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Join Our Telegram Group Field Officers to the Ministry of Education have been recalled to help in preparations for the reopening of schools come January 4, 2021. The directive was issued by PS to the Ministry of Education on Thursday the 24th of December, as he rushes to beat the deadline for reopening given by […]
Join Our Telegram Group Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has revealed that the national examinations scheduled in March 2021 are now ready. Around 1.9 million candidates are set to sit for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations, which were initially scheduled for sitting as from October […]
Join Our Telegram Group Jane Kimiti Principal Othaya Girls Secondary School has won the 2020 African Union Continental Teacher of the Year Award. The African Union Continental teacher of the Year award started in 2019 in Ethiopia’s Capital City, Addis Ababa. The award was to honor teachers and the profession of teaching by celebrating teachers […]
Some teachers have vented their frustrations by criticizing the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) after it emerged that the commission has not been remitting funds despite making monthly deductions on the salaries of teachers. Teachers and other TSC employees have two insurance covers. These insurance covers are AON Minet, their primary health insurance cover, and the […]
Teachers will be among the first group of Kenyans to take the COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccination against COVID-19 is seemingly going to happen in early 2021 according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The government shall prioritize educators because of their higher level of vulnerability to contracting COVID-19 in […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) yesterday began training of teachers on COVID-19 protocols. The training is intended to enable teachers of lower classes with skills particularly on how to handle learners amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The training will last for a period of 10 days and will involve teachers from both public and private […]
Education Chief Administrative Officer (CAS) Zack Kinuthia attracted intense backlash following his comments on the reopening of schools. He revealed that the government is not keen on prioritizing social distancing when schools reopen in January 2021. The CAS was speaking in a panel that comprised of Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) National Chairman Kahi […]
Public service workers whereby teachers and other civil servants will start pension payouts a month after they retire. This will commence as of July 2021. This is following a plan by the treasury to ease the financial challenges they experience in the early stages after they exit employment with TSC. According to the treasury, they […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has implored the 1.9 Million KCPE and KCSE candidates to avoid cheating in the upcoming national examinations. In a letter that KNEC released, they said that it pains for the agency to cancel results for candidates every year for those who cheat. KNEC sent the letter dated December 14, […]
Learners of Dagoretti High School have walked out of the upmarket Dagoretti High School in Nairobi citing bad management of their school. Mr. Peter Orero, an ODM operative managed the school until he resigned in 2019 to vie for the ODM ticket nomination for Kibra only to end up losing. This is the fifth instance […]
Five staff members of the support staff of Lugulu Girls High School have been suspended for allegedly catalyzing students in staging a protest. The members of staff include the cateress, two cooks, the school nurse, and the storekeeper. In the letter, the five support staff shall be on leave until January 10, 2021. Students had […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has given teachers looking for employment and promotions reasons to celebrate during this festive season. Employment Letters (For Successful Applicants) TSC is in the process of issuing Employment letters to teachers who applied for employment with the commission in October 2020. TSC had advertised for 11,574 available teaching vacancies in […]