by Benard Makaa | Feb 2, 2017 | Education
The current education system in Kenya has for a while been blamed for producing half-baked graduates. The scapegoat has been the 8.4.4 system and now there are cries to eliminate this system and establish yet a new order, the 2-6-6-3.It should be remembered that the...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 26, 2016 | Blog
The current education system in many countries encourages memorization of facts and striving for grades for grades sake. The important themes of life have been neglected and students /young people have been left to grapple with the aftermath. The authorities that be...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 5, 2016 | Education, Scholarships
University scholarships are handy as they relieve students of the burden of financing costly higher education. While the government of Kenya is trying to make education free, and it even sponsors “qualified” students, this is never enough. Higher Education Loans Board...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 22, 2016 | Education
Technology has brought tools which have made learning possible under any imaginable environment. We now have eBooks which are accessible using any reading device, and thus you can read on the go. There also audiobooks which you can listen to while carrying out other...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 6, 2016 | Education, Scholarships
I went through high school under the scholarship of Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. If it were not for them, I really have no idea how I would have managed to finance my way through high school education.Many primary school pupils are not able to afford transition from...