Catholic schools in Kenya: history, achievements and challenges

New Thinking, New Scholarship and New Research in Catholic Education

“…Spiritual capital is still timely for the current generation, which tends to look at spiritual values as outdated and may have nothing to offer in the technological era where there is a tendency to imagine that almost all the answers to problems can be obtained from the Google search engine with the click of a button. Adhiambo (2019) observes that social media challenges the Catholic schools in Kenya. Learners who are exposed to too much information in the media find a number of contradictions with the spiritual values that the Catholic schools propagate.…”

“…In the volumes of the journal that Grace has edited, there are many Religious Congregations or Orders that have been made reference to in relation to their contribution to Catholic education. Scanning through some of the articles, the list includes the Society of Jesus: Jesuits (Meyo, 2014); the Marist Brothers (Green, 2014); the Salesians of St. Don Bosco ; Spiritan Missionaries (Amadi, 2016), Society of Holy Child Jesus (Aidoo, 2016); Evangelizing Sisters of Mary, Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Loreto, Sisters of St. Joseph, De La Salle Brothers, Patrician Brothers among others (Adhiambo, 2019), to mention but a few. I imagine that Grace knew well that there was no way he would contribute to the discourse on Catholic education without involving the very agents of evangelization in the Church.…”

“…Wodon reports that parents value good values instilled in the young and in some cases academic performance, teacher quality and discipline. Adhiambo (2019) argues that in Kenya, many secondary schools run by the Religious Congregations 5 and by extension the Catholic Church perform better in national examinations. However, there is a need to do an assessment of the impact of such schools on society and the Church.…”