Kenya’s Higher Education System a Benchmark in Africa
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) plays an equally crucial role by overseeing student placement into universities.
HELB provides loans to students, enabling many from low-income families to pursue their academic goals.
The...
Decoding University Rankings: How Metrics Shape Global Education
Like it or hate it, University rankings are increasingly shaping the landscape of higher education, influencing everything from student decisions to institutional policies.
Although each ranking system has its own methodology, most are built around...
BloomBells Charity Brings Dignity and Hope to Girls Facing Period Poverty
Eamonn Maguire, Chairman and Founder of BloomBells Charity, highlights how period poverty continues to block the path of countless promising girls in Kenya’s rural regions, preventing them from advancing in their education.
Since the start...
Lenana School Principal Roots for Strong Alumni Associations for Cyclic Success
The school's Chief Principal, William Kemei says that the longstanding partnership with the alumni group has significantly contributed to the growth, development and steady excellence of the institution.
Owing to the popularity of Lenana School,...
Exploring The Role And Place of Poetry in Education
Since, poetry’s structure is flexible, students do not constrained than they might in prose writing, allowing them to break rules, play with sounds and express themselves freely.
Poetry helps students strengthen their critical thinking abilities...
Kenya’s University Funding at a Crossroads: Lessons From The DUC Model
Many students from needy backgrounds were reportedly placed in higher financial brackets, limiting their access to the critical support they needed for higher education.
Despite receiving billions in government allocations, many institutions struggled with stalled...
Higher Education Under Siege: A Crisis of Academic Conmanship
Some "briefcase" virtual universities allow individuals to simply upload a thesis, pay the necessary fees, and within a few days, obtain a Master's or PhD certificate.
In a technique called rebranding, these con artists...
A Call for Unified Vice-Chancellors’ Forum in Kenya’s Universities
By coming together in a single forum, VCs can work towards a more cohesive and resilient higher education system that benefits all stakeholders.
Harmonising standards across the sector has become more challenging when institutions operate...
Prof. Olusola Oyewole: African Universities hold key to development, but only with bold reforms
A major concern is the outdated curricula in African universities. Prof. Oyewole explained that “many programs in African universities are a mix of colonial models and nationalist inputs that made sense decades ago.”
The student-to-faculty...
University Education Expansion in Kenya: Pros, Cons, and the Road Ahead
The growth in universities has created numerous job opportunities for academic and non-academic staff, boosting the economy and has the potential to promote research and innovation, addressing local and national challenges through scholarly work....
