ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Early Childhood Education Act
6. Obligations of county governments in promoting the right to early childhood education
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
6. Obligations of county governments in promoting the right to early childhood education
Each county government shall, in promoting the right to early childhood education—(a)provide free and compulsory early childhood education in public education centres within the county;(b)establish such public education centres as may be necessary for the provision of free and compulsory early childhood education within the county;(c)formulate programmes and plans and implement policies for the realisation of the right to early childhood education;(d)implement, in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, curriculum programs that promote positive culture and the holistic development of the child;(e)provide the necessary infrastructure and funds necessary for the development of education centres and for the administration of early childhood education within the county;(f)identify and undertake an assessment of children with disabilities in the county and put in place special programmes targeting such children in the provision of early childhood education;(g)ensure that children belonging to marginalized, vulnerable or disadvantaged groups within the county are not discriminated against and prevented from pursuing and completing early childhood education;(h)carry out public awareness and advocacy programmes in relation to early childhood development and education;(i)ensure the provision of, and support investment in human resource, infrastructural facilities and learning resources to facilitate the provision of early childhood education;(j)establish and maintain relationships with international, national and local institutions within the county involved in the provision of early childhood education;(k)promote the circulation of and access to up-to-date and timely information on early childhood education and development; and(l)develop a best classroom model for early childhood education centres within the respective county in accordance with the specifications set out in the First Schedule.