A recent article in the Sunday Nation by Prof Egara Kabaji handiest scratched the surface of an exceedingly essential problem: the massive perils going through college education in Kenya (Universities need to brace themselves for foremost reforms, May 26). He referred to an interest to “the pain” the united states of America ought to go through to ensure our public universities live on.
PATCHWORK
I need to probably declare upfront that the task of actually reworking ours right into a meaningful educational outcome, in the end, will no longer be an easy one, and it’s miles virtually not for the faint-hearted. The sketching out of a new curriculum — a good deal as a few assume it is the panacea — is simplest but one aspect I realize to be a rather complex and politics-ridden coverage landscape. Besides, there are as many competing national priorities that can torpedo the firmness of purpose without difficulty. True, plenty of “patch paintings” is being tried out even within the name of the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC). Still, the skeptics also require to accept listening if a modicum of the required “deep dive” is carried out.
Whereas Kabaji’s analysis can be correct on some of the troubles, I locate many of his assertions un-nuanced. Take, for instance, the contestable notion that a master’s diploma holder can’t train or mentor others pursuing the identical diploma! This is one of the almost half a dozen myths that have been the bane of Kenya’s academia for a long way too lengthy. Such a view belongs to the simplistic and primary linearity of technique with no room for “exceptionalism.” Let me quickly illustrate: When Dr. Josephat Karanja has become vice-chancellor of the University of Nairobi (UoN) in 1970, he had hardly been a pupil. Of direction, you could say that Dr. Karanja changed into powerfully-networked and will by means of-skip practically all different senior lecturers, but what can not be denied of him was his signature stewardship at a maximum essential time inside the countrywide history.
As many realize, the indomitable Ngugi was Thiong’o had become professor and head of branch without the over-glorified postgraduate stages. For the avoidance of doubt, Ali Mazrui turned into the appointed professor and Head of Department at Makerere no longer goodbye after his Ph.D. and don’t you forget about; he had previously slightly handed high college checks. Mazrui’s legacy stays intact within the public domain. Much extra lately, Prof Calestous Juma did not discover lots of homage in our Kenyan academy. Fact is, out of Kenya, Prof Juma scaled the best possible in global academia.
People know how crucial education is in our existence. As an awful lot as possible, each parent desires their children to have a training or diploma for them to paintings when they graduated from the degree path they get. The dream of each figure for his or her kids, no matter how hard existence will be.
In a modern generation like now, you can have your training diploma online. This online education enables loads to those working and needs to keep their master’s degree or good for operating students properly. This is one of the modern waves of destiny, even though some blessings and drawbacks rely on the scholar or individual.
Let us go first to the dangers of online training diploma:
One of the risks is the verbal exchange because you are speaking through e-mails most effectively. You overlooked the voice and some pronunciations you want to analyze. Sometimes if the instruction isn’t always clear to you, you can not ask without delay because you need to ship it to email if you have any query to invite.