Towards understanding ambivalence in educational policy outcomes in Kenya

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Title:	Towards understanding ambivalence in educational policy outcomes in Kenya
Author:	Wasonga, Teresa A.
Year:	2013
Periodical:	Journal of Eastern African Studies (ISSN 1753-1063)
Volume:	7
Issue:	1
Pages:	21-39
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	education educational policy
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17531055.2012.755313
Abstract:	Five decades after independence, the majority of Kenyan children do not receive quality education and live with limited economic and social opportunities. To this end, why have educational policies in Kenya not worked as intended? The author uses Chabal and Daloz's (1999) framework to argue that good policies have not produced intended outcomes; instead, their implementations have delimited educational, social, and economic opportunities. Lackluster policy outcomes have perpetuated concentration of power and wealth, fostered weak public institutions, and destabilized citizenry while normalizing chaos. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]