THE STANDARD By
Augustine Oduor |
March 13th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Kenyatta University student project leader Fidel Makatia conducts a demonstration during the launch of a prototype ventilator in April last year. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Only one private university and six public institutions of higher learning have had their Covid-19 research proposals approved by the Government for funding.
The National Research Fund (NRF) approved research proposals from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), University of Nairobi (UoN), Egerton University, Pwani University, Multimedia University and Kenyatta University (KU).
Among the private universities, only Mount Kenya University (MKU) had its proposal approved. The Institute of Primate Research and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) also had their proposals approved.
THE STANDARD By
Mwaniki Muriithi |
March 8th 2021 at 05:45:00 GMT +0300
Chuka University Council chairman Dr.Julius Rotich confers a PhD degree to Dr Wanjiru Mugai. Looking on are Chuka University Vice-Chancellor Erastus Njoka and Prof Dorcas Isutsa, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academics, on December 18, 2020. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
In her early 60s now, Dr Jane Wanjiru Mugai has used the lowest point of her life to go on a degree acquisition spree and is now a certified Psychotherapist/Counsellor, Special Needs Education Specialist and Consultant holding two PhDs from two different universities.
Dr Mugai recalls how she was depressed in 2008 when her husband died, and traumatized after her in-laws not only abandoned her but also asked her to leave without her children.
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THE STANDARD By
Gatonye Gathura |
January 18th 2021 at 11:15:00 GMT +0300
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THE STANDARD By
Augustine Oduor |
December 29th 2020 at 12:47:33 GMT +0300
University Education PS Simon Nabukwesi at a past event. [File, Standard]
Universities have been advised to only work with one regulator to guarantee quality and standards of courses taught in the institutions.
University Education PS Simon Nabukwesi said only the Commission for University Education (CUE) is mandated in law to audit and approve courses in universities.
In a statement to vice-chancellors, Nabukwesi said that the court settled the accreditation tiff and cautioned VCs against burdening parents by passing down other accreditation costs from professional bodies.
“I urge all universities to work with one regulator and that is CUE,” said Nabukwesi.