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Address teacher supply and quality for junior secondary

Every effort should be made to ensure teacher supply and quality is above board. Unfortunately, anecdotal evidence points to a lackluster performance in this area.

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 months ago

Address teacher supply and quality for junior secondary

Scholars have a lot to learn from George Magoha

Scholars have a lot to learn from George Magoha

By Agumba Ndaloh 1 year ago

We need to change the way we release KCPE results

We need to change the way we release KCPE results

By Agumba Ndaloh 1 year ago

Public universities would collapse without State funding

Public universities would collapse without State funding

By Agumba Ndaloh 1 year ago

President's intervention on CBC timely but should be professional

Curriculum implementation is never a walk in the park. It requires sobriety, tact, patience and high level of expertise.

By Agumba Ndaloh 1 year ago

President's intervention on CBC timely but should be professional

Focus on these areas to reduce cases of exam cheating

Cheating in examinations is an abhorrent practice. Its effects on society are colossal. Besides, it’s immoral and criminal.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Focus on these areas to reduce cases of exam cheating

State shouldn’t bury its head in the sand on varsities’ cash woes

Public universities are experiencing dire financial straits. They seem to have been neglected for years.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

State shouldn’t bury its head in the sand on varsities’ cash woes

Failure to recover body of Abimbo goldminer big blot on government

Months have gone by since the Abimbo goldmine collapse in Siaya County.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Failure to recover body of Abimbo goldminer big blot on government

Poor leadership could explain rise of arson, indiscipline in secondary schools

Unless we democratise school leadership whatever we do will do little to ameliorate the arson and in-discipline cases from the shores of our schools.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Poor leadership could explain rise of arson, indiscipline in secondary schools

Universities must think outside the box to stay afloat

Kenyan universities are going through troubled waters financially. Many are nearly insolvent. This calls for thinking outside the box.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Universities must think outside the box to stay afloat

Increase capitation to save public universities from collapse

Today, public universities wallow in debts. Many, were they not government entities, would have been declared insolvent, property auctioned and closed

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Increase capitation to save public universities from collapse

Implementation of CBC requires more tact, patience and sobriety

The current CBC criticism is healthy since it is beneficial to the policymakers in charge of monitoring the implementation process.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Implementation of CBC requires more tact, patience and sobriety

Education ministry should make parental engagement in CBC bearable

Parents have raised a hue and cry over how the parental/guardian component in the Competency-Based Curriculum is being managed.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Education ministry should make parental engagement in CBC bearable

Ministry officials, not politicians, should take charge of bursary funds

The dust has now settled on Form One admissions. We should, however, revisit the issue of bursaries awarded to children from disadvantaged families.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Ministry officials, not politicians, should take charge of bursary funds

Teachers require teaching skills, not more content knowledge

Preparation of teachers has from the inception of formal education, pre-occupied policy makers and implementers.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Teachers require teaching skills, not more content knowledge

Prof Ndege’s love for research, teaching made him stand out

Prof Ndege mingled easily with the un-educated and the learned. He was never drunk with his title.

By Agumba Ndaloh 2 years ago

Prof Ndege’s love for research, teaching made him stand out

Poor leadership and funding are hurting our universities

It’s a rough life being an employee of a public university.

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 years ago

Poor leadership and funding are hurting our universities

Low capitation and bad leadership hurting varsities

The government capitation only meets 60 per cent of their recurrent expenditure. Each institution is expected to meet the remaining 40 per cent.

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 years ago

Low capitation and bad leadership hurting varsities

Caning will not end student indiscipline

What escapes advocates of corporal punishment is that punishment merely repress the undesired behaviour

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 years ago

Caning will not end student indiscipline

Do more to end cases of indiscipline in schools

Nobody has bothered to implement the rosy recommendations that have issued from the studies and the many task forces’ reports.

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 years ago

Do more to end cases of indiscipline in schools

State should fund public universities

Public universities are facing a serious cash crunch. This has been occasioned by a plethora of factors.

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 years ago

State should fund public universities

Let us hold our horses on schools’ reopening

Most schools are in a pathetic state and not safe enough to admit learners

By Agumba Ndaloh 3 years ago

Let us hold our horses on schools’ reopening

State must do all it can to avert varsity strike

It is common knowledge that the terms and conditions of service of workers in public universities are nothing to write home about.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

State must do all it can to avert varsity strike

Have we finally slayed the cheating dragon?

We had sunk so low that cheating in examinations had not only become our culture, but a serious socio-economic venture.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Have we finally slayed the cheating dragon?

State officials’ visit to examination venues adds no value at all

Whenever senior officers visit exam venues or appear at the collection points, those mandated to oversee the task are often gripped with trepidation.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

State officials’ visit to examination venues adds no value at all

Keep security and State officials off exam venues

For several years now, sanity has been restored in our national examinations at primary and secondary school levels.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Keep security and State officials off exam venues

We are all to blame for school tragedy

Government doesn’t do enough to improve the quality of education at all levels of learning.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

We are all to blame for school tragedy

Sweeping markets will clean more than dirt

I have always held the view that the CBC is the best gift our curriculum developer has bequeathed us.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Sweeping markets will clean more than dirt

Divergent views useful in new syllabus rollout

Experts in educational change argue that for the change to be successful it must be made clear to teachers who are the implementers.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Divergent views useful in new syllabus rollout

Counties have let down our children down

Many other sectors under the county government are not fairing any better.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Counties have let down our children down

Education ministry has not trained teachers well on new curriculum

Implementation without paying attention to the nitty-gritty of quality in the exercise serves a political score at the expense of education.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Education ministry has not trained teachers well on new curriculum

Time Magoha, Sossion stopped the quarrel over new curriculum

Unfortunately the two sides can’t agree to sit and reason together.

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

Time Magoha, Sossion stopped the quarrel over new curriculum

The truth behind 'useless' degrees

There is nothing like a useless degree, all we need are course reviews

By Agumba Ndaloh 4 years ago

The truth behind 'useless' degrees

Could these be the factors fueling academic cheating in our learning institutions

Through the internet, Kenyans help lazy students in Britain with their assignments and dissertations.

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Could these be the factors fueling academic cheating in our learning institutions

Review security and safety of our learners

We should revisit the issue of security and safety of learners in our learning institutions

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Review security and safety of our learners

Sobering lessons from Tabichi’s Sh100m prize

Loving the community goes in tandem with being patriotic.

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Sobering lessons from Tabichi’s Sh100m prize

Tackle challenges in public universities

These functions resonate with the current woes of most universities in Kenya

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Tackle challenges in public universities

Our education system encourages corruption

It is near impossible to inculcate high integrity

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Our education system encourages corruption

What to do to stop rising cases of teenage suicide

An examination of the underlying factors for suicide reveals causes that are diverse and varied.

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

What to do to stop rising cases of teenage suicide

How to address the crisis in public universities

The challenges facing institutions of higher learning are not unique, but they are endemic.

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

How to address the crisis in public universities

Reconsider policy of supplying one textbook per subject to schools

The supply of course books to schools is laudable. It has substantially reduced the money initially spent on the same through booksellers

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Reconsider policy of supplying one textbook per subject to schools

End this confusion on new school curriculum

Time to decide what to teach our children

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

End this confusion on new school curriculum

Life’s lessons from Kipchoge triumphs

Our legendary marathon champion has had a colourful and flawless record in his athletics history.

By Agumba Ndaloh 5 years ago

Life’s lessons from Kipchoge triumphs

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