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Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has interdicted five of the six teachers who were captured on video forcing primary school pupils to simulate sex in Itumbe DOK Primary School in Kisii County. Interdiction letters were served to: According to TSC the teachers were suspended from duty effective immediately. The video that […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has implemented a new deduction on the payslips of teachers employed under the Commission. Teachers are now set to contribute 2% of their monthly salaries via the Provident Fund deduction to the new savings program. There are parallels between the provident fund and the pension fund. […]
Join Our Telegram Group Six teachers from Kisii County have been arrested after a terrifying video circulated on the internet where school children could be seen d being forced to do an indecent act. Nyamache OCPD Kipkulei Kipkemboi confirmed the arrest of the six teachers comprising five female teachers and one male saying that the […]
The State Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is set to revise policies and frameworks in order to conform to the changing times. According to the Principal Secretary (PS) Esther Muoria, the government is planning to ensure that the training done by technical institutions is skills-driven since graduates are only going to […]
Machakos County Governor Wavinya Ndeti has flagged off distribution of food for 35,000 pupils attending more than 1,000 Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) centres. While speaking at the event held on Wednesday, Governor Wavinya Ndeti revealed that the couny had spent around Kes. 36 Million shillings on the school feeding proramme as at that […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has urged the government to act immediately to deploy teachers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) across the country. According to reports, most of the pioneer Grade 7 learners under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) are yet to begin learning three days after they officially joined the JSS. KNUT is […]
Following the National Assembly’s abolishment of the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) delocalization policy teachers expected to be re-routed back to their home counties unconditionally. However, some counties are yet to effect any or most of the re-routing as teachers are still stuck in their delocalized stations. The Teachers Service Commission was instructed by the Education […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu has ordered primary and secondary schools to operate between 8:00 am and 3:45 pm. This means that CS Machogu has effectively abolished morning and evening preps. According to CS Machogu, the current curriculum causes mental torture on pupils because school days are set to start much earlier than […]
This week on Monday around 200 teachers from West Pokot teachers working in Trans Nzoia County marched to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) officers in Kitale demanding transfers. The teachers, mainly primary school teachers complained that despite the fact that delocalization had been abolished, the Commission had not granted them transfers to their home counties. […]
The government is set to release capitation funds meant for Junior Secondary Schools before the end of the week to help with the smooth transition of Grade 7 learners. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Prof. Charles Ong’ondo has issued a warning to teachers against charging extra levies and implored […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued the following circular on the registration of candidates for the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and the KCSE qualifying test. TO: SUBJECT: REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE 2023 KCPE, KCSE EXAMINATIONS; AND KCSE QUALIFYING TEST The registration process for […]
The Government through the Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu has abolished morning and evening preps for learners in a move set to give them enough rest. CS Machogu said that learners should not be asked to report to class before the break of dawn and end school activities before dusk. He added saying that […]