College of Education and External Studies - Nairobi, Kenya

The history of the College of Education and External Studies begun with the establishment of the Department of Extra-mural Studies in Makerere in 1953. With this establishment, the first resident tutor for Kenya was appointed in 1956. In 1963 the responsibility for organizing the Extra-Mural Studies in Kenya was transferred to a new Extra-Mural Department of the then University College, Nairobi.



In the same year, the College of Social Studies at Kikuyu, which had run an independent centre for residential adult education since 1961 , was absorbed into the University College, Nairobi. While retaining its residential status, the centre was then amalgamated with the Extra-Mural Department to form the Institute of Adult Studies. In 1966, the residential wing of the Institute was renamed the Adult Studies Centre.