Introduction Most students choose subjects with little or no career choice information guided by family preference, teacher driven, peer influence, individual inclinations or media influence. This has resulted to broken careers and unrealized dreams. Research indicates that on average, people who start working at the age of 25 change career 4-5 times by the age […]
The following is a list of top scoring primary schools in KCPE 2016. The scores are arranged according to the top score each school produced. Note that the schools are listed according to the top scores of individual pupils as opposed to the school mean score. Daisy Special School Kakamega – 437 Tender Care Academy […]
By Anthony M. Wanjohi: The release of KCPE 2016 marked a new beginning of “honesty” in national examinations after years of exam cheating in Kenya. Exam cheating has been associated with the need to be seen as the best, especially in private schools for the purpose of attracting enrollments. In an effort to curb the […]
The release of KCPE results on the 1st of December, 2016 came as a surprise to many. The results were released by the Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Matiang’i at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in Nairobi, Kenya. For the first time in Kenya’s history, the results had the smallest number of the reported […]
By Anthony M. Wanjohi: This article deals with system of education in Kenya since 1963. It covers the first education system after Kenya’s independence, namely 7-4-2-3 and further provides an overview of 8-4-4 system before drawing a conclusion. 7-4-2-3 System of Education According to Ominde (1964), the chairman of the first educational commission in the […]
Kenya Primary Education Syllabus is available in two volumes, namely volume 1 and 2. Volume 1 contains English, Kiswahili, Mother Tongue, Physical Education and Creative Arts. Volume 2 on the other hand contains Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Christian Religious Education, Islamic Religious Education and Hindu Religious Education. In each subject both the general and the […]
1.0 Background: Since Independence in 1963, the Government of Kenya has recognized the importance of education both as a basic right as well as a tool for achieving Social Economic development The current primary school population is estimated at 10.4 million children in both public and private primary schools. This rapid growth in primary school […]
By Anthony M. Wanjohi: School strikes, culminating in school burning are not new in Kenya. Right from 1980s, through 1990s to date, school fires and strikes have continued to be widespread in Kenya. The experiences of raping of girls in St. Kizito school, fires of Kyanguli, burning of prefects in Nyeri high school among various […]
Education is seen as the primary means of economic and social mobility, national cohesion and social and economic development. At various times in its history the government has mandated the Education Sector to address major changes to ensure that through the provision of education the country‟s social and economic goals are realised. Since the last […]
KCSE results 2014 released in 4th March, 2015. In total, 485,547 students sat for KCSE 2014. Ranking: School Ranking has been scraped.Thus schools remain in the dark. However, various stakeholders in education continue to express their disappointment since they were not involved in the process. Ranking all over the world is a commonly used system. Thus, it […]