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Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is set to conduct a piloting exercise on Grade 6 KPSEA examinations this month to find out the possible challenges ahead of Grade 6 national examinations. The piloting exercise is intended to reveal the level of preparedness of Grade 6 learners and will be carried […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has given teachers across the country one week to complete their Second term Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) appraisals. Teachers now have until the end of the week when schools will be closing complete their TPAD. According to the teachers’ employer, TPAD allows teachers in […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Chairperson of the Commission for University Education (CUE) Prof Chacha Nyaigotti has asked for a clear separation of powers in various university organs. According to him, this is to enhance proper management and avoid power wrangles. The Chairperson said that it is important that the roles of the vice-chancellor vis-a-vie […]
Stakeholders of education have been urged to unite efforts in campaigns to improve the declining girl-child school completion rates in public-day mixed secondary schools in the rural parts of Kirinyaga County. Even though girls in secondary schools in the county have improved, research findings have revealed that there is a weakness in keeping girls in […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has rebuffed rumours of a nationwide strike in all universities starting from the 12th of September 2022. The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) revealed that most public institutions of higher learning do not always pay their academic and other staff. According to CS Magoha, the Ministry of […]
Embu Governor Cicily Mbarire has promised to provide the required infrastructure in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres in the county. Speaking after being sworn in, Governor Mbarire said that most TVETs do not have adequate equipment to ensure that the youth are equipped with skills and knowledge so that they can become […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has come to the defence of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia. Oyuu has warned that attacks on the TSC CEO and Commissioners are not necessary and that politicians should stop attacking the independent commission. According to Oyuu, former […]
The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has blamed the Treasury for late payments of salaries while they have also complained that some universities do not remit mandatory deductions. Late distribution of capitation funds from the National Treasury has strained public universities making it difficult to pay the teaching staff and the non-teaching staff their previous […]
59,198 Grade 6 learners in Nakuru County are set to join Junior Secondary School (JSSs). According to Nakuru County Director of Education Fredrick Osewe, all learners are well prepared to transition to junior secondary schools. Speaking to the media, Osewe said that learners have completed 60 per cent of their assessment examinations with only 40 […]
A Form Two student attending Kiseuni Secondary School lost his life on Thursday after being hit by a trailer in Nthangathini village, Miangeni sub-location in Machakos County. Reportedly, the boy had attended school in the morning but left shortly after feeling unwell, According to the school principal, the boy was escorted out of school and […]
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has reinstated the Maasai Mara University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. Mary Walingo pending a hearing of an anti-corruption case lodged against her. In a statement released on Wednesday, the PSC CEO Simon Rotich instructed Prof. Walingo to be paid half of her salary and allowances from the date of her suspension. […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Branch Executive for Chepkoilel Branch, Sammy Bor has called on the government through the Ministry of Education to build more infrastructure for the Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). According to him, this is the only way the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) can be a success. While speaking to the press, […]