{"id":1468,"date":"2013-05-01T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/?page_id=1468"},"modified":"2013-05-12T14:55:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T14:55:19","slug":"education-kenya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/education-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

KENYA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Community development project, Nandi Hills, Kenya\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]An initiative in the Rift Valley region of Kenya has introduced Consciousness-based Education to faculty, staff and students at rural schools.Student outcomes have included higher grades, increased focus and comprehension, cooperation, better behavior and fewer infractions.[\/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””]Over 500 students at several schools have participated in the program and three local teachers have been trained as experts in\u00a0Consciousness-based Education. The program has been expanded to adult education and a secondary school is currently planned.Faculty and community leaders have expressed profound appreciation for the success of the initiative[\/wpcol_1half_end]\n[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]\"KenyaStudents20\"<\/a> \"KenyaStudents1\"<\/a> \"KenyaStudents2\"<\/a>Above: Over 500 students in area schools have learned the Transcendental Meditation technique and practice it as part of the school day.[\/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””]\"23112011\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Regional conference on Consciousness-based Education<\/p>\n

\"Kenya-Girls1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Over 50 girls from Nandi Hills are attending the Maharishi School in Mbale, Uganda on full scholarship for tuition, room, and board<\/p>\n

\"Kenya_adult-education2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Over 100 adults participate in the development program.[\/wpcol_1half_end]\n

KENYA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Community Center project\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]A large community center is being constructed at the Liberty School in Nandi Hills. This will provide space for adult education, cultural festivals and celebrations and become a focal point for community activities and development in the region. [\/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””]A new bridge has been built to connect the two sides of the valley together.[\/wpcol_1half_end]\n[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]\"KenyaBldg\"<\/a>\"Kenyabuilding2\"<\/a>[\/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””]\"KenyaBridge\"<\/a> \"Kenya-Bridge2\"<\/a>[\/wpcol_1half_end]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KENYA Community development project, Nandi Hills, Kenya\u00a0 [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]An initiative in the Rift Valley region of Kenya has introduced Consciousness-based Education to faculty, staff and students at rural schools.Student outcomes have included higher grades, increased focus and comprehension, cooperation, better behavior and fewer infractions.[\/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””]Over 500 students at several schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1888,"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions\/1888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.excellenceafrica.org\/excellenceafrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}