Ethics in Educational Governance and Its Implications on Development in Kenya

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Abstract: This paper seeks to address the question “What are the implications of ethical considerations in educational governance on development in Kenya?” The purpose is to describe ethical considerations in educational governance and their implications on development in Kenya, so as to establish what can be done to enhance ethical considerations in educational governance for development. The paper is focused by the following themes: legal provisions on ethics in educational governance, measures the government has taken to ensure ethics in educational governance, the public involvement to ensure ethics in educational governance, the strides made on ethics in educational governance, and the drawbacks on ethics in educational governance. This paper is a review of related literature. The review focused on legal documents, previous studies and theories. Legal provisions have been put in place to facilitate ethics in educational governance. The government has provided guidelines and regulations to aid operationalization of the existing laws and policies. The existing laws have made provisions for public participation in ensuring ethics in educational governance. There have been continuous efforts, to ensure ethics in educational governance. There have been hindrances to ethics in educational governance. There is need to address the setbacks to ethics in educational governance so as to achieve the anticipated development. Key Words: ethics, educational governance, development, Kenya