 Subsequently, she was appointed Head of the General Methods Section at the Kenya Institute of Education with a focus on Curriculum Research and Development where she served between 1965 and 1968.She joined the University of Nairobi and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1971 and a Ph.D. in 1973.She lectured at the University of Nairobi from 1973 to 1987 and obtained a Ph.D. in Literature in 1981.