Ken Mulunda education

Ken Mulunda attended a primary school in Bungoma, then proceeded to a high school in the same county. He then joined Egerton university, Njoro campus in the year 1995 to pursue a bachelors degree in education arts. He graduated in the year 1999 with second class honors upper division.

In the year 2005, he enrolled for a higher diploma in human resource management and personnel administration at the GTI institute in Mombasa.

He then proceeded to the university of Nairobi in 2011 for a master’s degree in human resource management and personnel administration and graduated in 2013.

Ken Mulunda Career

Though a teacher by profession, Ken has spent most of his life in jobs outside the classroom. He started his career as a human resource specialist at the Nzoia sugar company after graduating from the GTI institute.

He served in this capacity for a short period before getting employed at the Kenya wines agencies limited (KWAL) as a human resource manager.

Later, he got employed at the Kenya airways, still as a human resource manager.

Still committed to his ambitions, he sought employment at Huduma Centre and succeeded as the head of human resources at Huduma Centre secretariat.

Currently, Ken Mulunda is the deputy chief executive officer (CEO) of the teachers’ service commission, a position he has been holding since January 2019. His appointment to this position was attributed by his vast leadership experience and aggression, having served satisfactorily in various organizations. He has been working under his senior, Doctor Nancy Macharia.

Ken Mulunda Marriage

Mulunda got married on twenty second July 2010. They have two children-a boy and a girl

Future Ambitions

Ken might be the next chief executive officer after Nancy Macharia, whose renewable term is ending in June 2020.

Teachers graduate with a lot of hopes and expectations concerning the world of employment. By the time they are graduating, they have always planned on how they will make fortunes once employed by the Teachers Service Commission.

Little do they know that things are totally different on the ground. Some get deeply disappointed after toiling in board for several years, with no permanent employment in sight, yet their papers are very clean and have not even a single supplementary. Members of their cohorts who chose their subject combinations wisely get employed faster and start running their personal errands while for most of them, everything seems to be on a stand still.

What brings the difference between getting absorbed by the teachers’ service commission within one year and getting absorbed after five years is majorly the subject combination. Some teachers choose combinations whose employability rates are just too low.

If planning to pursue an education course, please avoid the following subjects if necessary. You should only go for these combinations if they are the only options in your KCSE certificate. If you have other options, please exploit them so that you grab an employment opportunity within a very short time.

1. Kiswahili and CRE Combination

Graduates of this teaching combination spend so many years seeking employment. Kiswahili, being a compulsory subject, is done at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education by all students. Although Christian religious education is an optional subject, most students opt to proceed with it to KCSE because they feel it is friendly. Most students therefore proceed with them to colleges. This makes the market overcrowded with applicants, against very few slots given by the teachers’ service commission. competition results and those who graduated four or five years earlier get advantaged. Even getting this chance on board is not that easy.

2. History / Government and CRE Combination

The combination comprises of subjects that are a darling to the students. Students will always strive to excel in their strengths, and that is why most of them perform averagely in both subjects at KCSE. Universities and colleges release very many graduates of this combination every year, making the market very competitive.

3. Kiswahili and History / Government Combination

Graduates with this combination are very unlucky when it comes to TSC employment. Much has been said about the two subjects and now the decision lies with the teacher.

4. Geography and Mathematics combination

Even though geography is a hotcake, its combination with mathematics is not so advantageous to the teacher. The reason is because mathematics, being a compulsory subject, has a higher number of registered candidates, making the competition stiffer, among those who take it as a teaching subject. The fact that fewer slots are advertised also leaves the teachers with limited options.

5. French /……………. Combination

French anything is a good combination since it polishes an extra language in a teacher. However, in terms of employability in the teaching field, it is not good. Very few schools do French, and the slots advertised are always fewer, if not none.

The most possible French partners are languages and humanities, which are also flooded. The good news is that French can be treated independently during employment.

Must read: Top 10 Subject Combinations That Guarantee Quickest Employment

6. Mathematics and Business studies Combination

This is another combination whose graduates used to spend longer before getting employed on permanent and pensionable terms. However, they may take shorter from this year in case the intern teachers are confirmed by TSC. Business and mathematics slots were very many in the recently concluded recruitment of intern teachers. This implies that most of the teachers were employed, leaving the most recent graduates with so much monopoly in case their competitors are not in the race.