Transition from secondary to tertiary education in rural Kenya

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23340
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Osaka University (2020-2022); Hiroshima University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Ogawa Miku 大阪大学, 大学院人間科学研究科, 助教 (40848610)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: ケニア / 中等教育 / 高等教育 / 追跡調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Kenya faces the challenge of ensuring quality and access to tertiary education in a country where basic education is spreading rapidly. In this study, a case study focusing on rural day secondary school leavers reveals how those who gain access to secondary education as a result of the rapid spread of education access tertiary education. The results showed that students from vulnerable backgrounds were not always able to enter the institution of their choice, although they could obtain scholarships if their academic performance was high enough, whereas students with fewer financial constraints were able to enrol in top universities at private expense, even if their grades were not as good as scholarship recipients. This created an unfair situation for students seeking access to tertiary education and revealed the way in which inequalities are still being generated despite the spread of education.

Free Research Field

比較教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の対象国であるケニアでは初等・中等教育が急速に普及している。しかし、教育の普及そのものは必ずしも人びとの生活改善に接続していない。とりわけ、中等教育修了後すぐに労働市場へ移行することが容易ではなく、学力下位の生徒であっても高等教育を経由する必要が生じているためである。先行研究では基礎教育をめぐる「アクセス」や「教育の質」についての問いが主流であり、基礎教育修了後の「アウトカム」や「アウトプット」に焦点を向けた調査が不足してきた。本研究ではその視点を補うことにより、中等教育修了者の修了後の動向を明らかにし、教育格差が生まれる一要因を新たな観点から捕捉した点で意義がある。