2023 Intake Open University of Kenya
2023 Intake Open University of Kenya

Opinion

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Brian Mallari, Director of Business Segment Marketing, HDD Business Unit at Western Digital. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Your business needs a backup; here’s why

By Brian Mallari Worrying about losing data isn’t something you have to lose sleep over if you have an active data backup strategy. March 31 is World Backup Day and there’s no better time to...
Marrying modern medicine with traditional ones might be the way out in achieving Universal Health Care in Kenya. PHOTOS/Medline Plus, ASP.

Integrating traditional medicine in health systems key to attaining UHC

By Harriet Ng’ok Inadequate access to and cost of modern medicines and drugs to treat and manage diseases in middle- and low-income countries, especially in Africa, may have contributed to the widespread use of traditional...
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...
Students in an outdoor learning session. As they grow, the students need to be guided on careers and supported towards taking the right paths towards a bright future. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Why students should embrace career education and guidance

Most people spend almost half a century working for a living; some work throughout their lives. Just imagine, for instance, how one feels to spend the whole time doing something they dislike or even hate...
Ms Awadifo Kili, a Lawyer and Author. She advocates for human rights, among other issues surrounding human life and dignity. PHOTO/Courtesy.

On modern-day slavery in the Gulf

According to a study by Abu Dhabi Dialogue, a forum on migrant labor, the number of domestic workers surges each year. This is because thousands of new domestic workers head to work in the...
Kenya's Ministry of Affairs offices, Nairobi. Kenya has about 54 embassies and high commissions abroad and 31 consulates. PHOTO/Courtesy.

OPINION: How ambassadors can be Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Model pillars

President William Ruto is busy constituting his government, and so far, he has chosen his cabinet; the PS nominees have been shortlisted, and other departments shall follow suit. One of the other departments that President...
Teachers gather at Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayyed primary school, Mombasa, during a past event. PHPOTO/Courtesy.

The impact of Mental Health Training on teachers

By its very nature, teaching is a rewarding and challenging profession with high-stress levels. If teachers are not supported and trained to cope with these, teaching can become an exhausting and challenging job that negatively...
A patient signing a consent form to allow the medical personnel to proceed with the medical procedures on the patient. Consent is the backbone to being allowed to conduct any medical proceedings on any given patient. Photo/Kirsten Nunez

Patient autonomy and family dynamics: The bane of consent in the medical world

On 12th January this year, Advocate Fidel Mwaki shared on his status an interesting article titled “The ethical dilemma in treatment consents during critical care emergencies”. The same was published in one of the dailies...