School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences

The school of education, humanities and social science is the largest and robust school consisting of highly qualified and motivated staff committed to quality teaching as well as quality and competitive research consultancy services. The school has five (5) departments: Department of Special Needs Education &Early childhood Development, Department of Curriculum and Educational Management, Department of Psychology and Educational Foundations, Department of Languages, Literary and Communication Studies and Department of Social Studies. The school boasts of various programs from undergraduate to doctoral levels. In order to offer market driven programs geared towards 21^st century skills, the school has reviewed, expanded and diversified its academic programs in line with competency -based education.

Our undergraduate students undertake degree programmes in Education Arts, Education Science, Special Needs Education, Early Childhood Education, Guidance and Counselling, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Development Studies, Governance, Administration, History and Archeology, International Relations, Geography and Natural Resource Management, Geography, Literature, English Language and Linguistics, and Kiswahili. Postgraduate students in the school undertake Masters and Doctoral degrees in all the subject areas mentioned above.  In addition, the school is putting in place new and salient academic programmes to the society thus: Music and Computer as teaching subjects, Diploma in Education, Post-graduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor, Diploma and Certificate in Criminology and Forensic Studies, Public Administration and Ethics, Media and Communication Studies and Medical Anthropology.  Other programmes in the school in the pipeline include:  Bachelor of Sociology, Social Work and Social Innovation, Bachelor of Film and Animation Studies, Bachelor of Theatre, Music and Entertainment Management and Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Psychology. 

The school organizes pedagogical training yearly for faculty members in the University and trains professional teachers, education policy developers and implementers.  Teachers are also trained to teach learners with Special Needs in Special Schools and inclusive settings in different categories including Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Physical Handicaps, Mental Challenges, Gifted and Talented and Emotional and Behavior Difficulties. 

The School has active running monthly seminars series that have attracted both national and international scholars, where lecturers and postgraduate students share their research findings as peers. It also has a firm, outstanding and active outreach programme that shares the knowledge and activities at the University with the outside world.  Students in this school also enjoy and participate in a wide array of clubs, and associations, where they learn a lot and grow both academically, socially and religiously. 

The School takes this opportunity to congratulate all its graduating students (Diploma, Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D)  and wish them the best as they transit to the job market.

• Department of Psychology and Education Foundation
• Department of Special Needs Education and Early Childhood Education
• Department of Curriculum and Educational Management
• Department of Social Studies
• Department of Geography and Social Development
• Department of Linguistics, Language and Literature