School of Education and Social sciences

AFRICAN ORAL LITERATURE: ANALYSIS OF VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMPROVISED TECHNIQUES IN SELECTED BUKUSU CIRCUMCISION SONGS

JUMA, WABWILE BENSON (Karatina University, 2023-11)

The study is an analysis of visual resources and improvised techniques in the actualization of the Bukusu circumcision songs. The study examines the roles, social cultural values and dynamisms of visual resources and ...

ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ‘JITEGEMEA’ PHILOSOPHY ON THE SELF-RELIANCE, PROPAGATION AND GOVERNANCE OF PCEA IN NYERI AND KIRINYAGA COUNTIES, KENYA (1971-2021)

KARIITHI, ALICE MURUGI (Karatina University, 2023)

The call for moratorium on foreign missionaries and subsequent adoption of ‘Jitegemea’ (self-sustaining) philosophy in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) provoked a strong debate about the future of the ...

KINAYA KAMA NJIA YA KUBAINISHA MAUDHUI: MIFANO KUTOKA RIWAYA YA CHOZI LA HERI NA TAMTHILIA YA KIGOGO

MWANIKI, MILKAH WANJUGU (Karatina University, 2023-11)

Kinaya ni mbinu muhimu ya kimtindo ambayo hutumiwa na waandishi wa riwaya na watunzi wa tamthilia kuwasilisha ujumbe wao katika kazi za fasihi. Madhumuni ya utafiti huu yalikuwa: Kuchunguza matumizi ya kinaya kama mbinu ...

EFFECTS OF MIRAA FARMING ON RETENTION OF THE BOY-CHILD IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MBEERE SOUTH-SUB COUNTY, KENYA

Nderi, Rachel Kirigo (Karatina University, 2023-11)

The Government of Kenya, in its efforts to achieve vision 2030, aims at improving retention rates in secondary schools. This effort however is frustrated by increasing dropout rates particularly in public secondary ...

Gender Relations and its Implication in Rural Development: A Case Study of Mwingi Central Division, Kenya.

Mwenzwa, Ezekiel Mbitha (University of Nairobi, 2004-08)

In every human society, gender relations are an integral part of everyday life. In Kenya, they are crucial in rural development particularly when it is observed from a human development perspective. Based on the foregoing, ...

Developing a Knowledge Management Strategy for The Marist International University College, Nairobi - Kenya.

Anduvare, Everlyn Mmbone (University of South Africa, 2015-02)

Marist International University College, Nairobi – Kenya is challenged with problems like duplication of work due to lack of a central repository for knowledge, loss of knowledge through expertise leaving the institution ...

INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KIENI EAST AND WEST SUBCOUNTIES IN NYERI COUNTY

KAGOCHI, EDNAH NJERI (Karatina University, 2022-11)

Quality assurance in education is increasingly gaining latitude as evidenced in educational literature and current practices. Apart from ensuring compliance with learners’ requirements, educational policy makers are ...

EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PASTORAL CARE PROGRAMMES ON GRIEF MANAGEMENT AMONG WIDOWS IN ACK DIOCESE OF EMBU, KENYA

MBAABU, KELLYJOY KATHOMI (Karatina University, 2022-11)

The death of a loved one is a painful experience that requires appropriate grief care. The loss of a husband for a widow is experienced as irreplaceable. It brings about an emotional constraint which could easily develop ...

An Assessment of the Influence of Disability Legislation Awareness on Employability of Persons with Disabilities in Post-Secondary Institutions in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

WAITHANWA, LUCY WAIRIMU (karatina University, 2022-11)

Gakaara wa Wanjau was referred to as the “Chief Mau Mau Propagandist” by the colonial government because of his revolutionary literary works. This made him to be one of the longest serving Mau Mau detainees from 1952-1959. ...

Assessment of the Role of Socialisation Agents in Shaping Pupils’ Behavior in Primary Schools in Thika Sub-County, Kenya

Mwangi, Esther Wanjiru (Karatina University, 2020)

Effectiveness of Boards of Management in Public Primary Schools in Nyeri County, Kenya

Baaru, Catherine Mumbi (Karatina University, 2020)

Influence of Discipline Procedures on Students’academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kirinyaga County, Kenya

Wamugunda, M. Wangari (2020)

Assessment of Language Shift among the Youth in Nairobi County, Kenya

Kimani, Rosemary Wamaitha (Karatina University, 2019-09)

Language shift among multilingual societies is an issue of global concern. Kenya, a multilingual society, is gradually losing her indigenous languages especially among the youth in towns and cities. The purpose of this ...

A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of Selected Ekegusii Pop Songs

Ondara, Ntabo Victor (Karatina University, 2019)

Pop songs convey social messages in different perspectives. Studies on pop songs reveal that composers employ metaphors to express their subjective feelings. The meaning of the metaphors in Ekegusii pop songs need to be ...

Efficacy of Alternative Methods of Enforcing Learners’ Discipline in Primary Schools in Nyeri-Central Sub-County, Kenya

Ruirie, Kagoiya Patrick (Karatina University, 2018-10)

Following the ban on corporal punishment in schools, various alternative methods enforcing learners discipline have been tried. This study sought to survey the efficacy of alternative methods of enforcing learners ...

Leadership Dynamics Facing Principals in Managing Schools within Devolved Government Structure in Mbeere South Subcounty, Kenya

Mwangangi, Musyoka Moshe (Karatina University, 2018-09)

Leadership dynamics that face principals while managing educational institutions in the world and Kenya in particular are not clearly understood. The situation is compounded further when the context in which principals’ ...