6 things teachers really wish kids and parents would do during the first month of school
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How to master comprehension skills using the nine irrefutable steps of reading a passage
I have spent many years teaching comprehension passages,…
Incorporate nonfiction literary works in English/literature curriculum in schools
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Why students should mind the university course they pick
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Return of handwritten essays is a hopeless response to ChatGPT
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Our collective silence on sexual grooming has created a fortress around predators
In Greek mythology, Pandora opened a jar that…
When a learner is bereaved: The missing link in teacher communication
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It is about time we opened the sexual grooming Pandora’s box
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Life’s classroom: Why your desk doesn’t define your destiny
In every school across the world, students sit…
How ‘freshers’ can survive and thrive in universities
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Protecting the boy child in school from all forms of abuse
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Letter to all freshers joining university
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The 7 core-competencies in line with CBE
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Alliance and Loreto Girls’ sexual grooming cases are just the tip of the iceberg
If all the ladies were to speak, we…
The worship of influencers over intellectuals is creating a role model crisis
Walk into any university in Kenya today and…
The emotional climate set at home influences how children relate socially in school
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Sobering lessons Kenyan teachers can draw from the world’s worst teacher punishments
Across the world, chilling and countless tales have…
Campus under siege: How hunger for money is ruining varsity students’ lives
In the lecture halls, in the noisy hostels…
Sneak peek at pertinent and contemporary issues in CBE
Dear reader of my pieces, Pertinent and Contemporary…
