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Eap 403: Educational; Planning And Economics Of Education Question Paper

Eap 403: Educational; Planning And Economics Of Education

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2012

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (AUGUST SESSION)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
EAP 403: EDUCATIONAL; PLANNING AND ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
DATE: Tuesday 3rd January, 2012 TIME: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer a total of THREE questions.
2. Question ONE (Section A) is compulsory
3. Answer ONE question each from sections B and C.
4. Answers to all questions should be written in the University answer booklets provided.
SECTION A: COMPULSORY (30 MARKS)
1. Explain the following terms as used in education.
a) Economics of Education. (1 mark)
b) Educational planning (1 mark)
c) School mapping (1 mark)
d) Internal efficiency of Kenyatta University. (1 mark)
e) External efficiency of Kenyatta University (1 mark)
f) State and briefly explain one dichotomization of education as a good. (1 mark)
g) State FOUR possible externalities of educational investment. (4 marks)
h) State FOUR factors that influence educational planning. (4 marks)
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i) In Nairobi County, there were 1,100,000 pupils participating in primary
education in 2010. Of these, 400,000 were in the 6 to 13 years age group. This can be compared with 900,000 children in the 6 to 13 years age group in the Nairobi population. Assuming that the legal age of admission to primary education in Nairobi county is 6 years calculate:
i) Net enrollment rate (1 mark)
ii) Gross enrollment rate (1 mark)
j) Explain why there is a difference in the two answers you got in section (i), parts (i) and (ii) above. (1 mark)
k) a) Using the data provide in the table below, calculate yearly rates of
promotion, repetition and dropout.
Year
From 1
Form 2
From 3
Form 4
2009
Enrollment
540200
460040
400000
580822
2010
Enrollment
582000
466200
440400
360000
Repeaters
138000
120000
140200
106000
At the end of Form four, 420200 students graduate. Give your answers to the nearest I decimal place.
b) Using the promotion rate, repetition rate and drop-out rate calculated in question 1 k (a) above, construct the cohort flow of 3000 students who entered secondary school in 2011. (4 marks)
c) How many students will graduate at the end of Form 4 in 2014?
(1 mark)
d) What will be the graduation rate for the group that will graduate in 2014?
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SECTION B: EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
2. Kenyatta University is undertaking a tracer study for its alumnus. Based on your knowledge of educational planning:
a) Briefly explain what this exercise entails. (4 marks)
b) Discuss FOUR possible advantages of this exercise over labour market analysis to Kenyatta University. (16 marks)
3. You have been appointed to be the County Educational Planner in one of the 47 counties in Kenya. Discuss FIVE challenges you are likely to encounter as you plan for secondary education in the county. (20 marks)
SECTION C: ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
4. Discuss FOUR strategies that the Kenyan government has employed in recent years to increase access and retention in secondary education. (20 marks)
5. Demonstrate how cost function analysis can be applied in a school environment. (20 marks)

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