Amina also rolled out robust dialogues in all 47 counties to discuss the status of education regarding quality of teaching and learning.

The dialogues engaged the public countrywide on reforms in the Education sector. The dialogues have shaped basic education, particularly access to education for girls and special needs children. They are partly credited for revealing the shockingly high levels of teenage pregnancies. Amina was set to launch the School Related Gender-Based Violence Standard Operating Procedures this month.

During her tenure, the ministry unveiled the Special Needs Education Policy and set aside resources to establish 10 Model Education Assessment and Resource Centres to support special needs education in Mombasa, Kisumu, Kakamega, Embu, Nakuru, two in Nairobi, Garissa, Nyeri and Turkana.

She enforced the setting up of a National Psycho-Assessment Centre at the Kenya Institute of Special Education to support the assessment of learners with disability in collaboration with UNICEF. Amina also completed the process of equipping Special Needs Centres in Nairobi and Garissa.

Her focus on reforms in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) raised enrollment into TVETs from 98,000 to 169,000.

Additionally, the Ministry raised the financial allocation to TVETs from Sh13 billion to Sh16 billion. This was part of the ministry’s Marshall Plan to raise the enrollment, expand infrastructure from 203 TVET institutions to 233 this financial year and finance tuition for 150,000 trainees.Further, Amina led the most comprehensive restructuring process of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), which culminated in the launch of HELB 2019-2022 strategic plan.

In the universities sector, the ministry regularised the appointment of council members by applying a merit-based application process. This approach was a departure from the traditional “university specific” approach that ethinicised university management.

The ministry also increased funding for research from Sh500 million to Sh3 billion to support innovation.

Amina also rolled out robust dialogues in all 47 counties to discuss the status of education regarding quality of teaching and learning.

The dialogues engaged the public countrywide on reforms in the Education sector. The dialogues have shaped basic education, particularly access to education for girls and special needs children. They are partly credited for revealing the shockingly high levels of teenage pregnancies. Amina was set to launch the School Related Gender-Based Violence Standard Operating Procedures this month.

During her tenure, the ministry unveiled the Special Needs Education Policy and set aside resources to establish 10 Model Education Assessment and Resource Centres to support special needs education in Mombasa, Kisumu, Kakamega, Embu, Nakuru, two in Nairobi, Garissa, Nyeri and Turkana.

She enforced the setting up of a National Psycho-Assessment Centre at the Kenya Institute of Special Education to support the assessment of learners with disability in collaboration with UNICEF. Amina also completed the process of equipping Special Needs Centres in Nairobi and Garissa.

Her focus on reforms in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) raised enrollment into TVETs from 98,000 to 169,000.

Additionally, the Ministry raised the financial allocation to TVETs from Sh13 billion to Sh16 billion. This was part of the ministry’s Marshall Plan to raise the enrollment, expand infrastructure from 203 TVET institutions to 233 this financial year and finance tuition for 150,000 trainees.Further, Amina led the most comprehensive restructuring process of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), which culminated in the launch of HELB 2019-2022 strategic plan.

In the universities sector, the ministry regularised the appointment of council members by applying a merit-based application process. This approach was a departure from the traditional “university specific” approach that ethinicised university management.

The ministry also increased funding for research from Sh500 million to Sh3 billion to support innovation.