Kisii University through two of our staff Dr. Pamela Wadende (Developmental Psychologist and Postgraduate Studies Coordinator at the School of Education and Human Resource Development, Kisii University, Kericho Campus, Kenya) and Dr.  Grace Koteny (Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Media, Kisii University, Kericho Campus, Kenya) won a competitive research grant with Aston University – UK.

They now have an ongoing collaboration between academics from Kenya, Zambia, and the UK at the Nanyuki site. We as a research office wish to recognize and congratulate their exemplary scholarly output. We encourage our staff during this covid period to emulate them and work on research efforts more and we will keep recognizing such endeavors.

The group is developing a new way to address educational disadvantage in rural Africa, through collaboration between academics from Kenya, Zambia and the UK, teachers, families and community groups. The group aims to connect home and school learning by working with teachers from Early Childhood Education and Development programmes (ECDE; for children aged 4–6 years). Their work can be followed at https://www.hometoschool.info/