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NEPAD e-School Project: The Kenyan Case
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2008)In July 2001, during the 37 th summit of the Heads of States the African Union (AU) adopted an integrated social-economic development framework for African renewal called the New Partnership for African Development ... -
Biology Education: A Teachers Perspective on the Challenges in the Delivery of Content and Performance in Biology. A Case of Bungoma County, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Biology is a teaching and learning subject at secondary school level in Kenyan schools. Higher education does not exist in isolation but is a build up from knowledge gained at lower levels of education. Biology plays a ... -
Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education on Students Sexual Behaviour in Secondary Schools in Lugari District Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Over the recent years, health systems in many countries have recognized the importance of providing students with reproductive health services and education. This has been attributed to earl y initiation of students into ... -
Education as a Tool for Enhancing Social Adjustment for Students with Mental Retardation
(NA, 2012)Mental retardation is a condition characterized by a combination of deficits in both cognitive functioning and adaptive behavior. The severity of mental retardation is determined by the discrepancy between the individual’s ... -
Cross-Border Cooperation in East Africa: Building Capacity among University Academic Staff
(NA, 2012)Cross-border cooperation in East Africa dates back during colonial time and soon after member countries attain its independence in 1960’s, new Permanent Tripartite Commission formed in 1967 but collapsed in 1977, due ... -
Strategies Influencing Achievement in Mathematics and Competence in Soft Skills among Students in Technical Colleges in Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Mathematics is useful in daily life. It plays an important role in developing students’ logical, creative and critical reasoning, optimize industrial processes, solve problems, function with linear and non-linear thought ... -
Judicial Radical Surgery in Kenya: Beyond Independence and Accountability
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)A 1989 World Bank Development Report recognized anticorruption and good governance as prerequisites for Sub-Saharan economic development. Kenya’s democratic transition entailed inter alia economic liberalization and the ... -
The Challenges of Teaching the Revised English Syllabus
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)The research is an assessment of the multifaceted role that English plays as a medium of interaction/ instruction or service subject, a compulsory discipline at all levels of education and as the official language of the ... -
An Examination of Factors Determining Access to Free Primary Education in Mitaboni Zone, Kathiani Division, Machakos District, Kenya
(NA, 2012)With the re-introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) by the Kenyan Government in January 2003, it was expected that all children of Primary school going age would be enrolled in school. But, after the re-introduction ... -
Governance and Ethics: A Philosophical Perspective
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Broadly speaking, governance can be perceived to refer to the competent management of public affairs in a government. Governance therefore is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant ... -
An Inviting School in Urban Low Socio-Economic Setting: A Case Study of A Public Primary School In Kibera Slum, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Truly inviting schools do exist in growing numbers throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa, Hong Kong and other countries. These schools do not happen by accident but are the products of optimism, trust, ... -
Effects of School Fees on Equaty Provision of Education in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi Province, Kenya
(NA, 2012)The main objective of this research was to find out the effects of school fees on equity provision of education in public secondary schools in Kenya. The ministry of education fee guidelines allows schools to charge ... -
Factors that Influence Adoption of ISO 9001; 2008 Quality Management Standardsin Legal Practices
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Many Organizations invest considerable amount of time and resources in obtaining certification to the ISO 9001; 2008 standard. Although ISO 9001 has many benefits legal practices in Kenya have yet to adopt it. This ... -
Improvement of Internal Efficiency of Primary School Education: A Case of Kandara District, Murang’a County, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)The reforms undertaken in education sector by the government aim at addressing both the overall goals of national economy recovery strategy and international commitment. The rationale for those reforms has been to improve ... -
Tugen Men and Women’s Perception on FGM in Relation to their Participation in Household and Community Socioeconomic Development Activities in Baringo County.
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Female Genital Mutilation, which is the partial or total cutting away of the female genitalia, has been practiced for centuries in parts of Africa and other regions of the world as one element of a rite of passage. An ... -
A Study of the Effects of Home – Based Lunch Provision on Child Retention in Primary Schools in Mbita District, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Child retention rates in the Public Primary Schools in Mbita District has dropped to 70%. The 30% attrition rate is quite a concern among the Education officials and the community in the district. The purpose of this ... -
Performance Contracting as a Paradigm Shift in the Utilization of Teaching & Learning Resources: Perceptions of Tutors in Technical Institutes in Rift Valley, Kenya.
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Every year thousands of students leave the regular formal educational institutions in Kenya, but they cannot progress to higher levels of formal education. Despite past investments in Kenya’s Technical, Industrial, ... -
Existential Fulfillment, Work Engagement and Job Burnout
(NA, 2012)Existentially inclined researchers define burnout as a form of existential vacuum that is characterized by apathy, boredom and lack of interest in relationships. Recent studies have witnessed a shift towards positive ... -
Kenya Prisons: Towards Privatization and Reform of a Rotting Penal System
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)This research paper is written to attempt and instigate a reform agenda for the Kenya Prison Service. Kenya Prison has been a department of inertia that has been besieged by many problems that have ranged from poor ... -
E2012-03: Participatory Approach to Community Development through Education for Sustainable Development
(NA, 2012)The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 recognized education as an important tool for enhancing the attainment of sustainable development. Chapter 36 of Agenda ...
