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Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) want Junior Secondary schools to be hosted in day schools. The teachers’ unions revealed that because of the age difference, learners at this level might not adapt well to coexisting with those in Forms […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has said that he is ready to work with President-Elect William Samoei Ruto’s government. Speaking while inspecting the construction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms at Karen C Secondary school in Langata located in Nairobi on Tuesday the 6th of September, CS Magoha […]
Join Our Telegram Group A multinational Tea Company has awarded outstanding and worthy students from Kericho and Bomet areas with Kshs. 32 Million scholarship. The scholarship will help them study undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs at both public and foreign universities in the coming academic year that starts this September. James a Finlay Company Limited […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the remaining 4 per cent of CBC classroom projects across the country are set to be completed by Monday the 12th of September 2022. At the time of writing, Mombasa and Nairobi Counties are at 86 percent and are on track to reach 100 […]
Mount Kenya University (MKU) has rebuffed claims that the opinion-splitting Teacher Professional Development (TPD) was put on hold. The institution’s management has revealed that they have not received any official communication on the same from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). MKU released their official advertisement for the roll-out of the September 2022 TPD training programme. […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has realized the need for sensitization of its employees on mental health and has issued a circular indicating its plan for sensitization of teachers on mental health. The circular is shown below. TO: ALL TSC SUB-COUNTY DIRECTORS – EMC ALL HEADS OF INSTITUTIONS – EMC DATE: 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2022 RE: […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued a warning to public and private schools against uploading made-up scores on the examiner’s portal. The examiner has warned that appropriate action will be taken against schools and teachers who are found interfering with its national exercise. This follows complaints from some parents over some primary schools […]
The government has failed to allocate Kshs. 74 billion to help bring financial stability to public universities meaning the institutions are set for another year with financial problems. Many colleges are already experiencing problems due to having enormous debt which has been a stumbling block in their day-to-day operations. The Executive Officer of the Universities […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has revealed that the upcoming Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) national examination will be marked using new technology and teachers will not be involved in the exercise. KNEC acquired Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) machines which will electronically score the Grade 6 examinations. The machine marks […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to train 116,024 secondary school teachers in preparation for the junior secondary school Grade 9 class. At least 60,000 secondary school teachers underwent training in handling Grade 7 and 8 in April this year. The Commission also trained 120,000 primary school teachers in handling grade 6 learners in […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has officially suspended the unpopular Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training programme. This has happened following Chief Justice Martha Koome’s and her counterparts unanimously dismissing a petition filed by Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition candidate Raila Odinga who was pushing for the declaration of Dr William Ruto as null and […]
Contractors constructing Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms have asked for an enhancement of their pay citing the current harsh economic situation across the country. They asked for a pay rise in compensation from the current Kshs. 788,000 to Kshsl 1.1 million per classroom. Around fifty per cent of CBC, contractors are said to have withdrawn from […]