ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Early Childhood Education Act
28. Sponsors
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
28. Sponsors
(1)A public education centre may be sponsored by a private person including a religious institution.(2)A sponsorship entered into under subsection (1) shall be used to enhance the educational programmes in an education centre and contribute directly or indirectly to the quality of education administered in an education centre under this Act.(3)A sponsor shall not influence the curriculum administered in an education centre, compromise the implementation of any written law applicable to the education centre or compromise the professional standards and ethics of teachers in the early education centre.(4)Despite the generality of subsection (2), the role of the sponsor under subsection (1) shall be to—(a)participate and make recommendations of review of syllabus, curriculum, books and other teaching aids; and(b)offer financial, infrastructural and spiritual support to the education centre.(5)Despite the fact that the sponsor of an education centre is a faith-based institution, the curriculum in the education centre shall be as set and approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development.