ABSTRACT Globally, studies continue to document disparities in women’s access and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines in the universities. In developing countries such as Kenya, such disparities are more structural and systematic. Despite existence of policies at the national and institutional level, no single and clear road mark exists on what set of interventions can best contribute to redressing this disparities. This study draws attentio...
ABSTRACT The importance of good health cannot be under estimated. However, presence of high poverty rates can lead to under utilization or lack of utilization of health care thus hindering achievement of good health. Thus, poverty reduction and improvement of health care utilization are important in ensuring enjoyment of good health. Despite Kenya‟s commitment to reduce poverty and improve health status of her citizens, between 1982 and 2014, poverty remained high above 40 per cent. However...
ABSTRACT Computer Based Instruction (CBI) is an instructional innovation which helps to improve on the quality of instruction. CBI support learners develop critical thinking, creativity and collaboration skills needed to function effectively in this 21st Century. The Government of Ghana rolled out the ICT in Education Policy (2015) to transform the education. But current literature does not show the extent to which schools, teachers and students were prepared for the application of CBI in the...
ABSTRACT The use of herbs for treatment and management of oral diseases is practiced in the developing countries including Kenya. The herbs are used in form of powders, pastes, saps, chewing sticks and seeds. They are sold in Nairobi along streets and open markets with claims of healing all oral diseases. However, safety issues in terms of microbial contaminants, levels of mineral elements profiles, toxicity, phytochemical composition and antimicrobial properties of the herbal materials in th...
ABSTRACT Untreated wastewater contains pharmaceutical compounds and heavy metals harmful to human health and the environment. People get access to untreated water through broken sewer pipes, blocked manholes and direct disposal into rivers. One such river is the Ngong River which passes through Nairobi County including Njiru and Ruai. People use untreated wastewater for growing of vegetables and washing cars. Soils and vegetables grown or irrigated with untreated wastewater may contain high l...
ABSTRACT Many scholars, for example Kodaly, Dalcroze and Campbell would argue for the important role of aural musicianship in Music Education. One of the purposes of Music Education is the creation of an environment in which the human potential is nurtured to bring forth and understand a variety of musical experiences. Music is a phenomenon that is experienced through the ear so the basis of all instructional programmes should be the cultivation of an acute musical ear, which is developed whe...
ABSTRACT The Purpose of this research was to investigate academic impediments students with visual impairments encounter in the colleges of the University of Rwanda. This study addressed the following objectives: the suitability of teaching methods used in colleges of the university of Rwanda to accommodate students with Visual Impairment; lectures ability to adapt to the learning/teaching resources available in public colleges to suit academic needs of students with visual impairments;...
ABSTRACT The preparedness of graduates from Kenyan universities has raised questions in the job market. For instance, a large percent of graduates are believed to be unfit for the teaching jobs. In this regard, this study intended to establish the implication of academic staffing on the quality of Bachelor of Education Program in public universities in Kenya. The study employed descriptive research design hinged on comparative study methodology (Problem solving Approach) proposed by Brian Hol...
ABSTRACT Equity in health care provision is an important goal yet it is hampered by many factors. The competing values of individual and collective interests present a conflict that needs to be addressed if health care has to meet the desired goal of equity. The study argues that pursuit of equity in health care is impeded by the dominance of either individual or collective interests in health care provision. The study seeks to answer the principle question of how individual and collective in...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the extent to which gender, type of school, academic achievement and causal attributions predict academic disidentification of secondary school students. The extent to which academic self-esteem mediated the relationships with two specific aspects of disidentification, discounting and devaluing was also studied. The study employed correlational and exploratory designs. Martin Covington's Self-worth Motivation Theory and Carl Rogers' Self Theory of Personality D...
ABSTRACT There has been an upsurge of school violence (SV) in public secondary schools in Kenya despite numerous efforts to find a sustainable solution. This study therefore investigated the contribution of peace education (PE) towards promoting peaceful coexistence among students in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the study were as follows: 1) To establish the prevalence of SV in these schools; 2) To analyse the secondary school curriculum content so as to estab...
ABSTRACT Open Access Journals (OAJs) and Institutional Repositories (IRs) are Open Access (OA) outlets that provide a platform for disseminating research findings. Although these outlets have been introduced in universities to increase dissemination, access and impact of staff, academic staff adoption of such outlets in Africa has been slow and their use of these outlets in disseminating their research works has been low. This study sought to establish the challenges academic staff face with ...
ABSTRACT This thesis focuses on the issue of how we, human beings, can show that our beliefs about our physical environment are justified. This is called the concept of epistemic justification. What is central to the concept of epistemic justification is the epistemic regress problem (regress problem). In relation to the regress problem, I will examine Laurence BonJour‟s thesis that basic beliefs which are „immediately‟ obtained from our sensory contacts with physical objects adequate...
ABSTRACT The performance of state corporations in Kenya has not been as expected, as demonstrated by reports of unrelenting financial and managerial woes. In an attempt to reign on the poor performance, the government has developed policies on how to manage the state corporations, with emphasis on self-sustainability. The requirement to be self-sustaining demands that state corporations continuously innovate, improve themselves and competitively market their products and services, which in es...
ABSTRACT This study examined the extent of maternal health care utilization and assessed factors influencing antenatal, delivery and postnatal care utilization among women in Dodoma Region. The study employed cross sectional study methods using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Structured questionnaires, focus group discussion guides and interview guide were used. Quantitative data analysis was done, using SPSS Version 21. The confidence interval of 95% was used to assess statistica...