Name: 
Francis Likoye Malenya
Title/Qualifications: 
Dr. (Ph.D)
Department/Unit/Section:
 Educational Foundations
Contact Address: 
43844 – 00100 GPO Nairobi
Position: 
Lecturer
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Area of Specialization: 
Philosophy of Education and Sociology of Education
Research Interests:
Education and Marginalization, Gender in Education, Peace and Co-Existence, Language and Education

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PUBLICATIONS

Referred Journals

  • Francis Likoye Malenya (2016). Students, Violent Protests and the Process of Self-Realization in Kenyan Secondary Schools. Journal of International Cooperation in Education, Vol.18 No.2 (2016) pp.67~82. CICE Hiroshima University.

  • Francis Likoye Malenya (2016). Students, Violent Protests and the Process of Self-Realization in Kenyan Secondary Schools. Journal of International Cooperation in Education, Vol.18 No.2 (2016) pp.67~82. CICE Hiroshima University.

  • Francis Likoye Malenya & Asayo Ohba (2023). Equity issues in the provision of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya. Journal of International Cooperation in Education Vol. 25 No. 1, 2023 pp. 96-107. Emerald Publishing Limited e-ISSN: 2755-0303 p-ISSN: 2755-029X. DOI10.1108/JICE-12-2022-0047

  • Asayo Ohba & Francis Likoye Malenya (2020). Addressing inclusive education for learners with disabilities in the integrated education system: the dilemma of public primary schools in Kenya. COMPARE - a Journal of Comparative and International Education (affiliated to Taylor and Francis Group). COMPARE, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1726727

  • Jafred Muyaka, David Emoit Omuse & Francis Likoye Malenya (2021). Manifestations of under participation in education in Kenya: the case of Busia and Kirinyaga counties, COMPARE - a Journal of Comparative and International Education (affiliated to Taylor and Francis Group), VOL. 53, NO. 1, 89–104 https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2021.1877113

  • Fatuma Chege and Francis Likoye (2015). Education for All? Parents’ and Teachers’Perceptions of the Process of Schoolboys Becoming Men in Kirinyaga and Nirobi Counties, Kenya. Journal of International Cooperation in Education, Vol.17 No.2 (2015) pp.55~71. CICE Hiroshima University.

  • Godfrey Mpiluka, Francis Likoye Malenya, and Francis Murira Ndichu (2022). Is Education a Tool for a Good Life? A Phenomenological Analysis of Views of University Students in Tanzania European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, Published Online: September 22, 2022, ISSN: 2736-4534, DOI :10.24018/ejedu.2022.3.3.434, www.ej-edu.org

  • Nancy Mayoyo, Francis Likoye Malenya and Jacktone Ogeno (2023). Digital Media Use and Dating Abuse: An Exploration of Johnson’s Typology of Intimate Partner Violence. Msingi Journal Volume 7 Issue 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.33886/mj.v7i1.431

  • Wycliffe Osabwa, Francis Likoye Malenya, and Francis Murira Ndichu (2021). Kenya’s Philosophy of Education as the Missing Link between her Education and the Goal of Developing Skilled Human Resource. European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, Vol 2 | Issue 2 | March 2021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejedu.2021.2.2.61

  • Eric Douglas Kalanda, Francis Likoye Malenya, Elijah James Otiende (2021). Systemic Legislation a Stimulation for Meaningful Inclusion of Work-Integrated Learning in Higher Education Curricula in Uganda. OSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME) e-ISSN: 2320–7388, p- ISSN: 2320-737x Volume 11, Issue 1 Ser. III (Jan. – Feb. 2021), PP 24-38. www.iosrjournals.org

  • Nancy Mayoyo, Francis Likoye Malenya and Jackton O. Ogeno (2020). The Prevalence and Perceptions of Cyber Dating Abuse among Undergraduate Students in Nairobi County, Kenya. IOSR Journal of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS). Volume 25, Issue 9, Series 5 (September. 2020) 31-39 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org

  • Eric Douglas Kalanda, Francis Likoye Malenya, Elijah James Otiende (2020). An Exploration of Students Workplace Learning Placements Practice of Universities in Uganda. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume IV, Issue XI, November 2020|ISSN 2454-6186.

  • Wycliffe Osabwa, Francis Ndichu Murira and Francis Likoye Malenya (2022). Essentialist Education as Foundation for Lifelong Learning: A Case for Development of a Versatile, Skilled Human Resource in Kenya. International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD). Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp: (131-136), Month: July - December 2022, Available at: www.paperpublications.org

  • Nancy Mayoyo, Jackton Ogeno and Francis Likoye (2020). The Impact of Contemporary Communication Technolo-gy on Undergraduate Students’ Dating Violence Episodes: An Exploration of Rou-tine Activity Theory. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 161-175. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.89011

Book Chapters

  • Re-thinking the Meaning of Education with Reference to HIV and AIDS Education in Kenyan Schools, in Education and Reality: Reflections on Luigi Giussani’s ‘The Risk of Education’, Fondazione AVSI: 2008, ISBN 9966-7333-0-2

  • Rebel with a Cause: Trivial but Potent Students’ Grievances in Kenyan Secondary Schools, in Challenges and Prospects in African Education Systems, Trafford Publishers. USA, January 2014, ISBN 978-1-4907-1575-9.

