Adversity often brings out the best – and the worst – in people. Covid-19 has proved this with the world now suffering from stupid human actions, inactions, and general stupidity that seems to be worse than the virus itself. While you would expect the people with some good knowledge and information are helping humanity at […]
Tag: Education
Meet the Kamukunji Traders whose Children School at Brookhouse
They are always clad in navy blue aprons and seem disinterested in anything else in life except making a sale. They do not look happy, and seem like they are struggling in business. But looks are deceiving. It is now emerging that most of the parents who took Brookhouse Schools to court in Kenya are […]
Kenyan Universities end Pending Semesters Without Exams and give Everyone Grade B
With studies disrupted in Kenya and there being no plans on when things will be back to normal, Universities in Kenya have decided to give everyone a grade B and retire the pending Semesters. The move was informed by the prevailing status of Covid-19 spread and the difficulties that resuming the semester would pose to […]
Strathmore University Launches an Online Bachelor of Thinking Degree
Strathmore University has launched an online course that is likely to change the world. The online Bachelor of Thinking Degree is meant to teach people how to think, to think rationally, to think before tweeting and also to think all the time. It is the first time a University has introduced such a broad course […]
Kenyatta University Ventilator turns out to be a Faulty Bicycle Pump
Unveiled with pomp, color and global media attention, the much-celebrated prototype of the pneumatic ventilator made in Kenyatta University has turned out to be a faulty bicycle pump. The device which had promised to transform the medical engineering in Kenya has turned into disappointment after it emerged that the actual prototype was simply a faulty […]
Kisii University Launches ‘eLearning’ Program Using Smoke Signals
Kisii University is set to join other Universities offering distance learning programs, although in a very unconventional manner that combines technology and traditions. Speaking during the launch of the program, the University Vice Chancellor Professor John S Akama said that the Kisii based institution would embark om using smoke signals to communicate to students who […]
University of Nairobi Rediscovers Alphabets
In what appears to be the biggest research breakthrough in Kenya, the University of Nairobi has discovered the alphabet. A paper published in the Journal of Linguistics and Literature, the Institute of Advanced Languages highlights this groundbreaking discovery which is going to change the education landscape in Kenya. “The alphabet is going to be the […]
