Teaching to create critical thinkers

Prof Koi Tirima, 42, is an educator, senior consultant, researcher, a social change catalyst and a trainer. She is currently the director of the Centre for Research, Teaching and Learning (CRTL) at Inoorero University in Nairobi. She spoke to NJOKI CHEGE

Looking at Koi Tirima, she would hardly pass for a professor. The jovial yet soft-spoken don is elegant in her dressing, at ease with her surrounding and playful with her two children. But that’s only a tip of the iceberg when it comes to the academician’s life. The moment she opens her mouth you realise that her beauty matches her brains. She is eloquent, thinks on her feet and lives life to the fullest. In fact, Prof Koi wears many hats. She is a teacher, an educator and a mother.