When Kenyans enacted the Constitution of Kenya 2010, they gave themselves and their children the rights, “43. (1) Every person has the right— (f) to education. 53. (1) Every child has the right— (b) to free and compulsory basic education.” The right to education can begin as early as age three and extend into adulthood. Through education, Kenyans advance other rights, including food, housing, a clean, healthy environment, healthcare, and clean water. Diaspora University is established to apply education to advance constitutional rights.
To advance rights through education, Diaspora University is looking to partner with private schools to implement a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning plan for 10- to 17-year-olds.
The STEM plan will include teacher training and STEM teaching methods, including project-based, problem-based, inquiry-based, and group learning, that are hands-on and incorporate student collaboration in solving problems and in maximizing the use of available resources.
Diaspora University will take over the education of a child who turns 18 and qualifies to join a Degree Program at the University. The Diaspora University undergraduate degree program will require a student to complete two projects. The STEM background will enable students to complete their projects and reach an educational level where they can contribute toward the development of Kenya, Africa, and the World.
Kenya, and indeed Africa, has lagged in innovation, inventions, and development, as reflected today in low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and a deteriorating environment. Applying the STEM plan will increase the GDP per capita and achieve the environment that Kenyans gave themselves the right to in the Constitution of Kenya, Article 42, which reads, “Every person has the right to a clean and healthy environment.”
St Jude School in Voi, which teaches students from ages 4 to 14, has already agreed to partner with Diaspora University. Some of the Ndara B Community children aged below 17 years will be able to achieve the education needed to join the university through schools like St Jude, and then progress to Diaspora University for their degree program.
Private schools across the country that will partner with Diaspora University will be able to educate students to a level that these students can progressively attain the education needed to achieve the part of our Constitution preamble that reads, “Respectful of the environment, which is our heritage, and determined to sustain it for the benefit of future generations. Committed to nurturing and protecting the well-being of the individual, the family, communities, and the nation.”
To achieve the rights in the Kenyan Constitution (42, 43, and 53), as the Kenyan population grows to about 100 million in the next 50 years, Kenya needs to reach a GDP of $2 trillion and a per capita income of $20,000. The Diaspora University and STEM program will educate Kenyans on their role in developing Kenya and in creating new wealth for themselves through the DUT job-creation system.
