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Kenya’s classrooms are only as strong as the way it trains its teachers
Error analysis helped Geoffrey, a teacher in Bungoma County, turn around his maths class. Teachers who learn to treat children’s mistakes as diagnostic clues can help them close the gaps. But experts say teachers should be prepared to diagnose learning, read the curriculum and design sound assessments from the start, not years into the job.
Collins Orono
12 Oct 2026
Computational Problem Solving and AI in Kenyan Schools: Why the Pace Does Not Match the Promise
Kenyan 15-year-olds scored an average of 278 points in computational problem solving in PISA 2025, against an OECD average of 500. This was Kenya's first time taking part in PISA. The new domain, part of PISA's Learning in the Digital World assessment, asked students to solve problems with block-based programming and modelling tools, and to break problems into steps, run experiments, analyse data, and build and debug digital artefacts.
Charles Gachoki
12 Oct 2026
Through a Child’s Eyes: Reflections on the Art of Writing for Children
After many classroom visits, I carry with me a growing appreciation of the care required to write for children. Watching children engage with a page, listening to their responses and observing teachers guide their learning continually bring me back to one conviction: writing for children is not merely an act of thought. It engages both mind and soul. It calls for intellectual care, empathy, and a willingness to enter the child’s world.
Dr. Wangui Lydia Chege
8 Oct 2026
What Is Education Like in the UK? Strengths, Gaps and Lessons for Kenya
Emilie Bonay, a UK education advocate who interned with Mizizi Elimu Afrika, takes us through the UK education system from primary school to university, and asks what the UK and Kenya can learn from each other.
Emilie Bonay
30 Sept 2026
Bringing the Child to the Boardroom: What India’s NIPUN Bharat Can Teach Us About Foundational Learning Reform
In August 2025, a delegation of global education leaders gathered in Sobral, Brazil, to learn from one of the most widely recognised public education reforms. Exactly one year later, in August 2026, the Lighthouse Initiative convened its second international study tour, this time in India. The immersion was designed as an interactive, catalytic space, a peer-exchange forum where participating countries could explore large-scale national missions, debate what is working (and what is not), and identify transferable, scalable practices for early grade education.
Wangui Lydia Chege
29 Sept 2026
When Public Schools Become the First Choice: Lessons from Rwanda and Kenya’s Positive Deviants
Kenya’s public education system does not lack schools that can serve as starting points for this inquiry. The schools highlighted here, Moi Primary School in Thika, St Agnes Girls in Kirinyaga, Westlands Primary School in Nairobi and PCEA Ng’enda Primary in Kiambu, are illustrative examples, not an exhaustive list of successful public schools. They operate in different settings, including day, boarding, urban and community-linked models. Their diversity is precisely why they are useful: positive deviance is not a single blueprint, but a disciplined search for effective practices that emerge under different conditions.
Charles Gachoki
29 Sept 2026
From Training to Transformation: How Mizizi Elimu Afrika Is Advancing Research Excellence at Meru University and Beyond
Graduate Associates are not only learning research skills, they are becoming catalysts for research excellence across Kenyan universities. Mizizi Elimu Afrika’s (Mizizi) collaboration with Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST) shows how strategic partnerships can strengthen postgraduate research. The partnership gives graduate students the chance to learn from experienced researchers and equips them to become trainers themselves.
Charles Gachoki
29 Sept 2026
Mizizi Elimu in the News
Media coverage, mentions, and news stories
Education stakeholders call for value based learning integration to nurture responsible citizens
KTN News
2 Apr 2026
Zizi Afrique Rebrands to Mizizi Elimu Afrika, Launches Vision 2040 Education Strategy
Education stakeholders convened in Nairobi on March 10, 2026, for the launch of Vision 2040: Strong Foundations for Lasting Change and the rebranding of Zizi Afrique Foundation to Mizizi Elimu Afrika.
23 Mar 2026
New education initiative aims to strengthen literacy and numeracy across Africa
Education stakeholders gathered in Nairobi on March 10, 2026, for the unveiling of Vision 2040: Strong Foundations for Lasting Change and the rebranding of Zizi Afrique Foundation to Mizizi Elimu Afrika.
23 Mar 2026
Educating the African child in the midst of polycrisis
The African continent has seen children’s education journeys disrupted by various challenges, including social, political, and economic conflicts, as well as the effects of climate change among other factors in the growing list of polycrises.
23 Mar 2026
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