2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. Be dynamic
All inclusive
Globally competitive centre of excellence
Providing quality education
Training, and research for sustainable
development
8. Provide quality education
Provide quality training
Through knowledge generation
Research
Innovation
Creativity and community service
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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.
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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.
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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.
