Early Childhood Development and Education Program Offered at Shiners Institute of Business and Technology

Early childhood is the foundation stage for the development of human beings. Learning and developmental activities that take place during this stage have a significant lifelong effect on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual development of children. This stage, therefore, is important in the development of a healthy and well-balanced adolescent ... read more

The ECDE diploma programme moulds the students into competent teachers of young children and equips them with the skills and knowledge in understanding the psychology of young children and their development.

Specifically, the programme will seek to attain the following objectives:

• To promote student knowledge of holistic child development, including ... read more

A person seeking to be registered as a student for the ECDE diploma programme, examined by KNEC, must show evidence of being a holder of one of the following qualifications:

• KCSE Mean Grade C (Plain)
  Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) Division 2
  Primary Teacher Education (P1 Teacher Training Certificate)
  KCSE Mean Grade D+ or KCE Division 3 and in addition have a KNEC ECDE Certificate or Ministry of Education DICECE certificate
  KCE Division 3 and Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE A-Level) Certificate with a minimum of one (1) Principal

Shiners Institute of Business and Technology is a middle-level public college situated in Murang'a town.

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is the national body responsible for overseeing national examinations in Kenya, it is established under the Kenya National Examinations Council Act Cap 225A of the Laws of Kenya, in 1980. In 2012 this act was repealed and replaced with KNEC Act ... read more