Skills Development as an Integral Part of Lifelong Learning: A Kenyan Analytical Review

Abstract

This paper discusses the integration of skills development to a continuous skill acquisition spectrum. Skills development and processes in Kenya are examined through policy development and delivery, and the need for continuous learning acknowledged and demonstrated. Lifelong education and training is well articulated and discoursed alongside the benefits that can be accrued from it. Three models anchor lifelong learning and training and are discussed herein and their contribution to the topic justified. These models are: Behaviourism, Cognitivism and Constructivism. Some of the accrued benefits include: Productivity, employment creation, sustainability, structural changes, domestic growth, social integration among others.