EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Problem: According to Makueni County Government Vision 2025, the education sector faces two main challenges relating to transition from primary to secondary school: 

1. The low transition rate from primary to secondary school is occasioned by high incidences of poverty, ignorance and limited number of secondary schools

2. Unavailability of technical institutions to provide the population with skills that will lead to qualification for both formal and informal employment.

Solution: Set up an Education Fund Program for learners affected by poverty in Masumba Ward, Makueni County, to provide wholistic support to them through Primary, secondary and tertiary education in institutions within the county, Nationally and internationally.

Outcomes: Education is the source of skilled and qualified human resource essential to drive socio-economic development. Incheon Declaration and SDG4 – Education 2030 Framework for Action acknowledged the role of education as a main driver of development and in achieving the other SDGs.

According to the 2019 population census, the County population composition is extremely youthful. Total County Population is 987,653, with 35 per cent of the population aged between 0 and 14 years, and 6.5 per cent aged over 65 years and a male-female ratio of 1:1. 

The level of poverty in Makueni County stands at 60.6 per cent which is higher than the national average of 45.2 per cent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...). The high rates of poverty coupled with the youthful population in the country pose a major development challenge. 

The high poverty level has a huge impact on the transition from primary to secondary school, thus a long term impact on socio-economic 

Solution is to roll-out a program under the current Partnership for Growth Foundation (PFGF) to mobilise resources for a self sustaining funding program to support all needy Learners through out their education both locally or internationally based on where they qualify and in line with their individual aspirations.

The program has capacity to be scaled up to other County Wards within Kibwezi West constituencies and other counties and constituencies within Makueni County and even Nationally.

We will reach out to funding partners through online and off-line linkages across the globe

Target population: Learners affected by poverty and unable to fund their education. 

We will work in collaboration with the Local and County Authorities and other partners and players at the community level to understand their needs, and  engaging them as you develop the solution. 

The education fund will enable the Learners to go to the learning institutions that they have been admitted to and go through their education without worrying about the expenses related to education such as tuition, living expenses, transportation etc.

The solution proposed will lead to equitable access to education for all, leaving no one behind. The solution supports access to education to learners from under privileged families to access education through to the highest level of their capability.