Is our children’s future tied to examination grades alone?
Do you remember an instance when one of your primary school teachers beat you up for not scoring an A in their teaching subject? Was it enjoyable?
Gauging and tying our children's future on an...
Help KCPE champions join schools they will be selected to
Parents whose children sat for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) are now waiting with bated breath to know the secondary schools that will host their children for the next four academic...
Why youths should focus on acquisition of practical skills
Gone are the days when employment was immediately secured within one's first week after graduation from a university, college or tertiary institution.
There were days when even Kenyans with form four certificates were sure to...
OPINION: A look at the war in Ukraine
It was hard to read the article by Mike Whitney from February 11, 2022, talking about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
It’s hard because in the article he was treading between truth and falsity, between fiction...
OPINION: Why I read and you should, too
Reading is gradually going out of fashion. This is nothing new, it has been happening since the invention of the radio.
Before that, for thousands of years, writing and reading was not public pastimes.
We can...
How parents can raise empowered, thriving children
Beyond every iota of doubt, child upbringing is one of the toughest experiences parents face.
As in the words of Maria Shriver, a journalist, “Having kids- the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human...
There’s potential if Sironga Industrial Park is built
The proposed setting up of Sironga Industrial Park in Nyamira is a blessing in time for the economy of the county and its neighbours.
Even so, it can only be a success if the planners...
Why the cane may not help students
I know that those who think they know that the cane is not (necessarily) the solution to indiscipline in schools are very likely to annoy those who do.
My view on corporal punishment may therefore...
Why the words you listen to matter
By Norah Maria
A word can either build or destroy, encourage or discourage.
Mark Twain once said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment."
There are three categories of people you need to listen...
Employ holistic approach to curb unrest, arson in schools
On this matter of safety of students in schools, aside from building structures and enforcing standards, and ensuring discipline, there is more to the story, at least from my point of view.
Students are human...
