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THE JOMO KENYATTA FOUNDATION

THE JOMO KENYATTA FOUNDATION. LAUNCH OF STRATEGIC PLAN 2007 – 2012 WEDNESDAY 31 ST OCTOBER 2007. INTRODUCTION. JKF established in 1966 as a company limited by guarantee. Objective: Advancing education and relief of poverty and distress of public.

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THE JOMO KENYATTA FOUNDATION

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  1. THE JOMO KENYATTA FOUNDATION LAUNCH OF STRATEGIC PLAN 2007 – 2012 WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2007

  2. INTRODUCTION • JKF established in 1966 as a company limited by guarantee. • Objective: Advancing education and relief of poverty and distress of public. • Publishing and scholarships the 2 key pillars of meeting the objective. • Enjoyed monopoly for the supply of educational materials through the Kenya School Equipment Scheme in the 80s.

  3. Advent of economic liberalization in the 1990s led to increased competition. • Changes in the operating market conditions together with various legal, policy and institutional reforms affecting the Public Sector in general and education in particular have necessitated a re-evaluation of the Company’s policies and operational structure. • Thus the development of the 2007 – 20012 strategic plan.

  4. Implementation will be anchored on 2 pillars: • Development and upholding of core corporate values. • Institutionalization of a Results Based Management (RBM) system. • Key challenge today is to increase profitability to meet the scholarships commitment.

  5. Strategies for dealing with challenges: • Product and market diversification. • Improve quality of products and services. • Capitalize on opportunities to increase market share. • Way forward • Improve corporate governance structures and capacities. • Develop and adopt a customer service charter.

  6. Mission: To advance education and knowledge through competitive publishing and provision of scholarships. • Vision: To be the top publishing house in Eastern Africa and a leading scholarships provider in Kenya.

  7. Motto: Supporting your education. • Core values: • Professionalism • Integrity • Fairness • Innovativeness • Teamwork

  8. Goals • To publish quality products • To broaden market share • To develop our business with sustainable profit levels. • To increase educational opportunities for needy students throughout the country.

  9. Key objectives: • To publish at least 40 new titles annually. • To review and update existing publications from time to time based on prevailing curriculum • Increase publications in the general readership market. • Strengthen the scholarship function over the plan period.

  10. Increase scholarship funding and educational opportunities through setting up of alumni. • Introduction of scholarships find raising function and establishment of an endowment fund for the same. • Introduction of the monitoring and evaluation function for quality assurance and informed decision making.

  11. Developing quantitative and qualitative benchmarks to help assess where JKF stands in the industry. • Development of the highest professional and management standards for the staff and operations. • Mid-term review of the plan.

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