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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 ...
Effect of streaming by gender on student achievement in mathematics in secondary schools in Kenya
(South African Journal of Education, 2008-11)
We present findings of a study carried out to determine the effect of streaming by gender on secondary school students' achievement in mathematics. In the study we analysed achievement scores on national examinations results ...
The effect of education on business skills cognition among informal sector entrepreneurs
(journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003)
This study examined the effect of education, in comparison to training the experiential factors on
Business Skills Cognition. Business Skills Cognition was a quantitative dependent variable
whose measures were generated ...
Equity in the distribution of HELB loans in Kenya in relation to students characteristics: an empirical analysis
(Academic Journals, 2007-08)
Public funding of higher education in Kenya has gone through various stages all buffeted by myriad equity challenges. This prompted the government of Kenya (GoK) to create the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), through ...
Conquering the conqueror: The empowerment of the African languages casts a shadow over English in Africa: Many languages in education.
(University of the Free State, 2002-03)
Conquering the Conqueror ... “is an overview of literature on the effort to reintroduce African languages in education and public administration alongside English. Using examples of lexemes which resulted from informal ...
Relationship between type of school, principals’ management approaches and level of students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Nyandarua and Laikipia districts, Kenya.
(BACHUDO SCIENCE CO. LTD PRINTED IN NIGERIA, 2008)
Students’ discipline is critical to the attainment of positive school outcomes. Level of students’ discipline depends on whether the principal- as the chief executive of the school- enlists the support of teachers 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 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 ...
In‐service training needs in an African context: a study of headteacher and teacher perspectives in the Gucha District of Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2008-08)
Improving the quality of teaching is an educational priority in Kenya, as in many developing countries. The present paper considers various aspects on in‐service education, including views on the effectiveness of in‐service, ...
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 ...