Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "Education"
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An assessment of the contribution of education to entrepreneural development in Kenya: The case of the Kenya institute of management
(School of education, 2002)This paper discusses the research that was carried out to assess the usefulness of the educational solutions that were adopted to respond to government policy of enhancing entrepreneurial development. The main argument of ... -
An assessment of the contribution of education to entrepreneural development in Kenya: The case ot the Kenya institute of management
(School of education, 2002)This paper discusses the research that was carried out to assess the usefulness of the educational solutions that were adopted to respond to government policy of enhancing entrepreneurial development. The main argument of ... -
Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Kenya: Challenges and Prospects
(2014)Kenya has great potential for enhancing education for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The fact that it has recognized the need to care for learners with special needs is commendable. In comparison to many African ... -
Education in Revolutionary Africa
(1965)The author examines the problems in organising national systems of education which would enable the teacher and the community to play their full part in the great task of building the future of Africa. Both the teacher and ... -
Educational expansion and economic decline: returns to education in Kenya, 1978-1995
(1999)Educational expansion followed by economic decline in Kenya has been associated with a decline in the social return to secondary education, conventionally calculated, from 20% in 1978 to 6% in 1995. Wage benefits from ... -
The effect of education on the timing of marriage in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)This paper investigates the effect of education on the timing of marriage among Kenyan women and the relative effects of education across generations of women. Data used is drawn from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health ... -
Factors Influencing Education and Age at First Marriage in an Arid Region: The Case of the Borana of Marsabit district, Kenya
(Institute of African Studies, 2000-04)The role of education in development is widely recognized in many countries. However, the value placed on formal education differs from one community to the next. In this paper I argue that among the Borana pastoralists ... -
Factors influencing transient poverty among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid areas of Kenya
(African Crop Science SocietyDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology,, 2012)In Africa, many pastoral households are increasingly settling in response to curtailed mobility and shrinking grazing areas. Households in pastoral areas are characterised by few resources, low income, low level of ... -
Female education, adolescent sexuality and the risk of sexually transmitted infection in Ariaal Rendille culture
(2001)Sub-Saharan Africa today features the worlds highest levels of fertility, infant and child mortality and sexually transmitted infectious diseases, with the last including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS) (National ... -
Incorporation of traditional African cultural values in the formal education system for development, peace building and good governance
(2014)In contemporary Africa, formal education is recognized as a basic prerequisite for development. By implication, the school has become important as a socializing agent. In spite of this, schooling is based in institutions ... -
Issues In Grid Computing In The Context Of Education
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2008)Grid computing and e-Education are areas that are separately, attracting interest of several researchers. Grid computing is concerned with provision of computing and data storage services to a wide group of users backed ... -
A Kenyan perspective on the use of animals in science education and scientific research in Africa and prospects for improvement
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 2011)Animal experimentation is common in Africa, a region that accords little priority on animal protection in comparison to economic and social development. The current study aimed at investigating the prevalence of animal ... -
Profiles and adaptive strategies of owner-managers of medium-sized firms in Kenya
(1994)The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to develop a profile of owner-manager entrepreneurs of 30 medium-sized firms in the "missing middle" sector of Kenya's economy, and (b) to investigate the business strategies used ... -
Provision of Sanitary Towels to Needy Girls in Public Primary Schools in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.College of Education and External Studies, 2011)One of the goals of education is to achieve gend er equity towards empowerment. This is in line with Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Go als (MDGs). Social cultural economic and political factors ... -
Role of traditional birth attendants in the dissemination of advice on nutrition
(1992)Nutritionists conducted a rapid assessment of nutrition advice dissemination to pregnant and lactating mothers by 35 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) after they underwent 3 training sessions in Samburu district, Kenya. ... -
Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies in Nepal
(Wiley, 2014)This article constructs a rural livelihood strategy using the Nepal Living Standard Survey Measurement from 1996 and 2004 and explores the determinants of rural livelihood strategies. This study finds that education, ...