About Me
Kenyan by birth, I spent most of my life and did all of my schooling (until 2017) in my home country. I thereby went through the Kenyan system of education beginning from nursery school through to the University. After performing commendably in the national secondary School exams (KCSE) in 2009 (scoring grade A- with 76 out of the possible 84 points), I gained a government-sponsored admission to Kenyatta University in Nairobi in 2011 to pursue a Bsc degree in Analytical Chemistry.
I graduated from KU with a Second Class honors (Upper Division) in Chemistry in December 2015.
During and just after my University studies in Chemistry, I developed a deep-lying interest in Education and this culminated in a three-year cumulative stint as a chemistry teacher and, later, a laboratory instructor. The teaching vocation (as well as my equally valuable industrial attachment at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute situated in the Coastal City of Mombasa) led me to exploring about all the corners of my beloved country, from the West (Nyanza Province), to the Coast, and to the North Eastern province before finally settling in the Capital City (Nairobi). The experiences gained from interacting with the various Kenyan tribes (Kenya currently has 42 tribes in total - all speaking distinct languages) was absolutely priceless. I got to understand a little bit of people´s perceptions based on religion and culture as well as the perceived causes of the (sometimes violent) tribal hatred.
As a Chemistry and mathematics teacher, i was always pulled aback by the students´overall reluctance to accept the two subjects compared to others (basing on their exam results). This made me to begin questioning (silently) the criteria for learning and student selection into these subjects (and all the other subjects of course). The urge was then evoked in me to attempt to understand how best the curriculum methods and plans can be modified to bring out the very best of Kenya´s potential. In 2017, the course of my dream changed as I was selected as a master student in the a VLIR-sponsored team Project titled ´Building a Strategic Framework for Aquaculture Education in Kenya´ which involved esteemed members from higher learning institutions in Kenya and Belgium as well as a Kenyan research institute (Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute - KMFRI). From there on I believe(d) I was selected by the forces beyond human control to be part of a long overdue Curriculum restructuring effort in Kenya which would immensely change the quality of man-power. Well, now I am Master of Educational Sciences student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Hobbies: Movies, Music, Football
Useless Fact: Obsessed with Congolese Rhumba Music
I graduated from KU with a Second Class honors (Upper Division) in Chemistry in December 2015.
During and just after my University studies in Chemistry, I developed a deep-lying interest in Education and this culminated in a three-year cumulative stint as a chemistry teacher and, later, a laboratory instructor. The teaching vocation (as well as my equally valuable industrial attachment at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute situated in the Coastal City of Mombasa) led me to exploring about all the corners of my beloved country, from the West (Nyanza Province), to the Coast, and to the North Eastern province before finally settling in the Capital City (Nairobi). The experiences gained from interacting with the various Kenyan tribes (Kenya currently has 42 tribes in total - all speaking distinct languages) was absolutely priceless. I got to understand a little bit of people´s perceptions based on religion and culture as well as the perceived causes of the (sometimes violent) tribal hatred.
As a Chemistry and mathematics teacher, i was always pulled aback by the students´overall reluctance to accept the two subjects compared to others (basing on their exam results). This made me to begin questioning (silently) the criteria for learning and student selection into these subjects (and all the other subjects of course). The urge was then evoked in me to attempt to understand how best the curriculum methods and plans can be modified to bring out the very best of Kenya´s potential. In 2017, the course of my dream changed as I was selected as a master student in the a VLIR-sponsored team Project titled ´Building a Strategic Framework for Aquaculture Education in Kenya´ which involved esteemed members from higher learning institutions in Kenya and Belgium as well as a Kenyan research institute (Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute - KMFRI). From there on I believe(d) I was selected by the forces beyond human control to be part of a long overdue Curriculum restructuring effort in Kenya which would immensely change the quality of man-power. Well, now I am Master of Educational Sciences student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Hobbies: Movies, Music, Football
Useless Fact: Obsessed with Congolese Rhumba Music
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| Inside the Self-Study Room at VUB Photo by: @samtedd |
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