kenyatta university research modules by prof. paul okemo
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KU RESEARCH MODULES BY
PROFESSOR PAUL OKEMO
Evolved from Reports on our Educational System since 1963
The ominde report (1964)- to foster National Unity and Development
Gachathi report (1976)- Which was to reform the structure of Education
Mackay report (1988)- whose recommendation established the 8-4-4 sytem of Education
In the 1960s and 1970s there was first growth with GDP at 6%
This GDP was not sustained in the 80s and 90s. In came down to 3%
In the year 2001-2004, the Govt. responded by developing the Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper (PRSP)
The PRSP focused on development of Human Resource among other things.
The economy managed to recover and by 2007, the growth in GDP was back to 6%
This slowed down during 2007/2008 post-election violence
And the Government has responded by development of Kenya Vision 2030
This is founded on THREE pillars, Economic, Social, and Political
Economic: tourism, agriculture, manufacturing etc.
Social: Education and Training, Health, Water etc
Political governance: Rule of law, Democracy, Election and Political Reforms etc
To realize our Vision 2030, the Education system had to be re-aligned
To be responsive to needs of the society To tolerate decent and differing opinion To be investigative and analytical And to be innovative
Be dynamic All inclusive Globally competitive centre of excellence Providing quality education Training, and research for sustainable
development
Provide quality education Provide quality training Through knowledge generation Research Innovation Creativity and community service
The Response greatly increased demand for
University education We note that the population has increased,
and The number of Universities have also
increased from one in the 1970s to 22 public and 23 private universities presently
The number of student seeking Post graduate training have also increased greatly
For example, in 2011, the population of
Postgraduate students was 3,716 This increased to 5,218 in 2012 Presently (2013) the population of
Postgraduate students is 7,109 And because of the introduction of Free
Primary Education by the NARC Government this will double in the near future
The University of Nairobi, Requirement for
study was for Course work, Research and Thesis
Or Course work, and Project A student was supposed to stay in contact
with the Lecturer every month and to give a progress report every semester.
Despite the increased intake of Post Graduate
students the regulations remain more or less the same.
The ratio of student to Lecturer has increased greatly
It is presently difficult for a lecturer to stay in conduct with all their postgraduate students and effectively guide the students Research
In the 70s and 80s, one supervisor could
have one or two postgraduate students In the 1990s or 2000, it was two or three Now some lecturers have up to 7 Research
and thesis students plus 50 project students But the same lecturers are required to teach
THREE units each semester sometimes with very large classes
The development of some E-supervision in
some areas have helped Introduction of Internet has helped
submission of and communication electronically
This has helped in IBP, Regular and ODeL programs
But there are cases where Quality can be compromised.
To co-ordinate postgraduate programs in all
schools Quality Assurance and Quality control of all
postgraduate programs Development of appropriate instruments for
tracking and monitoring of students progress and Examinations
Consider recommendations for new programs
in schools and recommend to senate To explore ways of enabling postgraduate
students publish their work To solicit and allocate research and
scholarship funds to postgraduate students Search for innovative ways to further the
University mission on research and the National Vision 2030
There is no doubt we have challenges We must increase intake of postgraduate
students to meet our mandate But we lack space to accommodate them We lack facilities to enable them realize their
goals We also lack enough Lecturers to attend to
them
We need to learn from what other Universities around the word have done.
We ask ourselves, “Are we in the right direction?”
How do we Benchmark with other Universities around the world?
How do we solve our challenges? Are there any innovative ways of solving the
problem These are the Questions we need to share
with Catalan University.
THE END
THANK YOU
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