Dr. James Sankale
Position: Lecturer, PhD
Department: Political and International Studies
Specialisation: Anthropology, Cultural Studies
Email: jsankale@cuea.edu
Qualifications: PhD in Development studies; Post Graduate Diploma in ICT Leadership; MA Gender and Development studies; Post Graduate Certificate in Open Distance and Flexible learning; Bachelor of Education.
MA Thesis: "Mobile Telephony and Its Influence on Gender Roles Among the Maasai Women of Ngong Division, Kajiado North." "Determinants of Technical and Vocational Skills Demand Among Youth in Kajiado."
Sankale, D. J. (2021). "Financing Local Solutions as a Means to Climate Justice That Leaves No One Behind: A Case of Kajiado County" (COP 26, 4th Nov 2021).
Sankale, D. J. (2017). "An Investigation on the Socio-Economic Determinants for Demand for Technical and Vocational Training Among Youth in Kajiado" (Journal of Human Resource and Leadership, Vol. 2, Issue 6, No. 5, pp. 70-88, 2017).
Sankale, D. J. (2017). "Technical and Vocational Skills Competitiveness as a Determinant of Demand for Technical and Vocational Training Among Youth in Kajiado" (African Journal of Education and Practice, Vol. 2, Issue 2, No. 2, pp. 17-34, 2017).
Sankale, D. J. (2010). Appointed a member of National e-learning Taskforce –Feb 2010.
Sankale, D. J. (2010). A member National Skills Task Force on BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Information and Communication –July 2009-April 2010.
Sankale, D. J. (2010). • Appointed Member, National E-Learning Taskforce (February 2010).
Sankale, D. J. (2010). • Member, National Skills Task Force on BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) under the Chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication (July 2009 – April 2010).
Sankale, D. J. (2008). • UNESCO Paris, One-Month Placement in the Higher Education Department (January 2008 – February 2008): Designed In-Service Programme for Pan-African Teachers.
Sankale, D. J. (2007). In the palm of your hand – supporting rural teachers professional development and practice through the use of mobile phones and other handheld digital devices in Mereka Innovate conference Pretoria , South Africa 18th – 20th April 2007.
Sankale, D. J. (2007). E-learning conference (Nairobi) presented a paper entitled-Education on the palm (use of mobile technology in class) May 2007.
Sankale, D. J. (2006). "Use of ICT in School Empowerment Programme in Kenya: Experiences with Innovation" (NADEOSA 10th Conference, 2006).
Sankale, D. J. (2006). E-Learning Africa (Ethiopia), 1st International Conference on ICT for Development, Education, and Training: "Use of ICT in School Empowerment Programme in Kenya" (23rd – 28th May 2006).
Sankale, D. J. (2006). Online Educa Berlin, 12th International Conference: Presented a Paper on Use of SMS Technology in Supporting Teachers' In-Service Programmes (28th November – December 2006).
Sankale, D. J. (2005). Online Educa Berlin-presented a paper on Evolution of teachers in-service Programs in Kenya 29th Nov-2nd Dec 2005.
Sankale, D. J. (2005). DETA Conference in Pretoria South Africa- Paper on quality Assurance issues in Teacher Education in relation to distance learning (school Based teacher Development Programme in Kenya) 6th -10th Aug-2005.
Sankale, D. J. (2003). 10th Cambridge on distance learning-London –presented a paper on implementation of School based Teacher development programme in Kenya September 2003.
Sankale, D. J. (2002). DFID Imfundo-delivering the vision workshop – a paper on …. effective use of ICT in education in Africa; Venue –Royal Holloway, University of London April 2002.
Sankale, D. J. (2002). Voices for change conference, Cambridge Homerton college in London 2002 delivered a paper entitled; “improving teaching and learning through distance education “the paper was based on School based Teachers Development (SbTD) Programme in Kenya 15th -17th Sept 2000.