Biography:George Magoha
George A. O. Magoha Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS), Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) | |
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Born | Kenya |
Nationality | Kenyan |
Citizenship | Kenya |
Alma mater | University of Lagos (Bachelor of Medicine) Lagos University Teaching Hospital University College Hospital, Ibadan Royal College of Surgeons Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
Occupation | Surgeon, Professor and Academic Administrator |
Known for | Administrative Skills, Body of Work |
Title | Chairman KNEC |
George Albert Omore Magoha (born 1952) is a Kenyan Surgeon, Academic Administrator and Professor of Surgery and a Consultant Urologist at the University of Nairobi's College of Health Sciences. [1] He is best known for his time as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi from 2005–2015 where he is credited to have transformed the institution from student hooliganism to a leading institution of higher learning in Kenya and beyond.[2] His record as a no nonsense education administrator saw him appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as the Chairman of the Kenya National Examination Council in 2016.His immediate task was to reform the council to arrest the widespread academic dishonesty and corruption in the administration of national examinations. [3] He is credited to have dismantled cartels that had propagated exam cheating for years and restored credibility of exams in Kenya. [4]
References
- ↑ https://softkenya.com/kenya/george-magoha/
- ↑ http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/weekend/Prof-Magoha-The-buffalo-who-tamed-university-students/1220-3943516-qeyfh5z/index.html
- ↑ http://www.nation.co.ke/news/education/I-was-horrified-by-extent-of-rot-in-examinations-/2643604-3504046-143yg66z/index.html
- ↑ https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001243704/how-prof-magoha-dismantled-exam-cheating-cartels