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Climate change isn’t a priority for Kenyan universities. It should be

Climate change isn’t a priority for Kenyan universities. It should be

UNIVERSITIES can play a vital role in shaping change in societies. They produce knowledge through research, train future decision-makers, and contribute to public awareness of issues. But not all universities are rising to challenges like this. Studies have established that efforts to integrate sustainable development into African universities’ curricula and their community engagement processes leave something to be desired. Teaching and research don’t always reflect society’s real problems. Author JACKLINE NYERERE, Senior Lecturer of Educational Leadership and Policy, Kenyatta University Climate change is another area where universities should be identifying and providing solutions. It’s a complex, politicised and global issue…
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Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done

Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done

KENYA has over 70 universities, 38 of them public and 35 private. Over 500,000 students were enrolled in the last academic year. Public universities took the lion’s share with over 400,000 of these students. SHEHU SHAGARI AWANDU, Head/Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology While public universities are challenged by overcrowding, inadequate numbers of lecturers and degraded facilities, private ones have lower student to staff ratios and have better facilities and equipment. But all universities have been affected by the pandemic. An entire year of learning was lost due to government closure and universities…
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