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Factors Influencing Education and Age at First Marriage in an Arid Region: The Case of the Borana of Marsabit district, Kenya
(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 ...
Supporting Entrepreneurship Education in East Africa
(2013-02)
The University of Nairobi School of Business and Plymouth University Business School were commissioned by the UK Department for International Development to assess the capacity of business schools and other institutions ...
The effect of education on the timing of marriage in Kenya
(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 ...
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 ...
School knowledge and its relevance to everyday life in rural Western Kenya
(2006)
This article examines the relevance of school knowledge in the context of everyday life using ethnographic data collected among primary schoolchildren and adults in rural western Kenya. Using the concept of the educated ...