Category: Education
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Global Citizenship
Oxfam’s concept of the Global Citizen has grown out of the ideas and principles of Development Education A Global Citizen is someone who: Is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen Respects and values diversity Has an understanding of how the world works economically,…
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Development Education
DEA’s Vision is of EDUCATION that encourages and enables all people to think critically and to aspire and work towards a more just and sustainable world. The issues which you will be thinking about are very complex, for example, supporting pupils to challenge stereotypes and consider global interdependence and the root causes of poverty. There…
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Kenyan Education System
Kenyan education is based on an 8-4-4 system: eight years in primary school, four years in secondary and four in tertiary education; attaining the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Secondary Education (KCSE) generally, university degrees if very lucky. The education system could be changed to 6-6-3 if proposals are adopted this year (2011). The aim is…