What you must do to ensure you're earning PhD of the right quality

PhD graduands before receiving blessings during the 34th Graduation Ceremony of Moi University. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

It is now a notorious truism that there are good and bad PhDs in Kenya. In the face of this reality, Kenyans pursuing doctoral studies need to be quite circumspect as be able to spot when they are reclining to a bad PhD.

It all starts with the learner and their choice. So, how is a learner to tell - in good time - that they are about to get a good or bad PhD? Before delving into the answers, it is important to lay down the ground rule. And this is that a PhD process is an intricate scientific investigation of phenomena that requires thorough preparation and adherence to established standards and measures of quality. It engenders rigour and vigour and students are expected to prepare thoroughly.