This blog summarises the key findings of a 2017 baseline study conducted by Jaslika on Value-based Education in Kwale and Mombasa counties in the Kenyan coast. A multi-site, mixed method study, it covered primary and secondary schools, youth groups and community leaders as research participants.
Education, Downloads
In December 2021, Porticus Africa commissioned Jaslika to investigate the uptake of e-learning by Catholic religious scholars participating in the New Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The study reveals institutional, programme and individual level challenges to the implementation of the NGLP aggravated by the abrupt and swift spread of COVID-19.
Report Summary, Work
Values are one of the three pillars of the vision and mission of the Basic Education Curriculum Framework guiding education reforms in Kenya. This study led by Dr. Sheila Wamahiu provides the evidence base for the operationalization of values in the Kenyan education system.
Report Summary, Work
This study led by Dr Sheila Wamahiu was the first comprehensive analysis of education of the girl-child in Kenya. Though conducted over two decades ago, issues such as the gross abuse of children’s rights in schools, widening of gender disparities to the disadvantage of girls as one ascends the education ladder, their continued marginalization in STEM, and the pockets of male disadvantage in some geographical locations that were flagged in the report remain current.
