2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Kenya

Lavendar Awuor (center) shaking hands with Mercy Juma, principal Uasin Gishu High School, as her father, Pius Ouru, holds her in celebrating her A grade in 2022 KCSE results. PHOTO/Edmond Kipngeno, The Scholar Media Africa.

Student battling Sickle Cell Anaemia beats odds, scores A in KCSE 

Despite going through difficulties during her examinations, Lavendar Awuor beat insurmountable odds and scored an aggregate of A Grade in the recently-released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results of 2022. Awuor has been battling...
Instigated by human activities, global warming has been on the rise since the 1800s, and the effects continue to ravage the least polluters first, especially across Africa. Adapting, while working to revert the situation, has never been as paramount. PHOTO/John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images.

Concerted efforts a must to contain the fangs of climate change

According to the United Nations (UN), Climate Change refers to the long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns. These changes may be organic, but since the 1800s, human activity has been the primary cause...
Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) learners during a practical lesson. The focus of the CBC is imparting skills to the learners through practice, unlike the 8-4-4 system which focused on imparting knowledge to the learners through information. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Junior Secondary anticipated challenges and suggested considerations

The Kenyan Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), which started its implementation almost eight years ago, culminated in Grade 6 first Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) in 2022.  The graduates will join another level of 3 years,...
University graduands celebrating the academic milestone. With the technological advancements, Open University and Distance Learning are today's trend and Kenya has to align with the current academic times. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Why Open Learning Model is not a silver bullet in itself

Kenya's higher education system is facing significant challenges, including inadequate funding, limited access to quality education, and a lack of skilled workforce to support the country's economic growth. In order to address these challenges, there...

On the burning of schoolbooks after examinations

Pupils of the 2022 examination class of Forest View Academy in Nairobi lit a fire to burn their books after the class eight national examinations. One girl fell into the fire. She received first-degree...
A section of the graduands follow proceedings during the 68th Graduation Ceremony at The University of Nairobi's main campus grounds on December 16, 2022. Over 6600 graduates were released to the labor market from the university. PHOTO/University of Nairobi (UoN).

University of Nairobi outlines wins during 68th Graduation

At Taifa Hall, on Friday, December 16, 2022, the University of Nairobi (UoN) held its 68th Graduation Ceremony for the conferment of degrees and the awarding of Diplomas. The congregation was guided by the theme Promoting...
A section of the Ph.D. graduands being conferred with the degree by Dr. Bob Ndubi, Kisii University Chancellor, during Kisii University's 11th Graduation Ceremony on December 14, 2022 at the University's Main Campus, Kisii County. The now graduates were urged to serve the society fully, without any sense of entitlement. PHOTO/Kisii University (KSU) Media Team.

Thousands graduate from Kisii University, urged to chide entitlement

Established in 2007 as a constituent college of Egerton University and chartered in 2013 as the 13th public university in Kenya, Kisii University has continued to train and release thoroughly-skilled graduates into the job...
Girls in a dormitory at Naikarra Primary School in Narok. Pupils can board at the school or attend as day-scholars. The Education Ministry, through the Basic Education PS Dr. Belio Kipsang, announced plans to abolish the boarding section in primary schools starting January next year. PHOTO/Courtesy.

What abolishing boarding primary schools means

“Day primary schools are better than boarding primary schools,” the primary school teacher would pose and regroup us to carry on with the debate. A similar debate has been honest and ongoing in the minds...
The S-Block at the Technical University of Kenya, which President Ruto opened. He also launched the construction of the T and I Blocks at the institution. PHOTO/Presidential Communication Service (PCS).

TUK Innovation efforts pay off as President Ruto announces unwavering support

On December 8, 2022, President William Ruto officiated the opening of the S Block and launched the construction of the T and I Blocks at the Technical University of Kenya. Other top officials graced the...
Prof. John Akama, Kisii University Vice Chancellor. He says the institute will supplement the current ones but not sabotage them. PHOTO/Ben Oroko, The Scholar Media Africa.

Kisii University flips another chapter in TVET careers

Buoyed up by its sterling performance and growing stature in the field of university education and Research, Kisii University, a premier institution of higher learning in the Nyanza Region of Kenya, has again scored...