Journey Well Travelled

The school of Education (SoE), hereinafter referred to as the School, has a comparatively long history dating from the 1970s when -as Faculty of Education of the University of Nairobi –it was transferred to its current location in Kahawa along Thika Road. Since then, the School has remained the foundation stone of the current Kenyatta University (KU), as it grows in leaps and bounds to constitute thirteen teaching schools and one graduate school. Our school, which is the national centre of choice in matters of teacher education has matured to comprise seven (7) teaching Departments in addition to having a University-wide Directorate of Teaching Practice and an elaborate Basic Education Resource Centre (BERC). The seven Departments offer education courses in the area of Foundations, Psychology, Special Needs, Early Childhood, Information and Library, as well as Administration and Policy studies. Our undisputed niche in the area of teacher education has made Kenyatta University a renowned hub of excellence locally and abroad. Approximately 40% of educators, including CEOs working within Government of Kenya Ministries and Departments are graduates of the SoE while many of the top KU management personnel are graduates of the School.  In the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR), graduates of the SoE have, for many years, served in the development of strong education departments as noted in Nambia, Rwanda, and Botswana among others. Of the 40,000 current students, nearly 15,000 (40%) are registered in the SoE for the various combinations of teacher education programmes. Annually, the School presents approximately two-thirds of the University’s total graduands with not less than 8 PhD, scores of Masters and thousands of undergraduates from all modes of study (JAB, SSP and ODE-L). We attribute these successes to teamwork by our 150 dedicated academic staff who have accumulated among them experiential wealth in crafting and implementing hands-on professional knowledge and skills training. An equally dedicated support-staff works collaboratively to ensure that the School remains at the cutting edge of modern approaches to education and training in Kenya and beyond. Ours, no doubt, has been a journey well travelled... heading to greater excellence

PROF. FATUMA N. CHEGE (PHD, FCCS)
DEAN, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION