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Fibre Optics to Revolutionize the Education Sector In East Africa

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Fibre optic cable laid by Kenya Data Networks (KDN) connects three East African capitals: Mombasa, Nairobi and Kampala. The 1, 500km broadband cable linked to the Seacom undersea cable is expected to reduce the cost of internet connection by more than 80 per cent much lower in comparison to the price of satellite. The broadband has a capacity of 1.28terabits per second. With better communication the world is now truly a global village. Readily accessible bandwidth will not only lower telecommunications costs but also provide new opportunities practically in all sectors with the education sector as a major benefactor. ...

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Kenya Wildlife Service - Experience Your Wildlife: Grevy’s Zebra

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Grevy's ZebraGrevy's zebra is similar to the donkey and is larger compared to other zebras. It is a very striking, tall zebra with huge rounded ears and narrow stripes, which extend to the hooves and get broader towards the neck. They have a white belly and with the stripes closer together and thinner than of the other zebras, it is easier to make a good escape and to hide from predators. Each Grevy’s zebra has a unique stripe pattern, like a person's fingerprint.

The Grevy’s zebras naturally live in semi-arid areas in the north of equator. In Kenya they are found in Samburu, Isiolo and Laikipia and in Marsabit. The Grevy's zebra eats mainly grass and spends most of the daylight hours grazing. It prefers tender shoots, but usually has to eat mostly coarser grass. Leaves and wild fruits are also eaten. Grevy's zebra has adapted well to its desert-like habitat and seems able to withstand extremes of both heat and thirst. It can survive for several days without eating or drinking. Foals (young Grevy’s zebra) take longer intervals between suckling times and do not drink water until they are 3 months old.

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Peak Performance: The Power of Goal-setting

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Set GoalsAt this time of the year, as we approach the end of yet another cycle, the question that lingers on many people’s mind is, “What have I achieved this year?” The end of the year is a time of review. We review our goals and whether we have been able to achieve them. We measure our success in terms of what we have achieved or failed to achieve. It is also at this time of the year that people set new goals for the coming year.

The process of goal setting is critical for us to succeed in any area of our life. It is particularly important for students to set clear and smart academic goals for the coming year.

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Kenya Tourist Board: High Potential Tourism Market via Education Tourism

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Education TourismStudents should not only learn about these attractions/resources in their courses, but they also should be actively encouraged and required to make field trips to these sites.
Countries in the sub-region cannot expect to develop a sustainable edu-tourism based solely on foreign tourist. These countries need to build and nurture the domestic capacity critical for the long-term success of edu-tourism. Education policies should be revamped to incorporate edu-tourism programs in school curricula from primary to tertiary levels. Students in these institutions should not only learn about these attractions/resources in their courses, but should be actively encouraged and required to make field trips to these sites. This is particularly important because research suggests that interest in the activities that most people engage in as adults were first developed during childhood and adolescence (Mcguire, Dottavio & O'Leary, 1987). By encouraging the involvement of school children in their formative and impressionable years, sub-Saharan African countries will be creating a cadre of future clients to sustain edu-tourism.

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Why Many Schools and Colleges are Unsuccessful

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A Visionary LeaderA successful principal has a vision, that mental picture of what they want their schools to be and their students to achieve. Without a vision there's no possibility of a principal being a leader. The vision provides guidance and direction for the school staff, students, and administration.
A change leader is a visionary leader who has a vision that forms the basis of their work.
A visionary leader aims and hits at something no one else can see. A vision is the leaders’ image of the desired future and is communicated (shared) with intention of empowering his followers (staff members) so that they can enact the vision. A Vision gives him the ability to visualize their goals. Their vision of their school provides purpose, meaning, and significance to the work of the school and enables them to motivate and empower the staff to contribute to the realization of the vision. Leadership includes the principal's ability to translate a vision into reality as well as the ability to articulate the vision to others so that they become motivated to work toward the realization of the vision.

