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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.

More Primary School Teachers Contracted to administer KPSEA examinations

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has added to the number of primary school teachers set to administer primary school examinations and assessments. The Examiner has contracted more than 250,000 teachers in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools to administer this year’s national examinations set to be done towards the end of […]

Circular Issued On Dismissal of Public Servants with Improper Certificates

Join Our Telegram Group Office of the Chairperson Ref. PSC/ADM/13 19th October, 2022 All Authorized Officers RE: AUTHENTICATION OF ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE One of the Commission’s Constitutional mandate is to establish offices in the public service, appoint persons to hold or act in those offices. In selecting candidates for appointment, […]

School Heads First in Line in TSC’s Re-Routing Plan

Join Our Telegram Group Primary school headteachers and secondary school principals and their deputies are first in line in the Teachers Service Commission’s plan for re-routing teachers set to happen early next year. School administrators were the most affected by the delocalization policy and the Commission is now seemingly set to start with the first […]

547 KNUT Members Apply For Reverse Delocalization

More than 500 teachers who are members of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) have already applied to be returned to their home counties. KNUT revealed this on Tuesday saying that 547 teachers had called on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to transfer them back to their former schools. In the past week, the […]

KNUT and KUPPET’s Disagreement on JSS

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have clashed regarding the establishment of junior high schools and reforms in the education sector. The two teachers’ unions have offered different views regarding the education system reforms to the Presidential Working Group on Education Reforms (PWPER) in separate […]

KNEC concerned about 2000 schools missing Grade 6 Scores

According to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), there are more than 2,000 primary schools that are missing scores for Grade 6 learners. It has been revealed that these schools are yet to submit their scores. According to the examiner, the schools did not submit scores for the School Based Assessment (SBA) scores that the […]

Teachers’ Unions Call For Better Medical Cover for Teachers

Teachers are set to wait for a few weeks at least for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to finalize the approval of the selection of an insurance provider. According to the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Collins Oyuu, teachers had in previous times voiced their concerns over the current medical insurance provider, AON […]

KNUT Reveals Why TSC May Take Longer To Approve Transfers of Heads of Schools

Principals and deputy principals might have to wait for longer for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to approve their transfer requests. According to the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the teachers’ employer has to find schools where there are vacancies for the transfers to go through. According to Collins Oyuu, the KNUT Secretary General, […]

Non-Governmental Organization to Plant 115000 Trees in Public Schools

A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has begun an initiative of planting 115,000 trees in all public schools located in Shinyalu Constituency located in Kakamega County. Through their manager Martin Lusuli, the Ikana Maendeleo Foundation has pledged to plant 500 tree seedlings in 230 public schools located in the constituency. The move is intended to ensure that […]

Recruitment of TSC Interns to Happen In January 2023

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to recruit primary and secondary school interns in January next year. The Head of State revealed this when he said that intern teachers are part of the 30,000 teachers who are set to be employed in January 2023. President William Ruto spoke on Wednesday the 12 of October […]