The Centre for Pedagogy and Andragogy (CEPA) was launched on 15th September, 2015 with mandate to train academic staff in Pedagogy which include provision of knowledge and skills in the areas of curriculum development, effective teaching in higher education, incorporation of mentorship in teaching and, assessment and evaluation of learning outcome. Some of the strategic issues are listed below ;

The need to:

 Improve on Academic Staff  service delivery through effective pedagogical strategies and techniques.

The College of Education and External Studies has 4 libraries spread across 4 campuses i.e Kikuyu, Kenya Science, Mombasa and Kisumu. The Libraries are stocked with books in the field of education and allied areas.The Library provides services to both undergraduate and post graduate students as well as staff members at the College.

The Libraries offer the following services

Services

University of Nairobi being a world-class institution of Higher Learning has come to the realization that provision of quality education depends on competent academic staff who have adequate knowledge, skills and professional attributes in the field of pedagogy. It is the academic staff who have these qualities that can be innovative in teaching and competent in assessment of learning outcome.