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Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Agriculture is preparing towards implementing the 4k – (Agricultural) Clubs in all schools in the country after the Cabinet approved it on Thursday 25th of February 2021. The Cabinet approved the revival of the previous years’ 4-k clubs, saying that this will create interest in Agriculture and welcome […]
Join Our Telegram Group The race to recruit a substantive TSC chairperson is on after a President Uhuru-appointed selection panel announced that applications for the post is now open for interested and qualified individuals. Any successful applicant shall replace Lydia Nzomo whose term expired in November, 2020. Dr. Nzomo was the first chairperson to ever […]
Join Our Telegram Group When their turn comes for vaccination, teachers across the country have come up with proposals the government shall use. This follows the Ministry of Health’s listing of teachers among the frontline workers lined up for vaccination against COVID-19. Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA) chairperson Johnson Nzioka proposed old teachers and […]
Education Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof Magoha announced that Primary and Secondary schools are set to get Sh. 15 Billion Capitation this week. The CS said that the money will cover the balances that heads of schools said were a source of financial problems that could derail the administration of national examinations. We shall release […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has instructed teachers not to take part in the ongoing by-elections via County Directors who in turn relayed the message to the heads of schools. By-elections have been conducted in the Kabuchai constituency in Bungoma County, Matungu constituency, and in London Ward in Nakuru county. These by-elections have been marred […]
Nyeri County is set to introduce a free milk program in all public early childhood development and education centers in a bid to boost the health of young learners. This was after the county assembly overwhelmingly passed a motion on the scheme on Tuesday. The House urged the Education Department to give priority to the […]
A Nyeri Court judge has ordered the Laikipia County government to recruit 428 ECDE teachers on permanent and pensionable terms. The teachers filed a case via their Kenya Union of Pre-Primary Education Teachers (KUNOPPET) General Secretary, Samwel Opiyo. They managed to convince the court that they are subjected to unfair practices of labor. The tutors […]
Teachers have seemed stuck in a constant tussle with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over their pay. The teachers should deservedly be grateful to the Kenya National Teachers Union (KNUT) for fighting and succeeding to get a salary increase for teachers. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) agreed to increase the teachers’ salaries. The increment […]
His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that bringing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to an end is the way to go to empower the Girl-child in Kenya so that they can be involved in national development. “If we want to achieve our national goals, we have to change and offer our girls opportunities in education […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has dismissed the narrative of failure that learners lost nine months of school time. The CS told learners to be brave and said that the narrative of failure based on an earlier test is not meaningful. The KCPE examination begins on March 19 while KCSE commences on March 25. […]
HELB disburses Ksh. 15 Billion to more than 200,000 HELB beneficiaries every year. A fraction of the loan is directly sent to the learning institution to settle part of the tuition and accommodation fees. The rest is then sent to the learner for upkeep. Now students in tertiary institutions will have the option of receiving […]
The Auditor-General has blamed the Ministry of Education for flouting procedures of procurement in the disbursement of millions of shillings to schools and colleges for the projects of renovation and infrastructure development. In a report presented in the National Assembly, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu raised questions on millions for the financial year 2018/19 were spent to […]