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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.

This Is When Delocalized School Heads Will Be Re-Routed/swapped

Join Our Telegram Group The abolishment of the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) delocalization by President William Ruto’s administration has given optimism to heads of institutions that they will be finally back in their home counties soon. However, despite the abolishment, it will take longer for heads of institutions across the country to be transferred back […]

KNEC to Probe Incident where Candidates Missed Exams

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has promised to conduct an investigation into an incident where around 21 students failed to sit for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) theory examination papers on the second day of the examinations. KNEC’s Chief Executive Officer David Njengere said that there was a […]

State to Hire 3000 TVET Teachers

Join Our Telegram Group The government is set to recruit 3,000 trainers meant for Technical Vocational and Training (TVETs) rto address shortfalls of trainers for those institutions. During the Annual General Meeting of the Kenya Association of Technical Institutions (KATTI) held in Mombasa, the Permanent Secretary for TVETs Esther Muoria said that the current administration […]

AON Issued Deadline for Teachers to Change Dependents

AON Minet, the sole teachers’ medical service provider has directed teachers who wish to change dependents to do so by the 31st of December 2022. AON Minet is a medical insurance services firm that covers more than 350,000 teachers employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The announcement was issued via Short Message Service (SMS) […]

Education PS Sees Fault in Militarization of National Examinations

Today the Principal Secretary of Basic Education Dr Belio Kipsang revealed changes in the way national examinations are administered. It has also been revealed that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) are set to go through modifications made in the administration of national examinations. Dr Kipsang […]

President Ruto Praised for Ending Delocalization

Heads of Institutions (HOIs) across the country have praised the Head of State for doing away with the delocalization policy that led to the mass transfer of teachers from their home counties. The head teachers termed the policy as punitive and that it had led to the deaths of many of their colleagues and even […]

Kenya to host Academy on AI and Machine Learning

Kenya is set to host an academy for researchers and scholars on artificial intelligence and machine learning in Africa between the 12th and the 16th of December 2022. The academy is set to unite seventy-five (75) PhD, Master and Post-Graduate students together with their supervisors from 22 universities across 18 African countries who will be […]

TSC to Prioritize Recruitment of JSS Teachers in January’s Recruitment Drive

According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia, the Commission will prioritize Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers in the January 2023’s mass recruitment drive. The Commission is set to recruit 30,000 teachers next month. While in Mombasa where she supervised the opening of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) […]

17000 Primary School Teachers set to be deployed in January

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to deploy more than 17,000 practising primary school teachers who have Degree and Diploma qualifications to teach in junior secondary school (JSS). These teachers joined accredited institutions and graduated with a Diploma or a Degree certificate in secondary option and whose certificates were acknowledged after they were submitted […]

Audit Report Reveals How Bursary Funds were allocated to Ghost Students

An audit report of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) that was tabled in Parliament has revealed a dark scheme on how the funds were lost using ghost students. Bursary funds worth millions of shillings were issued to students whose records were not traceable and whose applications did not contain the names of their […]

Primary Schools Teachers Set To Teach in Junior Secondary in the New Year

Grade 6 learners who completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) on Wednesday are going to be domiciled in primary schools. This means that primary school teachers are now set to teach in the junior secondary school level (JSS) specifically in Grades 7, 8 and 9 starting January 2023. According to the Presidential Working […]

TSC Might Decide to Recruit Teachers on Contract Terms

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has revealed that it will focus on recruiting teachers for primary schools in the New Year’s recruitment drive. In its preliminary report, the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) reforms recommended the hiring of 30,000 additional teachers for the Junior Secondary School level. The recruitment drive is set to […]