On the second week of January 2019, Form 1 students reported to their various secondary schools. From news reports, a number arrived in high spirits, jovial...
The Deputy President’s words will worry Kenyan citizens who have no exit option out of a poorly thought-out turn in education policy. By AKOKO AKECH
I was once suspended for inciting a strike. Or at least that is what the letter said. It was the March of my second year in...
In my last feature, I wrote on the six capacity challenges facing African universities: institutional supply, resources, faculty, research, outputs, and leadership. In this essay, I focus...
Over the past two decades African higher education has undergone profound changes. In the 1960s and 1970s, universities on the continent were few in number, small...
In early 2005, I went to see Geoffrey Griffin, the director of Starehe Boys Centre, just before he died in June of that same year. We...
The Elephant in conversation with Dr. Wandia Njoya, a blogger and lecturer.
In my country Kenya, being a ‘youth’ officially ends on attaining 35 years. Once one gets to this age, you are no longer eligible to benefit...
I attended a private high school, Girls’ College, in my teens. It is situated in the leafy suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. We received what was deemed...
