Kenyan researcher Professor George Njoroge wins Sh446 million award alongside UK scientist Professor Robert Bristow, for advancing early detection of oesophageal cancer.
Many villages across the UK have repurposed iconic red telephone boxes into tiny community libraries, where you can take a book and leave one for someone else to enjoy too if you want to
TVETs have now been told to ditch graduation gowns by PS Dr. Esther Muoria.
On the surface, it sounds harmless: “wear something that reflects your skills.”
But look deeper.
Last week, MPs were debating a bill to strip universities of diploma courses and push ALL diploma students into TVETs.
Now connect the dots.
Universities keep the prestige, the gowns, the status.
TVETs? You remove even the little symbolism they had.
Then tomorrow we’ll pretend both paths are “equal.”
Let’s be honest, this is not just education reform.
It’s social engineering.
You quietly reduce the number of students going to university, rebrand the rest, and hope no one notices.
The problem is not TVETs; they are critical.
The problem is creating two classes of education and pretending it’s empowerment.
Kenyans need to ask hard questions.