The sustainability of SMASSE Project is hinged on three key areas namely:-

1. Finances,
2. Academics and
3. Administration,

5-1 Finances
The SMASSE Project is funded from two sources: the Government of Kenya and Government of Japan through JICA.

GOK (Government of Kenya):
The GOK funds the project to the tune of 40%, with 18% directly from the government funds and 22 % raised through District Education Board (DEB) from schools' development fund, in the existing fees structure. (The DEB is the entity that is charged with education affairs in a district).

The DEB fund will continue to be available because:
(i) The schools will continue to charge school fees
(ii) The school is expected to give 5% to 10% of development fund, according to the policy by the DEB in each district.

Funds directly from the GOK cater for expenses of National INSET, the day-to-day running expenses of the project, salaries for full-time Kenyan counterpart personnel at the National INSET Unit, offices and other facilities.

The DEB fund is used for the teachers' upkeep during the district INSET. It caters for facilitation (training) fees and transport to and from the district INSET centre. The fund is also used for the purchase of training materials to supplement those supplied through use of JICA fund and also for repairs, maintenance and improvement of equipment and training facilities.

JICA:
JICA provides funds to buy the equipment and materials for training at both the National and District INSET. The equipment include computers, an overhead projector, a video camera, a TV set, etc, to each of the training centers at the district. The training materials, mostly expendables include laboratory chemicals, glassware, cells and batteries etc.

The JICA fund also covers expenses for training the Kenyan counterpart personnel and the dispatch of Japanese experts, both long term (about 2 years) and short term, to the project.

5-2 Academics
The Personnel:
The Government of Kenya has provided full time personnel to the SMASSE National INSET Centre while JICA has provided Japanese experts to assist in the planning and implementation of the INSET activities. This team of experts develops training materials that are used at the National and District INSET.

At the district level training, the key trainers adapt the materials to the local situation and needs. While the Japanese experts will leave after the project period, the Kenyan counterparts shall remain at the Centre and continue with INSET activities. At the district level, the Key trainers will continue to provide INSET.

The project believes that there will always be professional issues that teachers desiring to do their best will need to be in-serviced on.

5-3 Administration
Structure of administration:
The project is owned by the Inspectorate Division of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya, and the structure of administration is as follows:

Policy:
The Government of Kenya has a goal of making Kenya a newly industrialized country by the year 2020. To achieve this, some important policies have been made, one of them being the institutionalization of INSET.