Despite the commitment of world countries to achieving Education for All (EFA) by 2015, many of
them, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, are not likely to meet this target by the agreed date. Will
Kenya be among the nations likely to achieve this target? Spurred by the current post-2015 debate
and signals by the report of the High –Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Agenda of
the United Nations (2013) that that there is an education, learning and skills crisis globally, this paper
analyzes the current policies, interventions and incentives put in place by the Government of Kenya
and profiles the progress made so far towards achievement of the EFA goals. The paper uses a
combination of secondary sources from Government documents and other international sources in
combination with primary research to examine reality of whether or not the country is on track to
achieving EFA by 2015. The analyses use Gross and Net Enrolment ratios (GERs and NERs) by
region and gender. The results show that Kenya has made good progress judging by the impressive
GERs and NERs at the national level. The NERs are fairly stable and higher than 100%, indicating
that EFA has been achieved at this level and hence the country is progressing well. However, when
these statistics are unpacked at regional level and examined with a gender lens, then conspicuously
wide and severe regional and gender disparities emerge. They show both regional and gender
differences as the NERs for females are lower than those for males in some geographic areas,
indicating that more males are attending school. The disadvantaged regions are located in the ASAL
counties especially among nomadic communities and urban slums. It is recommended that Kenya
needs to accelerate the implementation of the adroitly formulated policies and initiatives geared
towards eliminating barriers to equity and quality of education, and institute concerted and
collaborative approaches directed towards the translation of policies from mere rhetoric chimera to
practice in order to achieve the EFA goals by the set deadline of 2015.