Expanding Tertiary Education for Well-Paid Jobs : Competitiveness and Shared Prosperity in Kenya

Blom, Andreas ; Raza, Reehana ; Kiamba, Crispus ; Bayusuf, Himdat ; Adil, Mariam

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: GROWTH;    TERTIARY EDUCATION;    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;    STUDENT LOANS;    HIGHER EDUCATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-1-4648-0848-7
RP-ID  :  105613

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Expanding tertiary education with quality, relevance, and equity is one of the most decisivechallenges facing Kenya’s future, including achievement of the ideals of the 2010 Constitutionand, especially, its 2030 vision, which aims at transforming Kenya into a “newly industrializing,middle-income, globally competitive, and prosperous country.” That is because tertiary educationcan contribute in a critical manner to successfully overcome several of the country’s challenges.This book provides analysis and policy recommendations to the government of Kenya, tertiary educationleaders, and the many stakeholders on managing the massive tertiary education expansion facingthe country. It discusses the motivation for the analysis and its choice of three critical topics—quality and relevance, governance, and student financing. Then it reviews the findings in eacharea and concludes with a set of policy recommendations.