PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENYA

Over the years higher education in Kenya has been characterised by gender disparities. A gendered analysis of admissions at University illustrates a low representation of females. But the Kenyan governments'' policies in higher education should have attended to this problem. Hence this book seeks to examine the governments'' gender-related access policy making processes in higher education. This study shows that it is useful to distinguish between different stages in the gender related access policy making process. However the separations between the stages are not black-and- white and decision-making continues in the implementation and evaluation stages. Consequently policy making is a complex iterative process that may not be predetermined from start to finish. This study indicates the intricacy of coming up with policy issues or problems policy objectives and policy instruments. However there are challenges in the implementation of gender-related policies thus this book posits competing views in the practices of policy making and implementation in Kenya.