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Preparedness of Secondary School Management in the Planning,Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation of School Projects in Gucha District, Kenya
(UON, 2014)Infrastructure developments in schools are a major factor towards realization of the Kenya’s vision 2030. Different stakeholders sponsor various school constructions; building of class rooms, school halls, laboratories, ... -
Bühlmann Credibility Approach to Systematic Mortality Risk Modeling for Sub-saharan Africa Populations (Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The classical mortality models such as the Cairns-Blake-Dowd (CBD), Lee-Carter (LC), Linear Regression (LR) models are used to model Systematic Mortality Risk (SMR) for many developed countries populations for actuarial ... -
School feeding program and pupils' participation in primary schools in Kenya. A study of Taita Taveta and Nairobi Districts
(UON, 2013)Provision of education is a major component in the realization of the Kenya's vision 2030. There are however challenges of equity for every citizen to participate towards the envisaged developments as a result of poverty ... -
Factors Influencing Migration and Settlement of Pastoralists in Nairobi City, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Pastoralism is globally recognized as the backbone of the economy in the vast arid and semi-arid rangelands. Despite its enormous economic contribution, the system is facing a myriad of challenges, among them, land use and ... -
An Android-Based Mobile App (ARVPredictor) for the Detectio of HIV Drug-Resistance Mutations and Treatment at the Point of Care: Development Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: HIV/AIDS remains one of the major global human health challenges, especially in resource-limited environments. By 2017, over 77.3 million people were infected with the disease, and approximately 35.4 million ... -
Baseline blood count levels increase odds of cytopenia among CML patients in Kenya: a case control study
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background Imatinib is the gold standard for the treatment of all phases of Philadelphia positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). During treatment, patients may develop cytopenia. We aimed to study the baseline ... -
Water and the UN sustainable development goals
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Water is essential for life, but we need to balance human needs with those of the environment on which we depend for our wellbeing, our health and much of our wealth. Not all of us are lucky enough to have access to ... -
Social-Cultural Impact of Bead work in East Africa: the Nexus between the Dinka, Samburu & Masaai Ethnicities
(UON, 2020)Beadwork has been practiced in Africa and worldwide for centuries. In East Africa, different communities made beads from a wide range of materials available to them. This materials range from black coral collected from ... -
Co-design: Catalyst for Inclusion in the Design Process
(UON, 2021)Older persons are considered custodians of culture and the knowledge they possess need to be preserved for posterity. Is there a good approach to extract this knowledge and package it for posterity? This paper is an analysis ... -
Emerging Forms of Violence in Universities and Campus Safety Initiatives: A case of Kenya
(UON, 2018)Violence has become a global issue of concern whether it is in society, in general; or specifically in or against educational institutions. Recent observations show that learning institutions have become violent places ... -
Influence of teaching experience on pupils’ performance at Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination in English subject in Kenya
(UON, 2019)Teaching experience is a repository of competencies and knowledge skills acquired by a classroom teacher in the field of teaching and assessing learner performance in formative and summative examinations. In the realm of ... -
Teacher qualification, experience, capability beliefs and professional development: Do they predict teacher adoption of 21st century pedagogies?
(UON, 2020)The primary objective of the study is to unravel the role played by selected teacher variables in adoption of 21st century pedagogies in Kisii County, Kenya. We hypothesized that there is no statistically significant ... -
Pre-service Science Teachers’ Integration of Constructivist Ideas in the Lecture Method
(university of Nairobi, 2021)The teaching and learning of science subjects at secondary schools in Sub-Saharan Africa is currently dominated by application of the lecture method in delivering learning material. In the Lecture Method, the teacher ... -
Connecting Theory and Practice: Pre-service Science Teachers’ Adoption and Implementation of the Demonstration Method
(university of Nairobi, 2021)This Study Examined Adoption and Implementation of the Demonstration Method by Bachelor of Education (Bed)science Students’ During Teaching Practice (Tp),which Lasted 14 Weeks. Data Were Collected Using Questionnaires ... -
The Influence of Post Conflict Interventions Measures on the Reconstruction of Public Primary Teacher Training Colleges in South Sudan
(university of Nairobi, 2021)This study assessed the influence of humanitarian assistance post conflict intervention measures on reconstruction of public teacher training colleges in South Sudan. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional survey ... -
Nutrient and Anti-Nutrient Composition of Extruded Cereal Flours Fortified with Grain Amaranth, Baobab and Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato Powder
(IDEAS, 2020-10-06)A majority of households in Sub-Saharan Africa utilize cereal-based flours in the preparation of most of their staples. However, the micronutrient contents of these cereal-based flours are low with higher levels ... -
Technical, Vocational Education and Training Institutions’ Capacities Impact on Manpower Development for The Realization of Economic Pillar of the Kenya Vision 2030.
(university of Nairobi, 2018)Developing countries are now looking at Technical, Vocational education and Training as a vehicle to propel them into being among industrialized nations in the world. Efforts are now being concerted in those countries to ... -
influence of school based policies on internal efficiency in public day secondary schools in nyatike sub-county, kenya.
(university of Nairobi, 2018)Policies formed at the school level have tended to interfere with national agenda universal schooling in many countries of the world. a study therefore was carried out on the influence of school-based policies on ... -
Influence of Teacher Professional Qualifications on Acquisition of Learner Competencies in Early Childhood Development and Education in Public Primary Schools in Embu County, Kenya.
(university of Nairobi, 2019)Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) refer to an educational programme and strategies which are geared towards children from birth to eight years of age. ECDE advancement is aligned to the global consensus which ...