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Public universities would collapse without State funding
Today, no public university is sitting pretty in terms of good financial health. Money owed to creditors runs into billions of shillings.
By Agumba Ndaloh 1 year ago
Public universities would collapse without State funding
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 2 years 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 years ago
Life’s lessons from Kipchoge triumphs