KCSE Malpractices – Episode 1: The General Game Plan
When exam results are manufactured instead of earned, we destroy not only the future of our children but also the credibility of our nation’s education system.
KCSE malpractice is no longer just cheating; it is...
M-Pesa Fuliza: Kenya’s Go-To Credit Option with a Price Beneath Its Convenience
When Safaricom launched Fuliza in 2019, it was marketed as a digital innovative way to help Kenyans complete transactions even when their M-Pesa wallets were empty.
In short, Fuliza can remain a useful tool for...
From Promise to Stalemate: Why the EAC Common Higher Education Area Remains a Dream...
The initiative promised to harmonize university standards, enable seamless movement of students and academic staff, and ensure that degrees earned in one member state would be recognized across the region.
The most significant and far-reaching...
Kenya’s Education Journey: Achievements, Gaps, and Policy Recommendations
In the colonial era, schooling was designed primarily to produce clerks and low-level workers to serve the colonial administration. After independence in 1963, Kenya adopted the 7-4-2-3 structure, which promised broader access and a...
Beyond the Algorithm: Ensuring Quality and Visibility of Research in the AI Age
AI is influencing everything from literature reviews and data analysis to writing assistance and predictive modeling.
Perhaps most troubling is the rise of fake research outputs and deepfakes. We are entering an age where AI...
A Case for Devolving Kenya’s Basic Education
Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, basic education is listed as a national government function, while counties oversee early childhood education and vocational training.
Handing over all basic education functions to counties in one...
Kenya’s Remuneration: Need to Link Basic Salary to Academic Qualification
Without a framework that fairly compensates academic qualification, the current remuneration model risks undermining both professional development and institutional integrity.
One key objection is the fear that such a model might undervalue experience and performance,...
The Silent Squeeze: Starving Government Agencies to Merger Submission
This emerging pattern signals a subtle yet deliberate form of administrative attrition—one that appears designed to force compliance without triggering resistance.
Agencies have reported sudden, unexplained cuts to their annual funding, leaving them unable to...
Degrees in Doubt: Thousands of KCSE Students Rejecting University Placements
This unexpected decline in university applications comes on the heels of the 2024 KCSE results, which saw improved overall performance compared to previous years
Out of the 244,463 candidates who scored the minimum university entry...
Kenya’s Skills Revolution: Demystifying CBE, CBET, and TVET in Education Reform
A defining feature of CBE is its learner-centered and flexible approach. Students progress through their learning journeys at their own pace, moving forward only when they have fully demonstrated competence in a given area....
