Wycliffe Osabwa

Alupe University, Busia Kenya · Educational Foundations

The role of education in any given society cannot be overemphasized enough. Granted, evaluation of such roles is based on the assumption that all citizens will access and participate in specific educational experiences as provided for by the said societies. This implies inclusion, a concept that remains protracted owing to its subjective interpreta...

This perspective paper aimed at elucidating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on African institutions of higher education. With specific reference to Kenya, the paper exposed the state of the country’s unpreparedness in terms of instructional technologies, a situation that had contributed to an almost total shutdown of institutions following the...

Kenya, like the rest of the world, is grappling with the problem of undesirable character among its citizens. Whereas the country’s system of education identifies character formation as one of the aims of its education, the same is not reflected in the products of the system. This paper sought to reflect over the whole affair of character formation...

This paper is drawn from a research carried out on the suitability of Kenya’s education in relation to development of skilled human resource. The inquiry followed a revelation that individuals left schools and colleges either incompetent or irrelevantly skilled, a situation that undermined both individual and national development. The research took...

The term 'development' has many referents. Often times, it has been employed in a sense that captures the traditional trichotomy: social, political and economic. Whereas a great number of individuals regard development in terms of physical structures, the truth is that the axis of real development lies in human resource. From here flows ideas; idea...

Education is a very crucial social institution. As it were, such an institution must constantly be monitored and evaluated to ensure that it serves the purpose for which it was formed. Should a negative appraisal report result from such an exercise, reforms are bound to happen – not necessarily in the education system itself or a part of it, but in...

The paper delves into the conceptualization of the term 'gender', and its historical background. Contextually, it argues out that a proper understanding and consequent employment of the concept will go a long way in the realization of equality in the education sector. Instructively, gender is a neutral concept that captures natural tendencies. When...

This paper is charged with interrogation of the nature and significance of researches carried out by postgraduate students in Kenyan universities, specifically those in the field of education. As it were, universities exist not only to teach but also to review and create knowledge through research in order to proffer solutions to challenges bedevil...