The Advantages of Coeducation in Kenyan Colleges.
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2001-05
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
The aims of this research was to find out the advantages of coeducation in Kenyan colleges. To be able
to make the study, two religious-run colleges with males and females studying together were chosen.
The colleges were Marist International Centre and Tangaza Colleges.
The objectives of the study included finding out ways in which coeducation fosters maturity in
a person and its social context. To identify the problems that inhibit the learning process due to coeducation.
To find out if the students have particular difficulties in relating together. To find out which
particular problems the administration encounters because of co-education.
To be able to achieve these objectives, four research questions were used in all the findings in
order to help the researcher prove if coeducation has advantages in Kenyan colleges. They were also
prepared to know from the respondents if they approve or disapprove the researchers hypotheses.
The researcher used one instrument to be able to gather the information; the questionnaire.
These questionnaires were sent to the students only. They were composed of open-ended questions and
closed-ended questions. Open-ended questions helped to give more information since the students
showed their broad ideas on the subject.
The outcome of the study shows that coeducation in Kenyan colleges has many advantages that
have been proved correct by the respondents Through coeducation, one learns to relate better with the
opposite sex, self-awareness that takes place Some students even feel that coeducation helps them to
shape the way they expose themselves and their behaviour towards others. If coeducation reduces
taboos that had been developed before, then this is a great advantage. Most students expressed that; it
raises their self-esteem. The study then gives some recommendations to the students themselves, the administration in
both colleges and to the formators. Students should learn to integrate what they learn in academic so
that they can apply in their daily lives. The formators should also help them to do the same. The
administration must help the students to have a holistic kind of education by increasing the number of
female students and lay students.
Finally, the researcher suggests some areas of further study on coeducation. For instance, the
research is limited to a religious run College. It would be very interesting to conduct the same research
on other public universities both within Nairobi and even outside of Nairobi. Since the researcher was
limited by time, few instruments of data were used to be able to get the data for analysis, it would be
interesting to conduct the same research and collect data from neighbours of any university.
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education, Colleges