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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…
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…