This paper has critically analysed the representation of children and childhood in selected East African plays-Francis Imbuga’s The Burning of Rags and John Ruganda’s The Burdens. Semiotics Literary theory, which is the production and interpretation of meaning has been used. This research adopted descriptive and qualitative approaches based on textual analysis. Purposive sampling was used in the selection of the two writers and the two plays. The study was based on textual analysis and library research. Comprehensive literature review was carried out and the collected information synthesised in relation to a critical reading of the selected texts. The study utilised both primary and secondary data. Primary data consisted of the selected sample plays. The Study promotes the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) aimed at ensuring peace and prosperity. It also instigates stakeholders to act on realising Vision 2030 economic, social and political pillars. Students and scholars of Literature will also benefit from the findings of the study particularly on approaches to reading East African drama and matters representation of children and childhood in Literature. The study concluded that the child becomes the catalyst in revealing the generation gap differences and the consequences of the same; and is part and parcel of the tribulations in society. Children understand societal problems, particularly socio-economic, and are affected by them.
During the campaigns for new constitutional dispensation in Kenya, the media played the role of informing and educating its audience about the struggle that led to the promulgation of the new laws in 2010. After the kick-off of the county governments' operations in 2013, the media had the task to inform and educate its audiences about the functions of the county governments. Therefore, this study assessed the role media, particularly print, played in creating awareness about these functions. Specifically, the study examined the extent to which Nation and Standard newspapers informed and educated their audiences about county governments' functions. The study covered five thematic areas representing the devolved functions, namely: health, water, education, transport, and lands. The study used a sequential mixed method design where qualitative and quantitative designs were combined in data collection. For quantitative data, questionnaires were administered. Analyses and presentations were done in the form of tables and texts. The study analysed the contents of these newspapers for qualitative data. Systematic Random sampling procedure was used to reach respondents, while a purposive sampling procedure was used to pick the required 208-weekend newspapers for 12 months for content analysis. The study was conducted in Embakasi East Sub County, Nairobi County, with 48 983 households. The research used Yamane’s formula to determine the sample size of 399 households. The study's key finding was that print media inform and educate residents of Embakasi East Sub County in Nairobi County about county governments' functions. The study is significant as it can promote Sustainable Development Goals’ tenet of peace, justice, and establishment of strong institutions.
Education, like all the other sectors, was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report by UNESCO, in 2020 alone, learning for more than 1.7 billion children in over 188 countries was disrupted. This forced education institutions to seek for alternative means and strategies to salvage the situation. Crash programmes on course design and on how to move blended teaching were initiated. This research was therefore conducted to establish the adoption and effect of blended education in universities in Kenya. The study was hinged on the Technology Acceptance theory. Mixed method design which involved use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches of data collection was adopted. In quantitative, the study used a survey research design where 500 questionnaires were administered to students in three public universities and two private ones in Kenya. For qualitative data, interview schedules were served to 20 key informants who were university administrators, lecturers, education officers and parents. Selections of the sample sizes for the study were purposively done. The quantitative data collected was analyzed using SPSS while qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. Findings revealed that higher learning institutions have adopted blended education albeit with a lot of challenges to students, lecturers and other key stakeholders. It recommended that Higher Education Institutions and governments should promote blended learning even after the COVID-19 pandemic as a way of leveraging on technological advancements. The information may also be used to enhance formulation of relevant policies or supplement the existing ones on matters education and technology.
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