| To vocationalise or not to vocationalise? Perspectives on current trends and issues in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Africa MO Oketch International Journal of Educational Development 27 (2), 220-234, 2007 | 348 | 2007 |
| Determinants of human capital formation and economic growth of African countries MO Oketch Economics of Education Review 25 (5), 554-564, 2006 | 257 | 2006 |
| Chapter 5 policies on free primary and secondary education in east Africa: Retrospect and prospect M Oketch, C Rolleston Review of Research in Education 31 (1), 131-158, 2007 | 210 | 2007 |
| Why are there proportionately more poor pupils enrolled in non-state schools in urban Kenya in spite of FPE policy? M Oketch, M Mutisya, M Ngware, AC Ezeh International Journal of Educational Development 30 (1), 23-32, 2010 | 200 | 2010 |
| The impact of tertiary education on development: A rigorous literature review M Oketch, T McCowan, R Schendel Department for International Development (DFID), 2014 | 194 | 2014 |
| Financing higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: some reflections and implications for sustainable development M Oketch Higher Education 72, 525-539, 2016 | 187 | 2016 |
| Experimenting in distance education: the African Virtual University (AVU) and the paradox of the World Bank in Kenya MN Amutabi, MO Oketch International Journal of Educational Development 23 (1), 57-73, 2003 | 179 | 2003 |
| Free primary education and after in Kenya: Enrolment impact, quality effects, and the transition to secondary school MO Oketch, HCA Somerset Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2010 | 153 | 2010 |
| Improving early‐grade literacy in East Africa: Experimental evidence from Kenya and Uganda AM Lucas, PJ McEwan, M Ngware, M Oketch Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33 (4), 950-976, 2014 | 148 | 2014 |
| Education's effects on individual life chances and on development: An overview WW McMahon, M Oketch British Journal of Educational Studies 61 (1), 79-107, 2013 | 134 | 2013 |
| Why do pupils dropout when education is ‘free’? Explaining school dropout among the urban poor in Nairobi B Abuya, M Oketch, P Musyoka Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 43 (6), 740-762, 2013 | 104 | 2013 |
| Policies on free primary and secondary education in East Africa: A review of the literature M Oketch, C Rolleston CREATE: Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions, and Equity, 2007 | 101 | 2007 |
| The emergence of private university education in Kenya: trends, prospects, and challenges MO Oketch International Journal of Educational Development 24 (2), 119-136, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
| Free primary education policy and pupil school mobility in urban Kenya M Oketch, M Mutisya, M Ngware, AC Ezeh, C Epari International Journal of Educational Research 49 (6), 173-183, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Does teaching style explain differences in learner achievement in low and high performing schools in Kenya? MW Ngware, M Oketch, M Mutisya International Journal of Educational Development 36, 3-12, 2014 | 85 | 2014 |
| The growth of private university education in Kenya: The promise and challenge MO Oketch Peabody Journal of Education 78 (2), 18-40, 2003 | 80 | 2003 |
| The corporate stake in social cohesion MO Oketch Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society 4 (3 …, 2004 | 79 | 2004 |
| Quality of primary education inputs in urban schools: Evidence from Nairobi MW Ngware, M Oketch, AC Ezeh Education and Urban Society 43 (1), 91-116, 2011 | 75 | 2011 |
| Do household characteristics matter in schooling decisions in urban Kenya? M Waithanji Ngware, M Oketch, A Chika Ezeh, N Noris Mudege Equal Opportunities International 28 (7), 591-608, 2009 | 72 | 2009 |
| Free primary education and implementation in Kenya: The role of primary school teachers in addressing the policy gap BA Abuya, K Admassu, M Ngware, EO Onsomu, M Oketch Sage Open 5 (1), 2158244015571488, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