  • UPE Policy and Quality of Education in Kenya, in Universal Primary Education Policy and Quality of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, 41-63, 2011.03, Sense Publishers, 2015. Book chapter by Daniel N. Sifuna, Nobuhide Sawamura, Kentaro Shimada and Francis Likoye Malenya, ISBN 978-94-6300-023-9.

  • Basic Education Provision in Kenya’s Urban Informal Settlements, A book chapter in Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education by IGI Global Publishers, USA. ISSN: 2327-6983; eISSN: 2327-6991

  • Research and Marginalization, a book chapter in: Researching with Marginalized Communities in Kenya: Issues, Experiences and Reflections. Posterity Publishers: Eldoret, Kenya. ISBN: XCV-BNF-JJK-PP-5

  • Researching in the Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) Communities, a book chapter in: Researching with Marginalized Communities in Kenya: Issues, Experiences and Reflections. Posterity Publishers: Eldoret, Kenya. ISBN: XCV-BNF-JJK-PP-5

  • Researching in Times of Crisis: Insights and Reflections, a book chapter in: Researching with Marginalized Communities in Kenya: Issues, Experiences and Reflections. Posterity Publishers: Eldoret, Kenya. ISBN: XCV-BNF-JJK-PP-5

CONSULTANCY AND PROJECT REPORTS

  1. PA-BoM Consultancy Agreement between WIndle International Kenya (WIK) and Francis Likoye Malenya (Consultant)

  2. Francis Likoye Malenya, Idris Shurie, John Ng’asike and David Kampala (2023). Facilitators’ manual for training parents association (P.A) and Boards of Management (BoM) members from schools in Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps - Developed for the improving transition outcomes in the competency based curriculum (IT-CBC) project

  3. Francis Likoye Malenya and Idris Shurie (2023). Report on PA and BoM Training for Refugee Schools in Dadaab Refugee Camps – held on 22nd -24th September, 2023 at Hanshi Palace Hotel, Dadaab-Kenya

  4. Consulting Agreement between World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Francis Likoye Malenya (Consultant)

  5. Francis Likoye Malenya (2018). WUSC-EUMC Remedial Programme Manual – Remedial Program in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps

QUALITY TEACHING, LEARNING AND MENTORSHIP

Student Evaluations

  1. 2016/2017 First Semester – EFN 204: Sociology of Education = 96.05%

  2. 2016/2017 First Semester – EFN 302: Philosophy of Education = 94.05%

  3. 2019/2020 Second Semester – EFN 204: Sociology of Education = 100.0%

Ongoing Supervisions

  1. Daniel Wabwire [PhD candidate – Philosophy of Education – writing dissertation

  2. Josephine Nyambura Thua – Sociology and Gender Studies – writing dissertation

Supervision of Post-Graduate Students

Masters

  1. Kabiru Margaret Muthoni
    Topic: The Role of Church of Scotland Mission in the Establishment of Formal Education at Tumutumu Mission Centre, Nyeri County, Kenya: 1908-1963. (Kenyatta University).
    [Graduated December, 2022].

  2. Mpiluka Godfrey
    Topic: An Assessment Of Perception Of Education As Tool For Good Life Among University Students In Tanzania, Master Of Education In Philosophy of Education, Kenyatta University.
    [Graduated July, 2023]

PhD

  1. Nancy Mayoyo
    Topic: Cyber Dating Abuse and Undergraduate Students’ Academic Engagement in Selected Universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya: Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology of Education, (Kenyatta University)
    [Graduated July, 2021].

  2. Eric Douglas Kalanda
    Topic: Policies for Organization of Workplace Learning in Higher Education Institutions in Uganda: Doctor of Philosophy in Higher education (Kenyatta University)
    [Graduated December, 2021].

  3. Osabwa Wycliffe
    Topic: Evaluation of the Role of Education in the Achievement of Kenya’s National Goal of Developing Skilled Human Resource: Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy of Education (Kenyatta University).
    [Graduated December, 2022]

  4. Wanjala Justus Khamala
    Topic: The Influence of Curriculum Practices On Learners’ School Readiness: A Comparison of Learners In Public And Private Preschools In Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya: Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Education (Kenyatta University).
    [Graduated July, 2023]
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Chairperson

Dr. Anthony Johnson Njoroge,

Chairperson, Department of Education Foundation