RESEARCH PAPER: Nexus between Teacher Mobility and School Stability in Kenya
Every year, there is a big number of teachers leaving the teaching profession in Kenya. Some leave due to exiting to other careers, promotion, discipline, venturing into business, relocating to abroad, stress and burn...
CHANGE OF GUARD: Will Prof Kibwage steer Egerton University out of the troubled winds?
A change of guard, albeit in acting capacity at Egerton University is expected to turn around the dwindling fortunes of the institution.
Started off as a premier agriculture training institution, the university has been in...
SCHOOL: Help us create small ‘heaven’ for mentally challenged
A public special school in Nakuru is appealing to well-wishers to aid in creating a peaceful environment for its population of mentally challenged pupils.
The board of management at Pangani Special School says that allocations...
Teacher Unions push for boarding schools phase out
When learning activities resumed in the country after an unusually long break occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was expected that learners would take time to transition from the holiday mood back into the classroom environment.
Learners had...
Cheruiyot sponsors girls who dropped out of school
Young girls who dropped out of school due to teenage pregnancies in Baringo have a second chance to resume their studies.
The programme for the girl child is being sponsored by the area Women Representative...
Graffiti: A New Dimension in School Discipline in Secondary Schools in Kenya
Abstract
Graffiti is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and it has existed since...
BOOK REVIEW: Blossoms of the Savannah
Author: Henry Ole Kulet
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Sasa Sema Publications, Nairobi. An imprint of Longhorn, 2009
Reviewer: Zablon Ogutu
The novel Blossoms of the Savannah is a story of harshness and hardships of two girls who are at...
Go back to school, lawmakers tell teen mothers
Cases of high number of teenage pregnancies have been blamed as key reason why girls dropout out of schools.
As a result, two elected leaders have called upon the young mothers to resume their studies.
Mwingi...
COVID-19: The education sector faces an uphill path
They say when it rains it pours. The world is wrestling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither is Kenya an exception. The education sector is the worst hit.
For nine months, the sector was grounded. Learning...
