Biotechnology is a field that tries to produce useful products from living organism while bioinformatics is another field of knowledge that deals with development of software’s which is then used to generate important biological use. These two fields are making use of technology in manipulating living organisms in one way or another.

At undergraduate levels, learners are involved in many fields of biology and technology (practical). Once you study biotechnology at advance level (postgraduate level), it turns to specialty area where people major in a specific area of their interest. Therefore, university of Nairobi is one of the institutions in the republic of Kenya that offer courses of biotechnology and bioinformatics at postgraduate level.

These courses are offered at the centre of biotechnology and bioinformatics (CEBIB) in the University of Nairobi. They provide masters and doctor of philosophy for the course. The postgraduate courses offered at the CEBIB in the University of Nairobi includes:

• Master of Science in Biotechnology.

This course is done within two years and has three options where a person can choose from. They includes agricultural and environmental biotechnology, health and environmental biotechnology and industrial and environmental biotechnology.

The minimum admission requirement for anyone to pursue Master of Science in Biotechnology includes:

        i.            The applicant should be holders of at least upper second class degree in science, engineering, agriculture or any other equivalent qualification that is recognized by the senate of the University of Nairobi.

      ii.            The degree holders of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, Bachelor of Pharmacy, Bachelor of Dental Surgery or any other equivalent qualification that is recognized by the university senate of the university of Nairobi.

    iii.            The applicants with second class lower division degree in science, engineering, and agriculture should have at least two years experience.

• Master of Science in Bioinformatics: agriculture and Medical Bioinformatics.

This course also takes a minimum of two years and has the same minimum admission requirement as Master of Science in Biotechnology.

• Doctor of Philosophy in (PhD) in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.

This is a course work and takes three years. The admission requirement for this course includes:

        i.            Applicant must be a holder of a Master of Science degree in biological and physical sciences, bioinformatics, biotechnology, medicine and surgery, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and dental surgery at the University of Nairobi.

      ii.            Applicant must be able to draw and submit a detailed doctoral research proposal in the prescribed manner at the time of applying for admission at the University of Nairobi.

In Kenya, majority of the people or population are Christians. The constitution of Kenya guarantees freedom of religion and worship to its people .The Christians of Kenya comprises of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches as the most established Christian denominations, other well established Kenyan religions and denominations include the Africa Inland Church (AIC), Seventh Day Adventists (SDA), and the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA). In addition, there are number of Evangelical Churches and Independent Kenyan Christian churches. A good example is Uzima-Tele in Kasarani.

Islam is another major religion in Kenya. It’s mostly include the Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. Most of Muslims are found at the coastal region of Kenya and as well as the northeastern regions of Kenya. Nairobi also has numerous mosques and a notable Muslim following. The Muslims in Kenya practice their religion freely and have courts called Kadhi courts which are given certain jurisdiction over certain civil matters like divorce and inheritance under the constitution of Kenya.

Few Kenyans do practice Hinduism and Sikhism as mostly are Indians. Most reside in major towns across Kenya like Thika, Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi. People practicing Hinduism in Kenya are estimated to be like 0.14%.

Others Kenyans lack religion and practice traditional methods. The Maasai, Samburu, Turkana and Pokot tribes are a good examples of communities practicing traditional religion. Traditional religion is based of natural things and reverence to ancestors, so most religious rites are therefore followed to the letter.

It’s amazing how most of the universities in Kenya have seized this opportunity of offering e-learning. A person in Kenya can now register for a course online and manage to complete it online.  Online learning in Kenya enables students to interact with their professors, to attend classes, do tests and study for particular courses they have chosen to enrol in at their own expediency. Online learning is very appropriate to persons with busy schedules. It is taking advantage of all the technological tools available in Kenya in this day and age such as fiber optic connection. Now, you don’t have an excuse for not furthering your studies! Right?

Indeed online learning is enabling the university or course studies to be accessible and manageable to all as part of quenching the massive market of education in Kenya. This flexible environment of education enables the nation of Kenya to be exposed to new courses that are not offered in our local universities. The students of online learning also have the advantage of having unique professors from abroad. This widens the knowledge they gain to cover a worldwide view or approach.

It should be noted that there is a rigorous admission criteria for online courses in Kenya. There are various requirements that a person needs to enrol, which ranges from one field or course to another.

Naming a few of the universities and colleges in Kenya offering online learning, there is Inoorero University, Kenya Methodist, Maseno University, University of Nairobi, Alison Institute, Kenya Institute of Project Management, among many other institutions that you can find online. Most institutions do not require a person to make any physical access to their offices, rather you enrol, pay for the course, complete the course and print your certificate after the mentioned term online and this again depends on the type of course you taking.

Enrolling for e-learning and online courses in Kenya is very simple. All you need to do is identify an institution of your choice, access their site, fill a new account form and an email will be sent to your email. Read the email and click on the web link it contains to confirm your account. Once on the site of the institution, click on the course you want to enrol and the course instructor will send you the enrolment key. This will enable you to get access to the full course you are interested in. After that, you will only need to enter your email and password in the website and continue your studies.

The online learning offers an opportunity for people in Kenya to enrol for courses, diplomas or degrees such as security management, cctv management, forensic accounting, project management, monitoring and evaluation, forensic criminology, aviation disaster management, finger print technology, diploma in disaster management and conflict management course, professional dog training, hotel management and many other courses. You need to further your studies, and this is a way for you.

Enrol for a course online in Kenya now!!

St. Andrews Turi school in Kenya is one of the few schools in Kenya that teach based on the British curriculum. The St. Andrews Turi school in Kenya is an international school in Kenya and it is a multicultural school located in the heart of the Rift Valley in Kenya.

St Andrews School Turi in Rift Valley part of Kenya was started in the early 20th Century by the Leverts. The St. Andrews Turi school was ran by Peter and Jean Lavets. The St. Andrews Turi school in Kenya however was reduced to ashes by an accidental fire, in 1944 but it was able to come back to its feet thanks to some Italian masons who reconstructed the school. The artisans of St. Andrews Turi in Kenya were very skilled and they built beautiful murals including the Baden Powell Hall in Kenya.

St. Andrews Turi School in Kenya is located off the main Nairobi- Uganda highway between Nakuru town in Kenya and Kericho town in Kenya.The closest town in Kenya to St Andrews Turi School is Molo town in Kenya. To get to Molo Town in Kenya from Nakuru town, you board matatu to molo at the Nakuru main stage in Kenya. St. Andrews Turi School in Molo town has a newly opened airstrip in Kenya to help in the movement of both local students in Kenya and international students in Kenya. St. Andrews Schhol Turi in Kenya is made up of a St Andrews Turi prep school, a St Andrews Turi senior school in Kenya as well as a St Andrews Turi college in Kenya. The St Andrews Turi prep school in Kenya caters for students in Kenya aged 5 to 13 years. The St Andrews Turi senior school in Kenya was opened up in 1988 as a way to satisfy the demand for boarding school in Kenya for students aged between 1 years and 16 years. The St Andrews Turi College in Kenya was officially opened up in 2010.

The St Andrews Turi School is managed by a Board of Governors that consists of at least 15 board members. The board meetings of St Andrews Turi School are held five times a year and are attended by the headmasters of both St Andrews Turi junior and senior schools in Kenya.

St Andrews Turi supports co curricular activities such as cricket, Frisbee and rounders ganes. The St Andrews Turi School also has professional horse riders in Kenya and jockeys who teach the students how to ride horses. The St Andrews Turi School also practices in friendly games and competitions both locally and internationally. The St Andrews Turi School in Kenya funds cultural trips to London, Canada and Israel as well as skiing trips to Sweden.

St Andrews Turi in Kenya has four boarding houses, 2 for girls and 2 for boys. The St Andrews Turi School fee rates in Kenya are rather high ranking as it is one of the most expensive schools in Kenya, for the affluent and financially able Kenyans.

Programmes at the eCampus are primarily offered through eLearning.Students access their course material,course activities and continuous assessment tests online.However the students are required to sit end-of-semester examinations at designated centres in Nairobi,Mombasa,Kisumu and Eldoret.The introduction of ecampus programmes in Maseno University has easened the learning of those students that study at the same working and also distant learners since they do not need to be physically available in the lecture rooms but only learn through the internet wherever they are and at any time of the day.The Maseno University School of Development and strategic is one of the schools in Maseno University that offer eLearning programmes and these programmes are offered at the specifically constituent campuses of Maseno University located in Kisumu(City campus) and Homabay(Homabay town campus).These programmes are undergraduate,diploma and certificate courses.

The ecampus programmes at Maseno University School of Development and Strategic Studies,minimum entry requirements,location and mode of study

Certificate Programmes

• Certificate in Public Administration.

