Essentialist Education as Foundation for Lifelong Learning: A case for Development of a Versatile, Skilled Human Resource in Kenya
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- 1. Department of Educational Foundations, Kenyatta University, Kenya
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Abstract: Ideally, education has a default role of developing skilled human resource necessary for development of civilizations, going by the human capital theory. Accordingly, an analytical study (philosophical analysis), complemented by a phenomenological one, were conducted in a research that sought to establish the ingredients of an education that could guarantee development of a skilled human resource in Kenya. This followed a reported deficit in the latter. The said methods were therefore employed to examine the manner in which education was conceived and practiced in Kenya, and the extent to which the former had succeeded in fulfilling its role of developing a skilled human resource. Instructively, goals of education are evaluated against observed outcomes. Accordingly, a deficiency would certainly indicate a problem, necessitating an inquiry such as this. Even so, today’s world is such that skilling per se is not sufficient. This follows the reality wherein work environments and requirements are dynamic, rendering many individuals redundant. Consequently, a kind of education that will accommodate the fluidity of today’s careers and occupations is needed. Hence, arising from the study, the current paper vouches for an essentialist education for the sole reason that it creates room for further training and retooling, ostensibly in the face of redundancy and obsoleteness that saddle most careers today. Further, this kind of education prepares individuals for trainee programs and on-job apprenticeships that are becoming popular with most employers, especially the emerging situation that is characterized by increasing mismatch between existent education and the needs of industry. The government therefore ought to be clear on its educational philosophy, and subsequently, move to align education policies with fiscal plans to guarantee proper implementation of the curriculum, hence, development of a skilled human resource.
Keywords: Adaptiveness, Education, Essentialism, Human resource, Kenya, philosophical analysis, Skilling, Versatile.
Title: Essentialist Education as Foundation for Lifelong Learning: A case for Development of a Versatile, Skilled Human Resource in Kenya
Author: Wycliffe Osabwa, Francis Ndichu Murira, Francis Likoye Malenya
International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD)
Vol. 3, Issue 2, July 2022 - December 2022
Page No: 131-136
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Published Date: 06-October-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7153007
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