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Kenyan Don shares A Nobel Prize with former US VP

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Prof Odingo holds the Nobel Prize awarded to the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.In 2007, the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to Dr Alexander (AL) Gore the former Vice President of the US and Professor Richardson Samson Odingo which they shared, to honour scientific excellence and tireless efforts by 2500 scientists working under the leadership of IPCC to convince the world that global warming and climate change is a reality. Prof Odingo, who is one of the three vice presidents and who has served in the same capacity for the last ten years, he was awarded the prize for his role in raising concerns about global warming and climate change. His contribution to climate change spans more than three decades.”My training as a geographer enabled me to balance arguments between climate change and global warming at the international level.”

The award was in recognition of the roles played by IPCC and AlGore in laying the foundation for the measures that are needed to counteract the change. As the Vice Chair of IPCC, Prof Odingo has been responsible for supervising research and report of assessments on all aspects of climate change.

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An Open Letter to Nzamba Kitonga

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The Harmonized Draft Constitution of Kenya (2009) decreed in Article 9:1-4 Kiswahili as a national language, and the official languages as Kiswahili and English. As for the mother tongue (MT), the state is compelled to respect, promote and protect the diversity of the language of the people of Kenya, and to promote the development and use of indigenous language; also promote and develop the use of Braille and other modes of communication for persons with visual and other impairment. But the discretionary language used in Article 9 on the role of the state in promotion of Indigenous language is worrisome because of the discretionary language employed by the literal construction of the Article.

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Corruption Has Eaten Into the Very Fabric of the Education Sector in East Africa
13/01/2010 | Patroba Khallonyere

The fight against corruption is a touchy issue in East Africa. The notion of stemming corruption is fashioned around the tradition of facing up with the truth of its possibility and proceeding there o [ ... ]


Rwandan Government Turns to Private Sector to Boost University Facilities
13/01/2010 | EI Team

As the number of students joining public universities increases by the year, and construction of new facilities getting more expensive, the Rwandan government is considering to partner with private in [ ... ]


Age 0 - 4 is a Critical Period in a Child’s Life
13/01/2010 | Kamau Matthew

Scholars have concluded that the first five years of a child’s life are very critical in his cognitive development, thus a significant period in the education of a child. Yet up until recently, pre- [ ... ]


Kenya Tourist Board: Kakamega Forest is a Rich Resource Centre for Institutions Learning
13/01/2010 | Kenya Tourist Board

Kakamega Town hosts several schools and college activities each year ranging from sports and athletics championships to drama and music festivals. Very few find time to visit the Kakamega Forest Nat [ ... ]


Open Door Policy Allows Parents To Visit School Any Time
13/01/2010 | Martin Mutwiri

When one mention the word ‘school’, a picture of teachers and pupils in a teaching and learning situation instantly forms in one’s mind. This is the image, perceived of Compuera Academy when I f [ ... ]


Teenage Pregnancy – Fate or Fashion?
13/01/2010 | Nancy Natasha

My mother sent me to the posho mill a few kilometers away from home. The posho mill was busy and there was along queue of people waiting to be served and this forced me to spend a lot more time at the [ ... ]


How to Take Care of the Young Devils
13/01/2010 | EI Team

Discuss the various programmes available at their school and how they can utilize such programmes positively. Show them how they can develop their own academic interests and hobbies through the availa [ ... ]


KENYA: Mobiles Abet Exam Leakage and Cheating
13/01/2010 | Edmond Nyamamba

The crescendo in cheating and exam leakages by use of technology in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) has reached fever pitch in Kenya in 2009. Yet the Kenya National Council (KNEC)  [ ... ]


Constitution: Strengthen the Place of Indigenous Languages
13/01/2010 | Riziki Makokha

Language is a cultural tool for the easy identification of a people and should be allowed to be learnt from birth to adulthood for the promotion of a people's culture and tradition. In East Africa apa [ ... ]