Dr. Mukirae S. Njihia

About

Dr Njihia teaches courses in educational planning and policy at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has undergone training in Education Sector Planning by IIEP-UNESCO. He has also trained on integration of ICT in teaching and learning both locally and abroad. In 2015, he attended a five days training on ICT in teaching and learning at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Between 2015 and 2017, he attended three training workshops on integration of ICT in teaching and learning held at Kenyatta University under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Learning, Canada and Schoolnet, South Africa. Dr Njihia acts as a trainer for members of faculty on integration of ICT in teaching and learning

Publications

• 2021 Equality of Opportunity in Learning Outcomes Attainment through Financing Public Day Secondary Schools’ Resources in Kenya GW Nkonge, J Ndiritu, M Njihia East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 3 (1), 78-88
• 2020 Teacher Professional Development in Kenya: Status, Challenges & Policy Orientation, Mukirae Njihia Journal of Comparative Education, 4 (2020), Shanghai Normal University, (112-123)
• 2020 Influence of students’ learning experiences on involvement in alma mater in selected Ghanaian, Kenyan and Rwandan Universities. Bizimana B., Samuel Yaw Ampofo S., Ndayambaje I, Mukirae N., Somuah B., Guantai H. Social Sciences & Humanities Open 2 (2020) 100026
• 2020 Student’s household characteristics hierarchical regression model predicting public day secondary schools variation in examination scores, Kenya GW Nkonge, M Njihia, J Ndiritu African Journal of Emerging Issues 2 (12), 40-53
• 2020 Obstacles to successful uptake of open distance and e-learning (ODeL) programmes: a case of Kenyatta university, Kenya Mukirae Njihia, Elizabeth Mwaniki, Antony Ireri, Fatuma Chege African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research (AMJR). Special Issue, January 2020. ISSN 2518-2986 (12 - 22)
• 2020 Determinants of Attendance in Alternative Primary Schools in Mathare Slum, Nairobi, Kenya M Njihia, WG Nkonge, JK Nderitu Rwandan Journal of Education 5 (1)
• 2018 Adequacy of Post Graduate Research Methodology Training: A case of the School of Education, Kenyatta University Mukirae Njihia & Hellen Kiende Commission for University Education ISBN 978-9966-009-24-1, Vol 1
• 2015 Contributions of Complementary Elementary Education towards Transition of Nomadic Pupils from Non-Formal to Miiddle School Education in Habero Sub-Zone, Eritrea Tesfu Tekle, Mukirae Njihia, Nobert Ogeta, Micahel Habtu Journal of Education and Practice, ISSN 222-1735, Vol 6, No 24, 2015

Books and Book Chapters

• 2019 The Good Education & Africa’s Future: Concepts, Issues and Options (Eds) John K. Mugo, Proscovia Namubiru-Ssentamu & Mukirae Njihia Paulines Publications Africa
• 2019 Making Sense of the Good education for Africa (Chapter) John Mugo, Mukirae Njihia Paulines Publications Africa
• 2014 The Use and Usefulness of School grants: Lessons from Kenya Mukirae Njihia & John Ndiritu IIEP-UNESCO

Conferences/Workshops/Seminars

Conference Presentations

• ‘An Assessment of the Internal Quality Assurance Mechanisms at the Open University of Tanzania & An Examination of Open Distance and E-learning Learner Support Systems: A Comparative Study of Kenyatta University and Open University of Tanzania’, Presented at the 9th Annual Forum of the East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network held in Entebbe, Uganda, May 2019
• ‘Entrepreneurial University in Kenya: An Examination of Curriculum Drivers’ presented at the 8th Annual Forum of the East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network held in Kigali, Rwanda, May 2018
• ‘Online Continuous Assessment Tests: Experiences and lessons from Kenyatta University’ presented at the 8th Annual Forum of the East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network held in Kigali, Rwanda, May 2018
• ‘Obstacles to Successful Uptake of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Programmes: A case of Kenyatta University’presented at the 7th Annual Forum of the East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 2017
• ‘Uptake of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Programmes: A Case of Kenyatta University, Kenya’ presented at the 8th Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF8) Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2016
• ‘School grants: A powerful policy to contribute to greater access to education for all? Lessons from research in Eastern and Southern Africa’ presented at the Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference held in Vancouver, Canada, March 2016
• ‘Effectiveness of the Constituency Bursary Committees in promoting access and participation in secondary education in Kenya’ presented at the Re-Engineering Education for Sustainable Development conference held at Kenyatta University, May 2015

Workshops Papers

• ‘Impact of Covid-19 on schools and teachers in Kenya: Challenges, lessons and prospects’ presented at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC) Virtual Forum on “Schools & Teachers during and after the pandemic”, Belt and Road Shanghai Autumn Project, Shanghai Normal University, China, October 2020:
• ‘Teacher Professional Development in Kenya: Status, Policy & Challenges’ presented at the Belt and Road Shanghai Autumn Project: Policy and Practice-Teacher Professional Development, Shanghai Normal University, China, October 2019

Research

• -Researcher in the ‘Entrepreneurial University in Kenya: Growth and Implications for Innovation, Employability, Skills and Development’, a research project funded by the Vice Chancellor’s grant, Kenyatta University. 2015-2018
• Researcher in the ‘Production and Utilization of Social Science
• Research in Kenya’, a research project funded by the Vice Chancellor’s grant, Kenyatta University. 2016-2018
• Lead researcher in a study on, ‘Effectiveness of Open Distance and E-
• Learning Learner Support Systems: A Comparative Study of Kenyatta University and Open University of Tanzania’. 2018
• Lead researcher in a study on, ‘An Assessment of Delivery of Online Courses at the Open University of Tanzania and Kenyatta University’. 2018
• Lead researcher in a study on, ‘Online Continuous Assessment Tests: the experiences and lessons learnt by Kenyatta university students and facilitators.’ 2017
• Lead researcher in a study on, ‘Uptake of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Programmes: A Case of Kenyatta University, Kenya’.2016