The mission is to provide, promote and coordinate lifelong education, training and research for Kenya's sustainable development

Acronym: MoHEST

The Kenya Ministry of Education, Science and Technology's mission is to provide, promote and coordinate lifelong education, training and research for Kenya's sustainable development. They have cooperated with J-PAL on several educational interventions.

Functions

· Inspection and Supervision of Education Institutions.
· Teacher Education and Management.
· Schools Administration and Programmes.
· Registration of Education and Training Institutions.
· Curriculum Development
· Examinations and Certification.
· School Equipment.
· Early Childhood Education, Care and Development.
· Primary and Secondary Education
· Special Education.
· University Education.
· Continuing Education.
· Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
· Kenya Institute of Education (KIE)
· Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
· Science Equipment Production Unit (SEPU).
· Commission for Higher Education (CHE).
· The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB).
· Kenya Education Staff Institute (KESI).
· Kenya National Commission for UNESCO.
· Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF).
· Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB).
· Technical Education.
· Technical Training Institutes.
· Institutes of Technology.
· National Polytechnics.
· Promotion of Research, Science and Technology.
· National Council for Science and Technology (NCST).
· Research Authorization, Co-ordination, Inventory and Dissemination.
· Department of Research Development.
· Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology in Africa (CEMASTEA)

Website: http://www.statehousekenya.go. ... cience.htm

Address:
Jogoo House "B", Harambee Avenue P.O. Box 30040, Nairobi
Nairobi
Kenya

Projects:

• CAAST-NET PLUS