The Kenya Education Act Cap 211

CHAPTER 211
EDUCATION ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I – PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
PART II – PROMOTION OF EDUCATION
3. Minister to promote education.
4. Advisory councils.
4A. Minister may establish institutes.
5. Minister may entrust functions to local authority.
PART III – MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS
General
6. Management of schools.
Primary Schools Maintained by Local Authorities
7. Choice for primary schools now maintained by local authorities.
8 Transferred school formerly managed by church to have sponsor.
9. School committee.
Other Schools
10. Board of Governors.
11. Constitution and functions of Board of Governors.
12. Default by Board of Governors.
PART IV – REGISTRATION OF UNAIDED SCHOOLS
13. Register of unaided schools.
14. Application for registration.
15. Registration.
16. Closure of unaided school.
17. Regulations as to registration.
PART V – INSPECTION AND CONTROL OF SCHOOLS
18. Inspection of schools.
19. Regulations as to conduct of schools.
PART VI – EXAMINATIONS AND DIPLOMAS
20. Examinations and issue of certificates and diplomas.
21. No unauthorized issue of certificates or diplomas.
22. Regulations as to examinations, certificates and diplomas.
PART VII – THE KENYA INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Section
23. Establishment of Kenya Institute of Education.
PART VIII – MISCELLANEOUS
24. Area to be served by public school.
25. Medical examination.
26. Religious instruction in public schools.
27. Minister may give directions.
PART VIIIA – DISTRICT EDUCATION BOARDS
28. Establishment of Boards.
29. Memberships of Boards.
30. Procedure of Boards.
31. Functions of Boards.
32. Financial provisions.
33. Regulations.
PART IX – FINANCIAL
34. Use of public funds.
35. Regulations as to use of public funds.
36. Offences.
37. General power to make regulations.
38. Repeal of Cap. 211.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE – PROVISIONS AS TO ADVISORY COUNCILS
SECOND SCHEDULE – PERSONS WHO NEED NOT OBTAIN THE
MINISTERS’S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE
ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS