Education is a core career for the development of any given country since the teachers are the people who are involved in the development of a child mentally since childhood. Education therefore acts as a tool of removing illiteracy from a given community and without it, a country will be considered a failure state at all cost.
University of Nairobi is one of the public universities in Kenya that have strived to offer educational courses and it is a university that has trained majority of teachers at undergraduate level to postgraduate level (master and doctor of philosophy).the school of education in the university of Nairobi is under the college of education and external studies which forms fifty percent of all students enrolled in the university of Nairobi. Students at the school of education enroll for programmes at diploma to doctor of philosophy programmes. Those who wish to pursue diploma courses should have a minimum grade of C (plain) at KCSE while undergraduate programmes require a minimum grade of C+ (plus) at KCSE and C+ in two teaching subjects (this is a requirement of teachers service commission of Kenya).The Ph.D in education in the University of Nairobi is done through thesis only.
Therefore, the diploma courses offered at the school of education in the University of Nairobi include;
- Diploma in Early Childhood Education.
- Diploma in ICT.
The undergraduate degree programmes offered includes Bachelor of Education in:
- Arts.
- Science.
- ICT.
- Early Childhood Education.
The masters programmes offered at the school of education in the University of Nairobi include the master of education (M.Ed.) in;
- Educational Administration.
- Curriculum Development.
- Economics of Education.
- Corporate Governance in Education.
- Educational Planning.
- Education in Emergencies.
The doctor of philosophy programmes which are offered by the University of Nairobi in the school of education include Ph.D in:
- Educational Administration.
- Curriculum Development.
- Economics of Education.
- Corporate Governance in Education.
- Educational planning.
- Educational Emergencies.
For more information on the courses offered at the school of education in the university of Nairobi, contact the dean school of education, Box 92, Kikuyu, telephone number (066 32029/321117 or 020 2701902/311800) or the email address [email protected].
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