• Certificate in Community Development

Location and mode of study

• Kisumu City Campus-Day,Weekend

• Homa-Bay Town Campus-Weekend

Minimum entry requirements

To persue a certificate course,the candidate should have attained a meangrade of D+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Schools.

Diploma course

• Diploma in Public Administration

• Diploma in Community Development

Location and mode of study

• Kisumu City Campus-Day,Weekend

• Homa-Bay Town Campus-weekend

Minimum entry requirements

Candidates should have attained a meangrade of C plain or KCE division III

Undergraduate courses

• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

• Bachelor of Arts in Developmental Studies

Location and Mode of Study

• Kisumu City Campus-

• Homa-Bay Town Campus-weekend

Minimun entry requirements

Candidates should have attained a meangrade of C+ or a meangrade of C plain with a dploma in a relevant field or EAACE/KE(O level) Division II and above with a diploma in a relevant field or EAACE/KE(A level),two principals and subdisiary or 1 principal and 2 subsidiaries with a Diploma in relevant field.

A few months ago I had the opportunity of teaching IGCSE, 8-4-4, and ACE curriculums co-currently. It was quite an experience I must say because in as much as I had exposure to IGCSE and 8-4-4 curriculums, I had never known about ACE. ACE stands Accelerated Christian Education. It is an American curriculum that fully encompasses Christianity throughout the course content. The Kenyan Government does not recognise it for reasons which seem fit however it does have a few strong points. There are quite a few things I got to see in these children as they went through these curriculums. ACE curriculum in Kenya in as much as it is an over load of Christianity considering that CRE is part of the Kenyan curriculum, one thing that stood out is that it taught learners to think for themselves and to believe in themselves.

The 8-4-4 curriculum however makes learners so fearful no wonder many adults go through life not believing that they could start their own ventures and they succeed. Our classrooms are full of teachers who rule the students with an iron fist, punishing them for every small mistake but never giving them the opportunity to say what they know, share their experiences and knowledge and giving them the confidence to do so. The IGCSE curriculum has its own fair share of weaknesses especially in literature because for one it does not expose learners to African or Asian books yet there are so many great African writers. However the way the curriculum is structured it is so relevant to the western world, learners leave the school set up knowing what they want from life and how to proceed to the next level. The greatest strength 8-4-4 has is that the learners are very disciplined and exposed to different cultures from various subjects taught in schools.

If the curriculum developers could find a way of making a curriculum that is relevant to the Kenyan context, practical rather than theoretical in nature there may not be so many un-employed youth in the country. If all the good point of ACE, 8-4-4 and IGCSE systems could be siphoned out and incorporated into one system, Vision 2030 may not be such a dream. If they could find a way of training teachers to acquire a friendlier and open classroom environment it would encourage learners to believe in themselves. More innovations would be made from learners. By now KenGen the only power generating company in Kenya would be facing stiff competition from other players such as innovators who find a way of collecting garbage and using the heat to generate power. The education system needs to be overhauled to ensure that no matter what grade a learner leaves school with he/ she is still useful and can become independent unlike today where college graduates in Kenya are unable to fend for themselves.

Education in Kenya is the key to many things in life and if economic gurus ignore these few weaknesses Vision 2030 may just be a mirage in the desert that disappears the nearer you get. If all stake holders could openly acknowledge the great weaknesses in our education system, a total overhaul of the structures in place would be an option rather than making changes here and there. Is it not better to have a new pair of trousers for Christmas rather than an old one full of patch work here and there? I would always prefer a new one.

Daystar University Athi River Campus in Kenya can be contacted on the postal address P. O. Box 17-90145 Daystar University. The Daystar University Admissions Office in Athi River Campus can be contacted on email address [email protected]. 

The Cooperate Affairs Office in DayStar University Athi River Campus can be contcated on email address [email protected]. The mobile and telephone contacts of DayStar University Cooperate Affairs Office Athi River Campus are 045 6622601, 045 6622602, 045 6622603,045 6622416, 6622417, 6622418, 6622419, 0724256409, 0724256408, 0735992991 and 0735992993.

Daystar University Nairobi Campus can be contacted on the postal address P. O. Box 44400-00100 Nairobi. The telephone contacts of Daystar University Nairobi Centre are 020 2723002/3/4, 2725472, 2302277 and 2302276. Daystar University Nairobi Campus is located on Valley Road.

