Sunday, July 4, 2010

Anglican Church in Kenya to open university

The Anglican Church of Kenya has announced plans to establish its own University college.

The Bishop of Nairobi ACK Diocese Right Reverend Peter Njoka says the plan was mooted by the Kenya Anglican Men's Association (KAMA) and a fund to facilitate the process has been started.

Bishop Njoka was speaking at St. Monica Church in Nairobi's Dandora estate where he presided over the registration of new KAMA members.

The bishop who is retiring next month said he was proud to leave behind a united diocese which had accomplished numerous projects.

Elections for a new Nairobi diocese bishop will be held on July 17.

Bishop Peter Njoka was consecrated and enthroned as the first bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya diocese of Nairobi on 24th November 2002.

Meanwhile the Commission for Higher Education will no longer approve degree programs that do not have enough qualified lecturers to handle.

Presbyterian University of East Africa Vice Chancellor, Professor Kihumbu Thairu says the move is meant to maintain a high quality of university education in the country.

Speaking during the Meru South district education day at Chuka University, Prof Thairu called on the government and other education stakeholders to address the shortage of teachers in the country which is affecting learning in many public schools.

The don said the issue of teachers' salaries should be addressed amicably to avoid interruption of learning and appealed to teachers to desist from issuing their employer with strike threats saying that such calls interfered with imparting of knowledge to pupils.

The teachers have threatened to go on strike unless the government honours its pledge to pay them their salary hike.

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