ABSTRACT
One of the first actions of the Kenya Government when independent was to set up an Education Commission to advise on the formulation of national policies for education which would "appropriately express the aspirations and cultural values of an independent African country". Education in Kenya has been modelled very closely on the English pattern, but until the approach of independence was divided into separate racial systems for Europeans, Asians, Arabs, and Africans. Legally these have already been integrated into a single system, but in practice this is a slow process for obvious economic, social and religious reasons. When considering the relations of church and state it is important to realize that European education was very largely provided by the government, which gave strong support to Christian instruction and worship in all these schools. There were also a few assisted and independent schools largely of religious foundation.