Daystar University Mombasa Campus in Kenya is located on Tom Mboya Road in Tudor. The telephone contcats of Daystar University Mombasa Campus are 041 2495512/3/4, 041 2312777/8/9. Daystar University Mombasa Campus is on Apollo House on Moi Avenue, Opposite Cannon Towers. The email address of Daystar University Mombasa Campus is [email protected].

The email address of Daystar University is [email protected]. 

The website of Daystar University in Kenya is at http://www.daystar.ac.ke/.

Some people wonder where the birds get their food, how they reproduce themselves and where they live. The same questions are raise towards animals especially the wild animals because majority of people are familiar with domestic animal due to their close relationship with human being. If you are interested in animal at large you can decide to study any biological science course or biology so that you can fulfil your curiosity.

The Universityof Nairobi is then the best university in Kenya where you can study the biological courses all the way from undergraduate to doctor of philosophy (Ph.D) level. These biological courses offered at the University of Nairobi are under the school of biological sciences in the college of biological and physical sciences located at the main campus (Nairobi). Undergraduate programmes offered by the University Of Nairobi School of biological sciences includes:

• Bachelor of Science in Biology.
• Bachelor of Science in Botany (Plant Science and Microbiology).
• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Conservation and Natural Resource management.
• Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Biotechnology.
• Bachelor of Science in Applied Aquatic Science and Resource Management.
• Bachelor of Science in Zoology (Animal Science).

The master’s biological sciences programmes offered by the University of Nairobi are Master of Science in:

• Agricultural Entomology.
• Applied Parasitology.
• Biology of Conservation.
• Hydrobiology.
• Microbiology.
• Mycology.
• Plant Ecology.
• Cellular Biology/Physiology.
• Genetics.
• Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
• Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.
• Plant taxonomy and Economic botany.
• Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Fisheries Management.

The doctor of philosophy (Ph.D) biological sciences programmes offered at the University of Nairobi are Ph.D in:

• Applied Parasitology.
• Aquatic Plant Ecology.
• Microbiology.
• Mycology.
• Taxonomy and Economic Botany.
• Entomology.
• Genetics.
• Terrestrial Plant Ecology.
• Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.
• Applied Physiology and Cellular Biology.
• Hydrobiology (with options in marine & freshwater biology, fisheries management and aquaculture).

Now that you have known all programmes offered under school of biological sciences in the university of Nairobi, you can enquire for more information on the admission requirements for programmes at all level by contacting the dean’s office, school of biological sciences at the postal address Box 30197, Nairobi, call the telephone number 4442016 or contact them through the email address [email protected].

Kenya is a country in the world that still observes cultural practices and still practice it. It is a taboo in many cultural tribes for a man to cook. Due to emergence of tourism sector in Kenya, hotel and catering has been on demand and young Kenyans from different tribes in Kenya have decided to study in hotel and catering management related courses so as to earn a living because tourism in Kenya was the sector that earned the country a lot of revenues due many tourists visiting Kenya throughout the year.

The tourism sector led to many emergence of hotels in Kenya and these hotels required personnel. Therefore both men and women have nowadays enroll for tourism related courses and have left their cultural misconception. There are many institutions in Kenya that offer these tourism related courses and Kiambu institute of hotels and catering is one of those institutions.

This institution is located in Lower Kabete, Nairobi city and offers courses at certificate and diploma courses. The minimum admission requirement for certificate is KCSE mean grade of C- (minus) while that of diploma courses is C (plain) at KCSE.

Contacts of Kiambu institute of hotels and catering in Kenya.

If you are interest in any of the hotel related course, you can contacted the institution through the following address:

Kiambu institute of hotels and catering,

P.O. Box 23074, Nairobi, Kenya.

Telephone number: 020 582704.

Certificate courses offered 

• Certificate in hospitality and tourism.

• Certificate in hotel and catering management.

• Certificate in hotel management.

• Certificate in business management.

• Certificate in business administration and management.

• Certificate in hotel and catering.

• Certificate in business information system.

• Certificate in customer service.

• Certificate in hotel and catering supervision.

• Certificate in business administration.

Diploma courses offered 

• Diploma in Hotel management.

Due to emergence of Alshabab group from Somalia that has been attacking Kenya, tourism sector has reported low number of tourists and these has rendered many youth who were working in big hotels in Kenya jobless.