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Challenges Affecting the Effective Implementation of Vocational Education Program in Youth Polytechnics in Kenya
(2011-09)The main purpose of this study was to identify the challenges affecting the effective implementation of vocational education program in Kenyan Youth Polytechnics. The research work was limited to four randomly selected ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for promoting Maternal, New born, and Child Health in urban informal settlements: perspectives of Community Health Volunteers in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-10)Across the world, Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) are recognised as first line health care providers. Overtime, the Kenyan government has acknowledged CHVs as an integral component in provision of first line health care ... -
Challenges and Opportunities to Sustainable Sport Tourism Events: Insights from an Urban Host City
(2021-03-31)Sports tourism is viewed as an ideal tool for supporting the livelihood of the host communities in developing countries. As an alternative way of involving the host community in tourism activities, sports tourism aims to ... -
Challenges Faced by Parents in Implementing Competence Based Curriculum in Primary Schools: Kenyan Perspective
(2022-05)The successful implementation of competency-based curriculum at all education levels will be determined by parental understanding of skills, knowledge and attitudes imparted. Parental engagement in educational activities ... -
Challenges Facing Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya
(2013-12)This article examines challenges child sexual abuse victims and their families experience in trying to access healthcare services and justice in Kenya. Child sexual abuse is a vice that shocks and traumatizes the victims ... -
Challenges facing teachers and students in the use of instructional technologies: a case of selected secondary schools in Kisii central district, Kisii county
(International Journal of Information Research and Review, 2016-11)In this era of information technology, the role of teachers is changing from providing information to organizing the entire learning process. This is mainly because, learners can easily access any information they need ... -
Challenges Facing Teachers in Integrating Educational Technology into Kiswahili Teaching. A Case of Selected Secondary Schools in Kisii County, Kenya.
(International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 2016)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has brought about profound changes in this 21st century era.ICT has changed the way people communicate and do business. In education, the role of ICT and whether or not it ... -
CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN KENYA
(2013-03)This article reports on findings from a quantitative research study on recruitment of teachers in Kenya’s secondary schools. Purpose: To identify issues and challenges facing school-based recruitment of secondary school ... -
CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN KENYA: A CASE OF THE ROLE OF BOGS AND PTAS IN THE KISII COUNTY
(2013-01)Board of Governors (BOGs) and Parent Teacher Association (PTAs) can rightly be described as the life blood of a school. They constitute an important component of the school leadership, management and governance structure. ... -
Challenges in achieving interoperability in distributed systems: a survey of literature
(2012)As need for collaboration and distributed systems among organizations increase, there is the challenge of different standards in almost all communication issues. This calls for scrutiny of systems used by different ... -
Challenges in leadership and management of church sponsored secondary schools in Kenya: Examining the relationship between principals and sponsors
(International Scholars Journals, 2013-07)The Kenya’s Education Act 1968 and revised 1980 makes provision for the appointment of sponsors in school management and empowers them to participate in the management of schools or colleges that they sponsor. This article ... -
Challenges of change management on service delivery in the Administration Police Service in Muranga County
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT & MANAGEMENT, 2017-08)Change is an inevitable part of life, a well-planned and formulated change, can produce positive results. Despite planning change, change is hard to incorporate, accept and appreciate. Change has an impact on the individuals ... -
The challenges of rehabilitating denuded patches of a semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2010)Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the habited semiarid lands. In Kenya, ... -
The Challenges Posed by Ipomoea kituensis and the Grass-Weed Interaction in a reseeded semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2016)Rehabilitation of denuded patches using perennial grasses has been used extensively in semi-arid environments of Kenya. However, weeds continue to pose an enormous challenge to the success of many rehabilitation programmes. ... -
Changing land use systems and socio-economic roles of vegetation in semi-arid Africa The case of the Afar and Tigrai of Ethiopia
(2000)In recent years, increased populations and the accompanying human demands have led to changes in land-use in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa, in turn resulting in the reduction of vegetation and other natural resources. ... -
Characterization of Clays from selected sites for Refractory Application
(2019-11)Clay is a stony or earthy mineral aggregate composed of fine-grained minerals, which are plastic at appropriate water content and hardens up when fired. Clay soils have various mineral groups such as kaolinite, smectites, ... -
Characterization of Immunogenic Soluble Crude Proteins from Biomphalaria Pfeifferi Against Schistosoma mansoni
(2020-06-30)Schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent tropical disease in the world after malaria. Chemotherapy and molluscicides which are the main methods of control do not give lasting protection as the disease continues to ... -
Charge extracting buffer layers in bulkheterojunction organic solar cell
(Springer, 2015-08-27)The effects of boron and nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (B- or N-CNTs) have been investigated as photoactive and charge extracting layer in bulk heterojunction organic solar cell composed of poly(3-hexylthiophene) [P3HT] ... -
Chemical Composition And Biological Activity Of Extracts From Conyza Species
(iosrjournals.org, 2023-04)The genus Conyza (Asteraceae) comprises about 50 species and found in the tropical and warm regions. Extracts from Conyza species have numerous pharmacological applications. The aim of this study was review the chemical ... -
Chemical composition and repellency of Nigella sativa L. seed essential oil against Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto
(2020-04)Malaria which is caused by the Plasmodium parasite and transmitted through bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes is an important public health concern in Africa. Insect repellents are commercially available but ...