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Schueler, Beth E.; Rodriguez-Segura, Daniel – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
Access to quality secondary schooling can be life changing for students in developing contexts. In Kenya, entrance to such schools was historically determined by performance on a high-stakes exam. Understandably then, preparation for this exam is a priority for families and educators. To increase the share of students entering these schools, some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Secondary School Students, High Stakes Tests
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Hadullo, Kennedy – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to develop a Framework that can be used to implement an online Competency-based education (CBE) program using a Learning Management system such as Moodle. CBE refers to a system of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that is based on students demonstrating that they have the knowledge and skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning
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Nafukho, Fredrick M.; Muyia, Machuma Helen – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The main purpose of using technology in the delivery of virtual learning programs in higher education in Africa is to ensure access and equity as a strategy to develop human resources. Examining how specific educational innovations in higher education are working is necessary. The purpose of this study is to examine the World Bank's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Universities, International Organizations, Educational Policy
Wakahiu, Jane M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative case study assesses the impact of a three-year Hilton Foundation-supported, Sisters Leadership Development Initiative (SLDI) in five African nations. The goal was to evaluate the SLDI program for increasing leadership capacities of 340 women in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to determine…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Teaching Methods
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Lavy, Victor – Future of Children, 2007
Tying teachers' pay to their classroom performance should, says Victor Lavy, improve the current educational system both by clarifying teaching goals and by attracting and retaining the most productive teachers. But implementing pay for performance poses many practical challenges, because measuring individual teachers' performance is difficult.…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Incentives, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Awuor, Mordoch Ouko – 1982
This study examines the effectiveness of the student teaching component of primary school teacher training in Kenya by reporting on the results of questionnaires administered to 300 student teachers, 80 program graduates who are not teaching, and 60 college tutors. Chapter 1 details the background of the study, including its purpose, significance,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lanyasunya, Andrew Ropilo; Lesolayia, Moses S. – 2001
The advent of schooling, the cash economy, and new political systems have brought about many situations providing challenges to the Samburu and the Turkana nomadic pastoralists in northern Kenya. This report details the experiences of the staff of the El-barta project in working with communities within a situation of isolation, harsh climatic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Community Cooperation, Community Development