Basic Education Act, 2013 🇰🇪

Kenya

Preface

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

3. Application

4. Guiding principles

Part II – ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION BOARD.

5. Establishment and functions of the Board.

6. Conduct of business and affairs of the Board

7. Composition of the Board

8. Qualifications for appointment as chairperson or member of the Board.

9. Disqualifications from appointnment

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Part III – COUNTY EDUCATION BOARD

17. County Education Board

18. Functions of the County Education Boards

19. Consultation with National Education Board

20. Composition of the County Eduation Boards

21. Conduct of business and affairs of the County Education Boards.

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Part IV – FREE AND COMPULSORY BASIC EDUCATION

28. Right of child to free and compulsory

29. Free Tuition

30. Compulsory primary and secondary education

31. Duty of parents and guardian

32. No payment of fee for admission

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Part V – SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION

41. Promotion of education

42. Structure of education

43. Categories of schools

Part VI – SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION

44. Establishment and management of special institutions

45. Regulations in special needs education.

46. Duty of County education Boards to provide child guidance service.

47. Report of child with special needs by County Education Board

48. Future provision for children with special needs

Part VII – PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

49. Establishment private schools

50. Registration of private schools

51. Right to attend a private school

52. Duties and rights of a private school

Part VIII – GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING

53. Governance and management of education and training

54. Structures of governance and management in education.

55. Board of management

56. Composition of Board of Management.

57. Qualifications of members of boards of management

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Part IX – STANDARDS, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RELEVANCE

64. Establishment of the Education Standards and Quality Assurance Council.

65. Composition and staff at Education Standards and Quality Assurance Council.

66. Powers of the Quality Assurance and Standards Officers.

67. Cabinet Secretary and promoters to be responsible for maintenance of standards.

68. National Qualifications Framework Account

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Part X – LICENSING, REGISTRATION AND ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES IN BASIC EDUCATION

76. Licensing, registration and accreditation of persons and institutions of education, training and research.

77. Rejection of application by the County Education Board

78. Offence to promote without being licensed or accredited and registered.

79. County Education Board to maintain a databank

80. Fees.

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Part XI – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

86. Financing of basic education.

87. Financial year

88. Annual estimates.

89. Accounts and Audit of Departments or schools.

90. School based auditing

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Part XII – GENERAL PROVISIONS

92. General penalties.

93. The Education Appeals Tribunal.

94. Establishment of the National Council for Nomadic Education

95. Regulations

Part XIII – REPEAL, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 96. Repealed Acts

97. Preservation of proceedings and rights of appeal.

98. Continuance of periods of time

99. Preservation of licences, certificates and registration

100. Transfer of property, assets, liabilities and staff.

101. General savings.

FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Filling of vacancy

2. Vice chairperson

3. Meetings of the Board.

4. Special meetings.

5. Chairperson to preside.

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SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Vacation of office

2. Meetings of the Board.

3. Special Meetings

4. Presiding at meetings.

5. Quorum at meetings

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THIRD SCHEDULE

Paragraph (a)

Paragraph (b)

Subsection (2)

Subsection (3)

Subsection (4)

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FOURTH SCHEDULE

Part I – CONDUCT OF BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.

Part II – Deleted by L.N 126/2013 r. 2.

FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Establishment and functions of the Board

2. Members of the Board

3. Chairman and Secretary.

4. Period of Office members

5. Procedure and quorum.

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SIXTH SCHEDULE

1. Functions of the Council.

2. Membership of the Council

3. Meetings of the Council

4. Special meetings

5. Chairperson to preside

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Basic Education Act, 2013

Act 14 of 2013

Assented to on 14 January 2013
Commenced on 25 January 2013
[This is the version of this document from 25 January 2013.]

AN ACT of Parliament to give effect to Article 53 of the Constitution and other enabling provisions; to promote and regulate free and compulsory basic education; to provide for accreditation, registration, governance and management of institutions of basic education; to provide for the establishment of the National Education Board, the Education Standards and Quality Assurance Commission, and the County Education Board and for connected purposes.

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Basic Education Act, 2013.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"accreditation" means the procedure by which the accreditation agency formally recognizes the status of an institution offering basic education and confirms in writing by way of a documentation issued under this Act;"a…

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Table of Contents

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Basic Education Act, 2013

Act 14 of 2013

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

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