The case for one laptop per child project

We ask ourselves what a laptop would do to a child. Why the government would spent billions of Kenyan shillings in buying laptops for standard one kids? How can we objectively answer these concerns? Are there experiments which can help us?Many people have ridiculed...

How to study effectively for KCPE exams

This post is a response to a request I received from one primary school teacher to advise on how his pupils can prepare for examinations, and especially the KCPE(2017). I will give my response based on my experience and what I have learned so far. Mind you, at the...

Be alert: Lambert Academic Publishing spam

Be alert: Lambert Academic Publishing spam This is the third time that I have received the invitation to publish my research paper with LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (see the end for the email message). I first got an email from them on 18/03/2016(see the end for...

We Don’t Need a New Education System

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...