation in education. In order to increase efficiency,
Machogu informed stakeholders in February of this year during the Draft Strategic Plan of NESSP 2023–2027 presentation at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) that the ministry has synchronized its strategies, initiatives, and spending with the federal government.
He said, “The draft is the outcome of three working workshops, which were inclusive and held before today’s validation to reflect the wishes of the strategic partners and stakeholders.” Among the important participants at the event were Dr. Beatrice Inyangala, Principal Secretary of the State Department of Higher Education and Research; Dr. Esther Muoria, PS State Department of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVETs); and Dr. Belio Kipang, PS State Department of Basic Education.
The strategic plan’s main pillars, equitable access and inclusion, have been designated as priority areas. This means that all learners, regardless of their circumstances or background, must have access to high-quality training, education, and research.
Making decisions based on evidence, tracking developments, and informing policy are all possible with data-driven decision making.
Additionally, a roadmap for community participation has been established, acknowledging the critical role that communities play in the educational process. The new NESSP Strategic Plan 2023–2027 places a strong emphasis on the three educational levels listed below.
First, there is Basic Education, where plans call for building 16,000 classrooms, hiring 116,000 teachers, equipping teachers with new curriculum, providing school lunches for six million students, automating assessment processes, and renovating Teacher Training Centers (TTC).
Second, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) aims to expand access to TVET through building and outfitting TVET facilities across all constituencies, hiring 2,000 technical instructors and trainers, automating processes, developing skills, and introducing Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET).
Universities and Research is the final initiative, with plans to develop and introduce tertiary CBET in universities, extend the Open University of Kenya, establish new finance models for higher education, and fortify relationships between academia and business.
NESSIP also includes a road plan for executing the reforms described in the Presidential Working Party on Education report. Two important improvements include the removal of overlaps and ambiguities from all legislation governing education, from pre-primary to tertiary.
The principal accomplishments of the most recent NESSIP Strategic Plan, 2018–2022, are Enrollment in pre-primary education rose from 2.74 million to 2.87 million students, while the number of schools climbed from 25, 589 to 27, 174.
Additionally, there were 32, 469 primary schools in 2022 compared to 32, 344 in 2019; the enrollment grew from 10,07 million in 2019 to 10,36 million in 2022. The number of students enrolled in secondary education increased from 2, 943, 640 in 2018 to 3, 858, 079 in 2022, a 31% increase.
TVET witnessed the development of 183 curricula, the digitization of 28 curriculum support materials, the training of 102 trainers, the creation of 133 learning guides, and the assessment of 6, 515 applicants across 88 institutions.
Parallel to this, the number of students enrolled in public and private universities climbed from 513, 182 in 2018–19 to 562, 925 in 2022–2023—a 9.7% increase.
CS Machogu unveils the education sector’s 2023–2027 strategic plan.
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