{"id":10871,"date":"2024-04-04T09:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/ld\/?page_id=10871"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:13:18","slug":"about-us-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heri.embuni.ac.ke\/?page_id=10871","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10871\" class=\"elementor elementor-10871\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5978007 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5978007\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc207e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc207e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About HERI Africa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e894c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55e894c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38362d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38362d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>The HERI Africa Research Chair in Mathematics Education is a research and capacity-building initiative focused on improving mathematics learning outcomes in Kenya. 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