dc.contributor.author | Wasike, Nabiswa M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-26T07:47:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of the Faculty of Education (FJFE) Number 2, 2005 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15084 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the challenges that have confronted pre-vocational education in
Kenya during the colonial and post-colonial periods. Using a fundamental historical viewpoint that past experiences are important in shaping human activities, the paper argues that the practical reforms in education during the post-colonial period were not embraced whole-heartedly, given the subjects' troubled past. The paper starts off by pointing out that initial attempts to scrap pre-vocational subjects soon after independence were abandoned partly due to the school-leaver unemployment problem. This is then followed by a historical examination of pre-vocational education in Kenya and African resistance during the colonial period. Analysis of the 8:4:4 pre-vocational reforms show that the people's attitudes towards these subjects were not so different from the pre-colonial ones. Apart from this, the system faced serious problems during implementation due to insufficient facilities, ill-prepared teachers and the backwash effect of examinations among others. Consequently, 8:4:4 failed to meet its pre-vocational objectives of preparing learners for self-employment and re-orienting them to practical careers. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | The challenges of pre-vocational education in colonial and post independent Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | School of education | en |