Malkiat Singh (born 1938) is an
Indo-Kenyan
Indians in Kenya, often known as Kenyan Asians, are citizens and residents of Kenya with ancestral roots in the Indian subcontinent. Significant Indian migration to modern-day Kenya began following the creation of the British East Africa Protect ...
author and publisher of textbooks for schools in
Kenya
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Biography
Singh was born in Burj village,
Punjab
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British India
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He read English and Political Science at the
Panjab University and graduated in 1958. That same year he married and migrated to Kenya with his Kenyan wife, Mohinder Kaur.
He began his career as a teacher at
Eastleigh High School and later
Nairobi Technical High School.
He began writing textbooks in the late sixties, and in 1975 he quit teaching to focus on writing full-time.
Since the introduction of the
8-4-4 Curriculum in Kenya
The 8-4-4 System educational program is a system of education in Kenya with eight years of primary education, four years of secondary education and four years of university education. The system was introduced in 1985 to replace the 7-4-2-3 curricu ...
he has become the most recognised publisher of textbooks in the country and has published over 100 books.
He has over 20 titles approved by the education ministry for use in schools.
In 2013
Longhorn Publishers bought the right to publish his books awarding him
KSh. and royalties.
See also
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Kenyan Asians
References
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Punjabi people
Kenyan people of Indian descent
Kenyan people of Punjabi descent
Living people
1938 births