by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Have you ever thought of the impact of rote learning to the national situation? One of the greatest inhibitions of our education system is occasioned by rote learning. Students are taught how to memorize the knowledge disseminated through their teachers, as well as...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sharing the situation of teachers in the country with some principals this week, led to some issues of concern. Remember that only 10% of teachers ventured into the career by choice. Seemingly, the balance were influenced by extrinsic factors. Luckily, an additional...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Friday before 2022 Elections, I was in Embu County. The engagement involved conducting a in seminar for a Girls’ school, where the participants included teachers, all students and parents of form 2 class (check https://youtu.be/92flw9tN5Cc). Upon illustrating our...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Have you ever had intentions of venturing into politics? Personally, I have no interests of even writing about the same. Why so? I learnt from Nicholo Machiavelli that in politics, there are no guiding principles, through his book titled “The Prince.” It is about...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Just about 2 weeks ago, a senior officer from a public University made contacts. He had intentions of engaging us for an empowerment session for soon to graduate 4th year students. On what areas do you want them to be empowered? I wondered. Officer: We are very...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week has been rather exciting. As I travelled from Nairobi heading to Embu to conduct a seminar for one girls’ secondary school, I decided to visit some schools along the way. In some, they are already empowered with our publications. It is always exciting to...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week involved interactions with institutions located within the Eastern part of the Mt. Kenya region. Though there has been quite some tension in light of the short school term, there were still some interesting lessons learnt that are worth sharing. Foremost of...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Right from the beginning of the implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum – CBC, I have been quite involved in empowerment matters in the school system. As such, it has been possible to interact with numerous stakeholders in the education system. Foremost of...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
In June 2022, the media reported an interesting trend. Quite a number of students who qualify to join university, have been losing interest and majority pursuing courses in TVET (Technical and Vocational Education Training) institutions, while a few join private...
by Mwangi Wanjumbi | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week, I came across two seemingly related articles in the Daily Nation of Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. In one case, a Kenyan abandoned school at form 2 courtesy of lack of school fees. Gilbert didn’t give up his persuance of success all the same. On his...
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