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Dominic Gekonge

Dominic is a Computer Science Specialist with lots of bias on Education. If he's not writing about Education, then he's coding. If not, then you will find him watching series movies.

Tononoka Secondary School Principal dies

Join Our Telegram Group Following our report on the closure of three schools in Mombasa last week, we have more sad news today as the Principal of Tononoka Secondary School has died of COVID-19. Many media firms reported infections among the school’s staff last week. The Deputy Principal, Mr. Nzaro has confirmed that Mr. Khamis, […]

How to Fix a Slow Computer

Join Our Telegram Group Has your PC suddenly slowed down or has it slowed down gradually? Regardless, there has to be a few reasons why it has become slow. A reboot can save you in most instances if you sense something is not working properly. This is a lot faster than trying to troubleshoot it […]

Headteachers Say There Is No Money to Run Schools

Join Our Telegram Group Headteachers of public schools have called on the Ministry of Education to instruct parents to pay school fees for learners in Grade 4, Class 8, and Form 4. A majority of learners who reported to the school for the second term have not paid school fees for the second term. Heads […]

School Calendar Conundrum As Virus Encroaches Schools

Coronavirus cases have begun rising among teachers and learners and this could derail plans of coming up with a back-to-school calendar even though the Ministry of Education insists that everything is okay. A teacher died in Kiambu and two schools had to close in Mombasa, putting the government under more pressure to lay down measures […]

Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla): What’s New

Ubuntu 20.10 ‘Groovy Gorilla’ is finally out. Canonical Ltd released it yesterday on October 22, 2020. The Groove Gorilla is just about a few minor changes rather than being about groundbreaking features as many users might have imagined. However, the build does not have support in the long term, so is it worth it to […]

Just 0.6 Of Africa’s Indigenous Women Educated, Study Reveals

A study has revealed that of the 18.5 million indigenous women in African, only 0.6% (percent) have accessed advanced education. According to the report (Global Study on Situation of Indigenous Women and Girls (2020), given by the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (Fimi) which is a global network comprising of leaders of indigenous women, revealed that […]

Opinion: Should we keep closing schools due to COVID-19 cases?

The government closed schools in March to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and kept them closed until recently when they partially reopened. According to widespread reports, the government closed three schools in Mombasa as around 15 cases of COVID-19 infections struck the schools. The schools that the government closed include Star of the Sea Grils […]

Grade 4 and Class 8 Assessment Timetable Released

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has released the timetable for the assessment examination of Grade 4 and Class 8, which learners will do on Monday. Schools will assess Grade four learners for four days, that is, from Monday to Thursday. Class 8 students on the other hand will do their examinations for three days […]

UoN Lecturers Strike Over Allowances to Delay Graduation of Med Students

Kenya is on the verge of having a shortage of medics if medical students from the University of Nairobi do not graduate this year. The medical students are around 600 in number. Lecturers’ conflict with the university over delay in disbursement of their clinical allowances.  Both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students helped, and are still […]

Grade 4 and Class 8 students prepare for KNEC’s assessment

After many months of the corona-enforced holiday, students in class 8 and grade 4 are set to sit for an assessment examination in the coming week. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) released guidelines for the tests that headteachers of primary schools will manage. The other learners in classes that have not reported yet to […]