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
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Category: Academic Papers 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...Category: Academic Papers 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...Category: Academic Papers 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...Category: Academic Papers 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).
View Article...Category: Academic Papers Factors Influencing the Establishment of Mobile Schools
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Education forms the backbone of economy. Failure to invest in education by any civilized nation is the greatest injustice to the citizens. In developed countries, not everyone has access to school. For instance, in Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) in Kenya, access to schools is not guaranteed. The establishment of ‘mobile’ (moving) schools is a temporal
View Article...Category: Academic Papers Stress Coping Mechanisms for Teachers
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Coping refers to behavior that protects people from being psychologically harmed by problematic social experience (Pearlin and Schooler, 1978). Pearlin and Schooler maintain that the protective function of coping behavior can be exercised in three ways: by eliminating or modifying conditions giving rise to problems; by perceptually controlling the meaning of experience in a manner that neutralizes
View Article...Category: Academic Papers Interventions to Address Occupational Stress among Teachers
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Owing to the negative effects of stress on performance, organizations strive to come up with a number of intervention measures to help their employees to cope. Schools are encouraged to offer healthy working environment, work towards reducing teachers’ workload, establishing programs to help teachers to cope, and to stabilize the curriculum and the education system in general.
View Article...Category: Academic Papers Occupational Stress Factors among Teachers
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Stress is the manner in which one’s body responds to cares, perplexities and complexities of life. Teaching profession has its demands which exert pressure on teachers. This article examines the main factors contributing to stress among teachers based on empirical evidence. Kitenga (2009) conducted a study on the factors contributing to occupational stress among primary school
View Article...Category: Academic Papers Women Entrepreneurs’ Level of Managerial and Technical Skills
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) especially those run by women entrepreneurs continue to face a number of challenges. Key among them are social-cultural barriers, lack of adequate education and skills, managerial limitation, access to credit and insecurity. This article briefly examines the managerial and technical skills issues facing women entrepreneurs. A study by Olinda (2011) on
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