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Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council has released briefing notes meant for field officers who shall administer national examinations THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL BRIEFING AND SENSITIZATION NOTES FOR FIELD OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 2022 KPSEA, KCPE AND KCSE EXAMINATIONS 1.0 INTRODUCTION The 2022 National examinations’ field administration season […]
Join Our Telegram Group There is an expectation that the Kenya Kwanza administration could announce a decision on the contentious Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC). The fate of the CBC could be decided within two weeks and this could mark a turn in proceedings regarding the implementation of the CBC. Presentations made to the Presidential Working Party […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has called for the government to finance the development of mobile laboratories in schools. The Executive Secretary of KNUT for the Nairobi Chapter said that the labs are quite affordable. According to reports, mobile laboratories acquired by the School Equipment Production Unit (SEPU) are […]
Youth across the country has been implored to maintain peace, especially at this time when Grade 6 and 7, Class 8 and Form Four candidates are set to sit for their national examinations this month. “Without peace, development projects like education and farming are disrupted slowing down the growth of communities,” said Narok County Commissioner […]
Insecurity, poor internet connectivity and a shortage of teachers have been blamed for derailing the implementation of the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) in the country’s North Eastern Region. According to Garissa Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Executive Secretary Abdirizak Hussein, unlike in other parts of the country, the North Eastern region is experiencing insecurity issues […]
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has warned ‘examination cartels’ ahead of the upcoming national examinations. DP Gachagua was speaking on Friday the 11th of November at the New Mitihani House in South C in Nairobi where he oversaw the launch of the national examinations season. Riggy G put unscrupulous officers in the education sector on notice […]
The Governor of Bomet County Hillary Barchok has criticized the poly on university admissions of Government-sponsored students to private universities. In his view, the policy is financially unsustainable. Dr Barchok said that the policy is the main reason why universities are facing financial problems. In his view, the architects of the policy want to ‘kill’ […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Executive Secretary for Yatta has called on the government to employ more teachers to cover junior secondary school learners. “At the moment, there is no way the current number of teachers can handle the Competence-Based Currriculum (CBC). More teachers need to be employed and the government should take […]
Kabarak University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. Henry Kiplang’at has implored the government to increase the number of capitation funds meant for students studying in private universities. According to Prof Kiplangat, the move will enable more financially challenged students to access quality education and in turn, contribute to increasing manpower in the job market. While in Nakuru […]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Uasin Gishu Branch Chairperson Sosthen Bellat has urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to stop terrorizing teachers. “We want TSC’s powers to be cut so that it can only deal with promotion and employment. It has a lot of power and needs to be reduced,” said […]
The Food for Education (FFE) initiative is set to benefit more than 20,000 students attending public schools in the Nyali sub-county in Mombasa County. The Food for Education program is intended to feed students attending public schools with there being eight kitchens in five counties at the moment. The program is intended to combat malnutrition […]
The County Government of Kisumu and Kidogo Innovations have partnered to set up breastfeeding programmes within Technical and Vocational Training Centers to encourage student mothers to be comfortable in their institutions. Witnessing the event was Education ICT and Human Capacity Development CECM Mr John Awiti and Martin Kiyeng of Kidogo Innovations. Awiti revealed that the […]