The education system in Kenya
provides for eight years of primary education, followed by four years each
of secondary and university education. Technical training and labour is
provided by the country's polytechnics, institutes of technology and
technical training schools. There are also a number of international
schools catering for various educational systems, for example American,
British, French, German, Japanese and Swedish.
The country has five public
universities which are as follows:
In addition to the public
universities, there are 12 private universities. All these offer various
degree courses.
Vocational and technical training is
an important component of Kenya's educational system. These institutes aim
to provide increased training to school leavers. This training takes place
in several different kinds of training institutes such as:
Youth
Polytechnics which offer
training to primary school leavers at the artisan level;
Technical Training Institutes.
Harambee Institutes of Technology
(Community-based Government-assisted institutions); and
Industrial Training Centres.
Below are links to educational
institutions and addresses in Kenya.
