About Premese, Vision,Mission,Passion and Strategy

PREMESE is an acronym that stands for Prime Education and Mentoring Service.
We are specialised in training in the following areas: Community Development, Community Health, Project Management, Social Work, Business Studies , Human Resource Management, Peace and Conflict mediation, Disaster Management, couseling psychology, Information Technology, Management of HIV/ AIDS, Salea & Marketing, Accounts, Early Childhood Education (Montessori Teachers Training) and Primary Education.

PREMESE was first registered in Kenya as a Company Limited by Guarantee in 1992. Eight years later (January 2000) PREMESE was re-registered as PREMESE Africa, a Participatory Development Training Institute.

Premese Africa Development Institute Courses are registered by the following statutory bodies:

01Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology Registration No: MOEST/PC/586/2001

02Ministry of Education - For Premese ECD College(P/TC/135/2007)

03Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Registration No. KNEC/401078/401117/40115

04Validation/ Approval by Commission of Higher Education Ref. CHE/15/1/1 (www.che.or.ke)

Premese Africa group  of schools and colleges

• Premese Africa Development Institute - Vision Plaza Campus(Mombasa road), Nairobi.
• Premese Africa Development Institute - Information House, 3rd Floor (Hakati Street, Mfangano wing Opposite Ukwala Supermarket next to Afya centre).
• Premese Montessori Early Childhood Teachers Training College, Villa Franca Estate - Off Mombasa Road, Nairobi.
• Premese Academy - Wote Town, Makueni (Full Primary from baby class to standard 8 - Mixed day and boarding)
• Premese GreenHill Academy - Machakos Junction, on Machakos road (Upper primary - Mixed boarding)
• St Francis of Assisi Academy (Project of Premese schools) - Mlolongo (Baby class to standard 8 day/ mixed)

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Premese Colleges

Premese Schools

Nature of Delivery

All programmes or courses below are offered either by Distance Learning Option (DLO) or Fulltime Tuition Option (FTO). Fulltime courses take place at Vision Plaza and Villa Franca. Diploma by Distance Learning courses are administered through Manuals/Modules and holiday clinic workshops. Diploma Courses last for a minimum of 12 Months with a maximum of 18 Months.

We register students in trimester system:

• Semester One - January to April.
• Semester Two - May to August.
• Semester Three – September to December.

Students are grouped in classes according to their Semester cohorts/clusters. Those who register are supplied with the Basic Reading Manuals/Modules mentioned above with Continuous Assessment (CAT) questions attached. A Module should be covered within 3 Weeks and a CAT submitted.

Our social development courses

Community Based Development & Project Management; Social Work & Development; and Community Health & Development - have two key course books which each student is required to buy and read. These are ‘Demystifying Participatory COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT’, and ‘PARTICIPATORY MONITORING & EVALUATION’. Both are authored by Mulwa, F.W. and can be found in all major commercial and University bookshops in Nairobi.

One Week Face to Face Diploma Clinic Workshops are held every three months (during school holidays). These are meant to bring students together for interaction between themselves and with Premese Staff. Problematic topics in the Manuals are clarified during such workshops before students sit for their Semester Exams.

General Information

On completion of our Diplomas, a large number of our graduates have been admitted in Local and Overseas Universities to pursue Bachelor of Arts and Masters Degrees in Development Studies as well as in other fields. Our past students have written to us from virtually all the Universities in this country and beyond where they have been admitted into various degree programmes. Many are now working in Bilateral-government Programmes, NGOs, Faith-based Organisations and CBOs within Eastern Africa region. Most work in Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Burundi and Rwanda. We have some working in Malawi and Mozambique of Central Africa and Gambia in West Africa. Most of our graduates enter into these organisations as interns looking for post-college attachment but end up securing jobs for themselves in the same organisations as a result of sterling performance.

Registration and Approval by Statutory Bodies

All of PREMESE Africa Diploma Programmes are registered by Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and One by Ministry of Education. FOUR of our Diploma Programmes have been validated and approved by Commission for Higher Education (CHE). All our Programmes are now registered for external Examination by Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). We are also registered for external examination by ABMA (UK) and by ABE (UK).

Benefits of Validation by CHE

A validated Diploma programme is equivalent to a University Diploma. Hence credit transfers are possible from a Validated Diploma Programme when getting admission for Degree programme in local or overseas Universities; Transcripts from a validated programmes have wider recognition.
Student Welfare & Academic Backup Services
These include College Bus/Van Transport at subsidised rates, Subsidised Computer Packages; Library Services; and Affordable Hostels for Men and Women