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A teacher in a class Migori Muslim Primary School in January 2019. [File, Standard]
The government last month announced plans to replace the Bachelor of Education degree with a five-year training programme that will see teachers certified by a proposed Kenya School of Education before they are employed. Education experts have criticised the proposed programme as a waste of resources, saying there are better ways to address challenges facing teacher training in universities.
Daniel Sifuna was one of 40 students who graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree at Makerere University in 1971. The 40 graduands were drawn from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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