The ministry of education has ordered public secondary schools to refund parents fees charged besides that which government has recommended. The Education Ministry further outlawed schools from sending students home for failing to clear arrears that exceed the set fees. The recommended fees for national schools is set at sh45,054, county schools at sh35,035 and […]
Singapore topped the list on measures of status of young people in181 countries followed by Slovenia, Norway, Malta, and Denmark. Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Niger came last respectively. The index which was released on Tuesday revealed that the conditions of young people around the world have improved by 3.1 percent […]
Feminism literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory or by politics of feminism. The novel Coming to Birth is a fiction based on the actual events in colonial and postcolonial Kenya that took place between 1956 and 1978. Macgoye uses the actual names of political leaders, for instance Jomo Kenyatta, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, […]
Characters serves as driving force in literature, Characters illustrate and personify the theme of the story. Characters push and create the plot of the story. Readers of literature can experience world of the writer or narrator through characters interact in the environment and the way the characters view the environment. The types of characters that […]
The Kenyan universities that attract foreign students have been revealed in a new report that exposes the competitiveness of the institution of higher learning. The cost of programmes they teach, quality of education and ease of accessing accommodation are some of the factors that attract international students. Other factors that attract foreign students to these […]
Corona virus pandemic has worsened already existing challenges in Kenya and the rest of Africa. Despite the efforts put forward by the governments around Africa, education still faces numerous challenges. High Poverty Levels According to Brookings Africa is the last frontier in the fight against extreme poverty. Currently one in three Africans live below the […]
Schools from across the country in Kenya resumed their studies on January this year, not all learners were advantaged as some had to learn under the trees as schools fight to maintain Covid-19 protocols of social distancing. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary was quoted saying teachers should be innovative in accommodating all learners, he defended this situation […]
February 15th every year, is the Hippopotamus International Day that the people around the world come together for the purpose of awareness about this amazing creature. Hippopotamus is a large, mostly herbivorous, semi-aquatic mammal and undulate native to sub-Saharan Africa. Hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and heaviest after the elephants and rhinos. The […]
Though Madagascar is among the poorest countries in the world, the people are among the most friendly people in the world. Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island. It’s 587,712 square kilometres in size. A person from Madagascar is called a Malagasy. Madagascar is home to 70 species of lemurs found nowhere else on Earth. […]