Challenges facing education in Kenya.

In  most developing  countries, education is a major change to the economy as well as development. However, some challenges might face such countries as they strive towards achieving their educational goals. These may include the following:
1. Lack of adequate infrastructure and shortage of permanent classrooms in primary schools, particularly in poor districts or counties. For instance, this has been a major challenge in the north eastern part of the country.
2. Lack of clear legal guidelines on the implementation of inclusive education and non-formal education programmes. This has left the sector to guess and implement what is not appropriate at some time.
3. Lack of reliable data on children with special needs, out of school children and illiterate adults and youths. This information should be used as a guide in estimating what resources are needed for these groups of individuals who require specialized attention as regards education.
4. Shortfall of adult literacy teachers as well as teaching and learning materials. The adult literacy programmes have been neglected at some point now.
5. Low transition rates from primary to secondary schools. From secondary to higher education institutions and from the higher education institutions to the outside needs.
6. Outdated curricula for technical, vocational education and training. This leads to skills and knowledge that may not be appropriate for the labour requirements.
7. Inadequate physical facilities for technical, vocational education and training as well as mechanisms for quality assurance.
8. Limited resources for expansion of universities to cope with the number of students leaving secondary schools. This has led to many students being forced to find parallel education, being the only alternative, a challenge.
9. Mismatch between skills offered by Universities and the demand of the labour market. Most of the skills that learners acquire from the universities have always been said to be irrelevant to some extent.
10. High number of HIV/AIDs orphans. This has been a challenge, especially considering that the orphans have nobody to turn to when it comes to educational assistance.
11. High pupils to teachers ratios in less populated areas and low pupils to teachers ratios in less populated regions. This is a challenge for teachers who have to check on the needs of each and every pupil at school.
12. Due to need to contain the wage bill to manageable levels, the government does not employ new teachers, but only replaces those who leave through death, resignation or retirement. This has led to shortfall of teachers in schools.