Primary education experience of a Maasai woman in Kenya: the long-term impact of schooling beyond subject knowledge
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Date
2013
Authors
Sawamura, N.
Utsumi, S.
Sifuna, D.
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Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education
Abstract
The current discourse on EFA has a tendency of focusing on learning subject knowledge and
completing primary school. Thus, dropping out of school has always been negatively regarded.
This study examined the impact of primary school education on female students who dropped
out of school due to pregnancy and marriage. They were unsuccessful in completing school and
proceeding to secondary education, but have more than several years of learning experience.
This study aimed to identify whether their learning experience has made a difference in their
lives. It further sought to discuss the long-term impact of schooling beyond subject knowledge.
In this initial attempt, the research focused on a particular Maasai woman who dropped out
of school at Grade 7, without completing 8 years of full primary education, in Narok. She has
been traced over 12 years and was regularly interviewed. Five aspects were identified which
enabled her to help improve her life because of schooling: (1) expanding her social network, (2)
learning offi cial languages, (3) being conscious about hygiene and health, (4) establishing more
equal relations with her husband, and (5) acquiring soft skills of management. It can be said that
primary schooling enhanced the capability of dealing with livelihood and bettered her quality of
life in the rural community
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http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/00035073