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Student entrepreneurship on campus: a survival response or a career rehearsal? the case of Egerton University student entrepreneurs
(Organization for Social Science Research and Southern Africa, 2013-07)Kenya's university education faces a dilemma of increased demand for places against declining funding and increased graduate unemployment. The introduction of cost sharing, in an environment of increased poverty levels and ... -
Student Entrepreneurship on Campus: A Survival Response or a Career Rehearsal? The Case of Egerton University Student Entrepreneurs
(Project MUSE, 2004)Kenya's university education faces a dilemma of increased demand for places against declining funding and increased graduate unemployment. The introduction of cost sharing, in an environment of increased poverty levels and ... -
Student leaders in selected public universities in Kenya: A disenfranchised pressure group or a veritable integral in university management
(African journals online, 2008)This paper was based on an exploratory study carried out on student leadership in three public universities in Kenya in 2004/2005 academic year. The study was premised on the challenges facing student leadership and the ... -
Student leadership in selected public Universities in Kenya: disfranchised pressure groups or an integral component in University management?
(AJOL, 2008)This paper was based on an exploratory study carried out on student leadership in three public universities in Kenya in 2004/2005 academic year. The study was premised on the challenges facing student leadership and the ... -
Students’ perceptions of careers: the influence of academic performance and self efficacy in Kisumu Municipality
(European Scientific Journal, 2012)The perceptions of career aspirations of secondary school students in Kisumu Municipality had not been clearly understood. It was hypothesized that students’ performance in examinations and self-efficacy could be related ... -
A Study of Vowel Length in Olusuba.
(International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, 2019-05)This article describes vowel length in Olusuba. The objective of this study is to investigate sources of vowel length in Olusuba. Data for this study was collected from a secondary source: Dholuo translation of Olusuba. ... -
The success of Church of God-Kenya projects in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
(AJP, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the success of CoG-Kenya projects in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional research that sought to give an ... -
Successful contextual technology transfers and determinants of culture
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2013)Why do so many projects in which technology transfer is involved, fail? This chapter analyzes this problem and offers an alternative for well-intended but unreflected ways of dealing with technology transfer. The authors ... -
Suitability of the Regular School Curriculum to learners with Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms in Primary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Education and E-learning, 2015-02-15)This research was carried out to examine suitability of the regular school curriculum to learners with disabilities in inclusive classrooms in Kisumu County in Kenya. It has been observed that teachers teaching in inclusive ... -
Support services Available for Learners with Cerebral Palsy in Aid of Performance of Activities of Daily Living online science publishing .com
(American Journal of Education and Learning, 2018)The study explored the available support services for Kenyan children with cerebral palsy in aid of their performance in the Activities of Daily Living. The study adopted an exploratory design. Sample size of the study ... -
Swahili military terminology: A case of an evolving non-institutionalized language standard
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014)Kiswahili, like all languages, is dynamic. It evolves to accommodate economic, scientific, technological and social changes. Such changes are evident in Kiswahili military terms. The changes can be traced back to the 16th ... -
Syntactic Aspects Of Ekegusii Subject And Object Markers
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, 2020-07)The verbal complex in Bantu languages is an important unit in the syntactic structure. The verbal word in Bantu, in particular, EkeGusii, has a structure which accommodates affixation of a variety of morphemes as prefixes ... -
Taarab or Songs of Abuse?: Verbal Duels in East Africa in Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa
(Journal of Music Research in Africa, 2012-01-09)For long, it has been believed that song of abuse, as it has come to be called, is a preserve of west African communities. Early inroads into this oral subgenre were made by scholars who, more often than not, hailed from ... -
Taking advantage of development opportunities offered by Chinas aid entry in Africa’s market as balancing the act to Western aid
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2013-12)There is rich evidence that foreign assistance in the development of economies of Africa is widespread. Africa receives a greater share, at 36%, of total global aid to than any other part of the world. Over the past four ... -
Teacher commitment and mathematics performance in primary schools: A meeting point!
(International Society for Development and Sustainability, 2012)This study examined the phenomenon of teacher commitment and its relationship with pupil’s academic performance in primary school mathematics. The study was conducted in western region of Kenya where 280 class 8 pupils and ... -
Teacher Parenting Administration: Implication on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Hamisi Sub-County, Vihiga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences, 2016-11)The purpose of this study was to explore the Implication of Teacher Parenting Administration on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Hamisi Sub-County, Vihiga County, Kenya. A descriptive ... -
Teacher self-perceptions of effectiveness: a study in a District of Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2009-03)Background and purpose: The paper reports a study of the perceptions of teachers in secondary schools in the Gucha district of Kenya of their own effectiveness, the structure of their self-perceptions, variations in ... -
Teacher self-perceptions of effectiveness: a study in a district of Kenya
(Routledge, 2009-03)Background and purpose: The paper reports a study of the perceptions of teachers in secondary schools in the Gucha district of Kenya of their own effectiveness, the structure of their self-perceptions, variations in ... -
Teacher Training and Implementation of Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development Policy in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Asian Basic and Applied Research Journal, 2021-03-25)The present study examined the relationship between teacher training and the implementation of Teacher Performance appraisal and development policy in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study employed the use of ... -
Teachers; role in implementation of daily living skills curriculum for learners with mental challenges
(The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, 2016)The role played by teachers in the implementation of activities of daily living skills especially on learners with mental challenges cannot be overemphasized. Despite the government efforts to develop Daily Living Skills ...