The nexus between education and development has for centuries preoccupied educationists and policy-makers. Kenya, like many other developing states in search for development, has not been left out of these debates. Immediately after independence, Kenyan policy-makers were already grappling with the high numbers of unemployment among the youth. Formal education, largely geared towards meeting the needs of the formal sector, was seen to be part of the problem. Consequently, the government of Kenya decided to streamline and strengthen vocational education whose roots lay in efforts made by the...
The nexus between education and development has for centuries preoccupied educationists and policy-makers. Kenya, like many other developing states in...
In the recent past, matters of development have taken center-stage in the development literature of developing states. In particular, there has tended to be a development paradigm shift from state-led development to non-governmental (NGO)based development. Boosted by neo-liberal thinking, the NGO sector, widely viewed as part of the market sector, is argued to be more efficient and effective in managing development. It is against the backdrop of this assumption that this study empirically examines the role of NGOs in the process of development in Kenya, with particular reference to Western...
In the recent past, matters of development have taken center-stage in the development literature of developing states. In particular, there has tended...
