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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.

Masinde Muliro University Students Oppose Online Examination Plan

Join Our Telegram Group The novel coronavirus led to halting of learning in all learning institutions in March and with the pandemic still with no cure, the future is bleak. Ways of learning at home have been bundled about since then with even the government’s KICD not proving successful. Universities like Nairobi University are continuing […]

Teacher Salaries in Kenya per month

Join Our Telegram Group For many years, teachers have protested to better payment from the Kenyan government. The Kenya National Teachers Union (KNUT) fought hard with the government over this and eventually they succeeded in getting teachers a salary increment. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission struck a deal with teachers on increasing their salaries. However, […]

Government’s Flawed Mode of Inspection Censured By Private School Owners.

Ugandan school proprietors under the National Private Educational Institutions Association (NPEIA), are questioning the Ministry of Education’s motives of going to their institutions without notifying them. They are protesting the abrupt decision of the government to inspect their school premises without prior information. The secretary to the ministry’s Covid-19 committee, Mr. Hassadu Kirabira, on behalf […]

SOFTWARE ADVISOR: Best Apps for Windows 10

Your new computer having Windows 10 system is going to need installation of appropriate software especially if it is brand new or if you did a clean installation of Windows. Many apps are available that can improve your experience while using Windows, entertain you, or improve security on your device with managing passwords and keeping […]

Funds Released To Schools for Term Two and Three

Finally, the Ministry of Education or rather the government has released money to schools to be used to pay Boards of Management (BOM) and non-teaching staff. This comes as a huge bailout for BOM teachers who have undergone many challenges during the ongoing COID-19 pandemic. A number of heads of schools have confirmed to Teacher.co.ke […]

Will Trump ban TikTok and Many other Chinese-owned apps?

TikTok has been doing the rounds during the Coronavirus enforced hiatus and made even more popular in Kenya by trending videos from young people. Do you remember Azziad Nasenya? Fortunately, Kenya is not the United States of America, and the banning of Chinese-owned apps in the US is not going to affect Kenyans. However, you […]

Android download Manager applications you will absolutely love!

Application managers are software that will give more control over downloads. Download speeds on your android can be enhanced with an application that downloads from multiple sources at a time. The default android download manager is normally already installed on your device. However, the default android download app does not have advanced features that other […]

What are the Benefits of Education in Peoples’ Lives?

Since the days of the white men in Africa, many people have generally desired that their children get a good education. Back then in the 1960s and 1970s in Kenya, parents used to encourage their children to reap the fruits of the magic of the white man. Nowadays at least the message is less of […]

Huawei Trains Kenyan Students for 5G Technology.

Huawei Kenya finished a week-long online training on 5G for over 240 university students from around the country as part of advanced efforts to prepare the country to take advantage of this new futuristic technology. A long list of countries and economic blocks around the world have already adopted 5G strategies and plans that have […]

Covid-19 Measures Mainly Affecting Adolescents in Nairobi’s Slums

As Kenya gets continually disturbed by the Covid-19 surge, the measures to curb it, like the closure of schools and staying at home still prevail. These can have adverse social and economic effects on vulnerable groups. One of these groups is young people, particularly those who live in Nairobi’s low-income neighborhoods. Adolescents (aged 10 to […]

Man and Ex-Wife in Court for Teacher’s Murder

Meru police department says they will charge a woman and her estranged husband with the killing of a secondary school teacher last week. Detectives say there is a high likelihood that Pauline Muthoni conspired with Lawrence Mithika Ntarangwi to kill Duncan Munyua Kalwilo in Tamani. Ms. Muthoni says she separated with Mr. Ntarangwi two years […]