Frequently Asked Questions
General FAQs
We have a three-step admissions process. Apply on website, attend a 15-minute interview, and pay the enrolment deposit to confirm your enrolment. Simple and straightforward. Since there could be some weeks between the time you pay the deposit and the orientation program, you’ll be invited to our Free Courses to start learning concepts that would be beneficial for your learning journey.
Yes, Zindua School has an enrolment deposit of KES 5,000 which is deductible from your program fees. The deposit allows us to confirm your slot in an upcoming intake. Fees will be paid (minus the deposit) once you have started the program.
Zindua School is extremely practical and our focus is on preparing our students for real-world problems in today’s job market. Most of our graduates get hired on the basis of their portfolio and this speaks to the quality of the skills you’ll gain at Zindua School.
Unfortunately, we do NOT offer a job guarantee. However, we do offer job placement support for graduates. This involves our career module where you’ll optimise your CV/resume, LinkedIn profile, portfolio, and even learn about technical interviews. Additionally, we do connect some of our graduates to our constantly growing employer networks.
For our full-time program, you’ll be expected to attend classes in-person on three weekdays and online on two weekdays. Classes run from 9am to 2pm, with take home coding assignments on each day. You are required to commit 35-40 hours weekly if you plan to join us full-time.
For our part-time program, you’ll be expected to attend online classes in the evening from Monday to Thursday. The online classes run for two hours and are slotted anytime from 6pm to 10pm based on your class group. You’ll have in-person classes on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. You are required to commit 20-25 hours weekly to cover for class sessions and out-of-class projects. This is ideal for those with work or school commitments.
Note: full-time programs are shorter than the part-time program as there is more time committed per week for learning. However, both programs cover the same content and have the same expected outcomes.
Our ISA allows you to pay 50% of the program and pay the rest once you start earning through an income-share. When you are not earning, you pay nothing.This financing plan is only open to learners who are in their final year of university or already have a diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. This financing plan only applies to our core programs and specialisation programs; NOT lite core programs (Data Analytics and Web Development) or our short courses (Product Management and Data Structures Algorithms)
Financing & Admissions
We have a three-step admissions process. Apply on website, attend a 15-minute interview, and pay the enrolment deposit to confirm your enrolment. Simple and straightforward. Since there could be some weeks between the time you pay the deposit and the orientation program, you’ll be invited to our Free Courses to start learning concepts that would be beneficial for your learning journey.
Yes, Zindua School has an enrolment deposit of KES 5,000 which is deductible from your program fees. The deposit allows us to confirm your slot in an upcoming intake. Fees will be paid (minus the deposit) once you have started the program.
Our ISA allows you to pay 50% of the program and pay the rest once you start earning through an income-share. When you are not earning, you pay nothing.This financing plan is only open to learners who are in their final year of university or already have a diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. This financing plan only applies to our core programs and specialisation programs; NOT lite core programs (Data Analytics and Web Development) or our short courses (Product Management and Data Structures Algorithms)
How Zindua School Works?
Zindua School is extremely practical and our focus is on preparing our students for real-world problems in today’s job market. Most of our graduates get hired on the basis of their portfolio and this speaks to the quality of the skills you’ll gain at Zindua School.
Unfortunately, we do NOT offer a job guarantee. However, we do offer job placement support for graduates. This involves our career module where you’ll optimise your CV/resume, LinkedIn profile, portfolio, and even learn about technical interviews. Additionally, we do connect some of our graduates to our constantly growing employer networks.
For our full-time program, you’ll be expected to attend classes in-person on three weekdays and online on two weekdays. Classes run from 9am to 2pm, with take home coding assignments on each day. You are required to commit 35-40 hours weekly if you plan to join us full-time.
For our part-time program, you’ll be expected to attend online classes in the evening from Monday to Thursday. The online classes run for two hours and are slotted anytime from 6pm to 10pm based on your class group. You’ll have in-person classes on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. You are required to commit 20-25 hours weekly to cover for class sessions and out-of-class projects. This is ideal for those with work or school commitments.
