Dr. Alice Kande is the Director General / CEO of the Kenya National Qualifications Authority. Prior to her appointment as the CEO, Dr. Kande served as the Deputy Director in charge of Planning Policy and Outreach at KNQA. She has also previously worked at the Commission for University Education as a Senior Researcher and has a wealth of experience in the education sector having served as the founding Head of Business Department and Lecturer at Riara University, taught at Moi University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
Dr. Kande holds a doctorate degree in Business Administration (Strategic Management) from JKUAT, a Masters in Business Administration and Bachelor of Education both from Kenyatta University.
During her tenure at KNQA, Dr. Kande has championed development and roll-out of key national policies such as the Recognition of Prior Learning; Kenya Credits Accumulation and Transfers System as well as Kenya National Classification Coding System all aimed at enhancing access and inclusion in education and training as well as promoting portability, comparability and global competitiveness of national Qualifications.
Dr. Kande is a member of the Kenya Institute of Management; Academy of International Business – Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter; and is currently involved in development of Regional and continental qualifications frameworks such as IGAD Qualifications Framework, and Africa Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF).
