Title: Rekindling the power of policy for integrating formal and Non- formal education system in the diverse learning environment of Kenya
Authors: Mark Kiiza
Bashaka C. Benon
Willy Ngaka
Salvatore Fava
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 101-110
Publication Date: 2025/03/28
Abstract:
The article examines the power of formal and Non-formal education dynamics in the context of Kenya. The article focused on the integration of technology in both forms of formal and Non- formal education and the policies that impact on education context of Kenya in particular. It focuses on the formulation of formal and Non- formal education policies and their and impact to ensure that school age going children access primary and secondary formal and Non- formal education in Kenya since their independence. The article clearly asks the following questions: What led to those policies, how were they formulated and how were they funded? What was the role of these policies, if any, of the Kenyans community? What were the political agenda and how does it underpin philosophy of the formulation of those policies. It also looks at the evolution of policies over time, and why? In recent years, there are several changes that have occurred in Kenya's formal and Non- formal education system. This dynamics ranges from introduction of the Universal Primary Formal and Non- formal education and policy in line with both Formal and Non- formal education s for All (EFA). The article concludes that formal and Non- formal education flues the realization the Sustainable Development Goals international agendas. Kenya is one of the countries that have experienced a number of significant changes in integrating formal and Non- formal education system at different levels in East African Community.