Note: full-time programs are shorter than the part-time program as there is more time committed per week for learning. However, both programs cover the same content and have the same expected outcomes.
Software Engineering Program
This is an immersive bootcamp program that runs for 4 months full-time or 7 months part-time. The program covers both frontend development and backend development and you’ll graduate as a full-stack software developer with more than apt skills to build websites and web/software applications. Graduates from this program can be hired as Frontend Developers, Backend Developers, Full-Stack Developers, Software Engineers, or even QA Engineers.
In the first phase of the program, you’ll learn frontend development with the JavaScript programming language and React.JS frontend library. In the second phase, you’ll learn backend development with the Python programming language and Django backend framework. Note that we cover the basics of web development i.e. HTML, CSS, and Git before delving into the core bits of development. Students also learn data structures and algorithms to reinforce their computer programming competence.
This program is open to anyone with a High School Diploma and above. No coding experience is needed and we’ll start from the basics of programming and gradually grow your skills up until you can build full-stack Software applications.
Data Science Program
This is an immersive bootcamp program that runs for 4 months full-time or 7 months part-time. The program covers: Python Programming which is the most popular programming language for data careers; Data Analytics with Python, SQL, and BI Tools like Excel and Tableau; and Machine Learning as well as some AI fundamentals with Scikit Learn and Tensorflow. Once you graduate this program, you can become a data analyst, data scientist, machine learning/AI engineer, or you can get into niche data careers based on your prior background e.g. Sports Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Quantitive Analyst (Quant), among others.
In the first phase of the program, you’ll learn Python Programming and Data Analytics with Python, SQL, as well as business intelligence tools (BI Tools) i.e. Microsoft Excel and Tableau. After this phase, you should comfortable in most data analyst roles. In the second phase, you’ll delve into machine learning. Here we use Python libraries such as Scikit Learn and Tensorflow but the core focus is in understanding different ML algorithms, how they work, and the essentials of your machine learning workflow such data preparation, model evaluation, and error analysis. While this program is not focused on deep learning & AI, we still brush through the fundamentals of neural networks, embedded nets, and LLMs/language processing and most of our graduates tend to delve into a deep learning area for their final capstone.
This program is open to anyone with with a STEM degree or pursuing a STEM degree. Data Science, particularly machine learning, requires an apt background in Mathematics and Statistics, hence our stress on a STEM background. No coding experience is needed and we’ll start from the basics of programming before getting into Data Analysis and Machine Learning.
Data Analytics Program
This is an immersive bootcamp program that runs for 2.5 months full-time or 4 months part-time. This program covers Python Programming and Data Analysis with Python, SQL, and BI Tools such as Microsoft Excel and Tableau. Once you graduate this program, you can become a data analyst or you can get into niche data analysis careers based on your prior background e.g. Business Intelligence, Marketing Analyst, Sports Analyst, among others.
This program is open to anyone with a diploma, Bachelor’s degree and above or is currently pursuing a degree. No coding experience is needed and we’ll start from the basics of programming and gradually grow your skills up until you can build full-stack Software applications.
Frontend Development Program
This is an immersive bootcamp program that runs for 2.5 months full-time or 4 months part-time. The program covers frontend development with the JavaScript programming language and React.JS frontend library. You’ll also cover the fundamentals of web development i.e. HTML, CSS, and Git before delving into the core part of the program. Once you graduate, you should be able to build well-designed websites as well as web apps with a frontend focus though you should comfortable with working with NoSQL databases or Node.JS. Graduates can get hired as: frontend developers, or UI/UX developers.
This program is open to anyone with a High School Diploma and above. No coding experience is needed and we’ll start from the basics of programming and gradually grow your skills up until you can build full-stack Software applications.
Advanced Specialisation Programs
Zindua specialisation programs are a new frontier of programs that we are launching in 2025 focused on niche skills needed by already skilled developers, data analysts, or data scientists. These programs run for 10 weeks and are modelled on global certification exams by cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. At the moment, we offer DevOps Engineering for software developers and Data Engineering for data analysts and data scientists. You can join the waitlist for these programs here: https://zinduaschool.com/waitlist