Anthony M. Wanjohi: Despite the Kenya’s government efforts towards the realization of Education For All (EFA), it continues to experience a number of challenges. These include gender disparities, high poverty levels, Teacher supply and quality, HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Inadequate financial resources. Gender Disparities The girl child continues to be in vulnerable situation. Parental gender bias, cultural norms, negative impacts
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Month: January 2013 KCPE Results via SMS
KNEC has simplified matters by going electronic/ mobile. KCPE candidates can now check their KCPE results through their Mobile Phones using SMS or other means. Accessing KCPE Results: a) Accessing KCPE using Mobile phone: Send your Index Number to 5052 b) Visit your school or your examination centers (schools) c) Visit KNEC website: www.knec.ac.ke after the release of the results.
View Article...Month: January 2013 Role of a Career Counselor and Parents in Career Choice
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Career counselors (who may be teachers or professionals) and parents have a crucial role to play in providing guidance on what career to choose. This article briefly highlights the major functions of a career counselor and parents in helping students to make informed career choice. Career Counselor A counsellor is a person who has the psychological
View Article...Month: January 2013 How to Make a Career Choice
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Career choice entails making decision about what one wants to do with his/her life that is, in terms of occupation. There are hundreds of career options out there. How do you make a career choice when you don’t really know what you want to do? Does it seem like a BIG task. Yes, it can be for
View Article...Month: January 2013 Child Rearing Practices in Africa
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Child rearing practices are as old as humanity. Effective child-care practices play a vital role in children’s growth, brain development, personality enhancement and health promotion. In most parts of Africa, child-rearing practices are highly influenced by the traditional norms and values. Such norms include but may not be limited to cutting of cord, weaning practices and folk
View Article...Month: January 2013 Role of Co-curricular Activities in Students’ Social Development
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Co-curriculum is a very important and essential part of an education system. It is the co-curriculum aspect of the education that prepares and moulds the student to be holistic. Nevertheless more emphasis has generally been given to the curriculum aspect resulting from the students‘inability to link the excellence in performance academically to the active participation in co-curriculum
View Article...Month: January 2013 Improving Access to Education among Nomads in Kenya
Anthony M. Wanjohi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, declared that “everyone has a right to education.” The World Conference on Education for All (EFA) in 1990, sparked off a new impetus towards basic education especially with its so-called vision and renewed commitment. Many governments in developing world embraced this call and worked towards making education free
View Article...Month: January 2013 Curriculum Evaluation
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Evaluation is the process of collecting data on a programme to determine its value or worth with the aim of deciding whether to adopt, reject, or revise the programme (Oluoch, 2006). Programmes are evaluated to answer questions and concerns of various parties. The public want to know whether the curriculum implemented has achieved its aims and objectives;
View Article...Month: January 2013 Curriculum Evaluation Process
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Evaluation is the process of collecting data on a programme to determine its value or worth with the aim of deciding whether to adopt, reject, or revise the programme (Oluoch, 2006). This article briefly explores various components of curriculum evaluation. These include preparation, designing of data collection instruments, conducting analysis, reporting and using information. Preparation of
View Article...Month: January 2013 Indigenous Knowledge
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Indigenous Knowledge (IK) can be understood as knowledge that has evolved in a particular societal context which is used by lay people in that context in the conduct of their lives. It is generated in specific local contexts in response to specific local problems, it is often influenced by knowledge generated in other settings (Sharon, 2009).
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