Ouma Wanzala
Students of Moi Girls School-Nairobi returned to school on Sunday after the institution was closed for a week following a rape incident...
Ouma Wanzala
Public universities have started cracking the whip on striking lecturers and other staff as the industrial action enters its third month on Tuesday.
The...
Ishmael Munene
Kenya’s public university lecturers are on strike, barely three months after another lengthy work stoppage. Ishmael Munene spoke to Moina Spooner from The Conversation...
Lynet Igadwah
Schoolgirls who have reached puberty will now receive free sanitary towels from the government, a new law aimed at minimising absenteeism and putting...
Vito Laterza
A recent article in The Conversation by British academics Gabrielle Lynch, Justin Willis and Nic Cheeseman, downplays the meddling of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in key...
Michael Gaotlhobogwe and Adri Du Toit
The African continent is home to a large number of young people – and it simply doesn’t have jobs for them all. Youth...
Benta A. Abuya
Eight years of research in low-income neighbourhoods of Nairobi have opened my eyes to the significant role of school, family and community...
Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski
The numbers of low cost private schools in low and middle income countries have exploded in recent years. These schools charge fees that are...
Brian Levy
“Weak governance” is a popular scapegoat for the poor results achieved by South Africa’s education system. And there is no doubt that many aspects of...
