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Massification of Higher Education in Kenya – Professor Masingila

Kenyan higher education is facing a number of challenges, particularly as an increasing number of students qualify for admission to universities. This has led to many of the public universities…

September 28, 20111 CommentRead More

New Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of East Africa, Rev. Dr. Pius Rutechura

Rev. Dr. Pius Rutechura is the new Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA). Dr Rutechura becomes the sixth VC of CUEA succeeding Rev. Prof. John…

August 18, 2011No CommentRead More

Professor Olive Mugenda: Quality Education Will Transform Africa

Professor Olive Mugenda, the Vice Chancellor of Kenyatta University, spoke to The Global Herald about transforming higher education systems in Africa to support knowledge driven societies. The interview took place…

August 17, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenya: Professor Gichaga Calls for More Government Funding and Technology Uptake

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is in the process of establishing a modern nanotechnology laboratory. The first of its kind in the region, the lab will be…

August 6, 2011No CommentRead More

Linkage of Industry With Academia Conference Calls for Practical Undergraduates

Kenya’s institutions of higher learning have been challenged to produce graduates who are holistically developed as an answer to persistent problems facing Kenyan society. Industrialist Dr Manu Chandaria challenged the…

August 1, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenya: Affirmative Action for Women on the Agenda at Higher Education Conference

Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will continue offering more opportunities to women in institutions of higher learning through affirmative action during admission, the Acting Minister Professor Hellen Sambili…

July 22, 2011No CommentRead More

Bottom-Up Approach to Higher Education Reform Advocated at Kenyatta University Graduation Ceremony

The President of Kenya Mr Mwai Kibaki has set up a task force to align the country’s educational system including higher education with the new constitution. Professor Justice (Rtd) Onesimus…

July 15, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenya: Overhaul in Higher Education Finance Supported by New Report

The current Kenyan cost-sharing system of public university funding has been faulted in a report from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science & Technology. The report was prepared by a…

July 15, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenyatta University Launches A Business Incubation Centre

“With the challenge of unemployment facing our country, Kenya requires special concerted efforts that involve a multi-sectoral approach in order to offer practical solutions”, said the Kenyan Minister for Trade,…

July 10, 2011No CommentRead More

Kenyan Universities Embracing Work Skills

Kenyans institutions of higher learning are struggling to find means to teach work and industry skills to their students in preparation for entering the dynamic job market after their graduation.…

July 4, 2011No CommentRead More

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