Education

By George Githinji In the last few years, organizations claim that the current groups of graduates are unemployable. They make further claims that universities and other tertiary institutions of learning are churning out ‘half-baked’ graduates whose needs are out of league with the needs and trends of the market. What that means is that the current crop of graduates lack ...

Candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E) exam at the camp for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in Pipeline Nakuru are citing only one thing for their ‘dismal’ performance in the exam. The candidates who were displaced following the Post Election Violence (PEV) that rocked the country eight years ago say lack of electricity at the camp ...

The Equity Group Foundation has announced that 2,000 comprehensive scholarships will be available for needy but bright students. This comes just a day before the release of the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results on Wednesday. The comprehensive secondary school scholarships under the Equity Group Foundation’s Wings To Fly Program are designed to provide financial and related relief ...

By Malachi Motano As many different school motto’s read; Education is the Key to success, Knowledge is light, profession is power and the general belief that it is education that transforms young boys and girls into useful men and women in the society, learning in the pastoral communities in Kenya continue to face many hurdles. This writer traveled to Turkana ...

Education in Kenya continues facing challenges ranging from lack of infrastructure, enough study materials and poor pay for teachers. These are just a few of the challenges known on the national scale but for communities who rarely make it to the daily news, the challenges are further compounded. “We are a pastoral community our sons normally help us move with ...

By Malachi Motano Over a decade ago, the UN member states rolled out Education For All (EFA) programme at a conference in Dakar-Senegal backed up in Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number 2. This was in the hope of achieving the noble goal by 2015. It is 2015 and the big question stakeholders ask ‘where’ Kenya is? What has the government ...

By Florence Gichoya In the serene Mara plains, Nkoilalel Primary school stands out as a shining example of academic excellence. It is the best performing school in Mara Division, Narok County. This is attributed to committed teaching staff and a local community that has tirelessly supported the school. The institution was built in 1992 by Siana Spring Tented Camp when ...

By Malachi Motano Parents have been advised practice family planning in order to offer quality education to their children. Teachers must also enhance good teacher-pupil interaction so as to create a good environment for learning and allow the students to open up to them. Vihiga MP Yusuf Chanzu speaking at an education forum organized by Uwezo Kenya Educational researchers at Mbale ...

IBM and Strathmore University’s Research Institute with a focus on ICT, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and business development @iLabAfrica have signed an agreement to expand their partnership into training for the IBM mainframe z technology. This agreement makes Strathmore the first university in Africa with the IBM mainframe z technology. IBM said it will install the technology infrastructure at @iLabAfrica and impart ...

As the clamor for employment in a shrinking economy continues, some initiatives are seeking to bridge the gap by offering training to enhance suitability for the job market. This will help make bright futures by offering alternative training for on-demand products and services which are usually ignored by mainstream training. One such initiative is Generation Kenya’s Youth Employment where already, ...

By Nathan Kiplang’at and Simon Jillo A former Egerton University student leader has urged students aspiring to vie in the forthcoming student elections to sell viable agenda during their campaigns. Joseph Githinji who served twice in the Student Union of Egerton University (SUEU) at the university’s Nakuru Town Campus College (NTCC) observed that there has been a trend in which ...

The demand for basic education in Kenya has increased in the last five years with secondary level of education recording the highest demand according to the 2014 Basic Education Statistical report. Of the three levels of basic education, secondary schools recorded the highest annual growth of 8.2 percent between 2009 and 2014, an increase that the report released by the ...

The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) have condemned Parliament’s passing of the Powers and Privileges of Parliament Bill 2014. In a statement on Thursday, NCCK General Secretary Rev. Canon Peter Karanja said that by passing the Bill, parliamentarians had clearly stated their position on where they stand on matters of accountability. ...

Following the adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG) and 17 Global Goals by 193 UN Member States, this heralds a new approach to a sustainable world. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said “Every so often the world takes a historic step forward as a global community. Today, nations of the world moved forward together on a pathway to ...

By Cyrus Kioko Maseno University has been closed indefinitely following a night incident where a student was killed and 17 others injured where seven are admitted at a referral hospital in Kisumu. A circular pinned in notice board , which is signed by acting Vice Chancellor, indicated that the institution has closed due to unfavorable conditions caused by the incidence. “The University ...