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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.

National Music Festival to Be Held In Kisumu in September

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya Music Festival is set to be held for the 94th time in schools following a prolonged period of no participation occasioned by the COVID-19 restrictions. In a Circular sent to regional, county and sub-county secretaries, the Principal Secretary for Education Dr Julius Jwan has revealed that the government has […]

TSC Issues Warning To Teachers Planning to Abscond Duties to Attend IEBC Training

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) officials in counties across the country have warned teachers that they face disciplinary action if they abscond from their duties to attend Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) training. According to some TSC officials, primary school teachers have the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) national assessment that […]

Egerton University Releases Reporting Dates

Join Our Telegram Group Egerton University has released reporting dates via a notice published on the university’s website to various groupings of students in the institution. Below is the Notice in Full: NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS REPORTING DATES This is to inform all students in Njoro and Nakuru Town College Campuses that reporting dates are […]

CS Magoha Gives CBC Classroom Contractors Ultimatum

Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has issued an ultimatum to contractors working on the second phase of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms giving them two weeks to finish the projects and hand them over. Prof Magoha said that since the project began two weeks ago, around 500 out of the 3,500 classrooms have […]

24000 Students Awarded Kshs. 81 Million Scholarships in Kericho County Bursaries

24,000 students from Kericho counties got reason to smile after Kericho County Government awarded them bursaries worth Kshs. 81 Million to support their education. During the disbursement event, Kericho County Deputy Governor Lily Ngok said that students in the county’s secondary and tertiary institutions were in need and would benefit greatly from the funds which […]

Government Releases Kshs. 19 Billion Capitation Funds to Schools

The much-awaited Kshs. 19 Billion capitation funds have been released to public primary and secondary schools. The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has also warned heads of institutions against entertaining any corporal punishment meted to learners. According to CS Magoha, the capitation funds will reach schools by Monday with public primary and secondary […]

Government Probes Viral Video of Schoolboy Pleading For Help After Flogging

The Government through the Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched investigations over a viral video of a schoolboy who was recorded pleading for help after being mistreated in school. The State Department for Early Learning and Basic Education  Principal Secretary Dr Julius Jwan revealed that the government has begun investigations into the mistreatment meted on […]

KNUT and TSC Strike Agreement to Jointly Sensitize Teachers on TPD

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) have agreed to jointly launch a sensitization program on Teacher Professional Development (TPD). This information was revealed by the KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu following a series of meetings with the Commission held at Naivasha. According to Collins Oyuu, KNUT agreed with TSC […]

Cooperative University Students Protest the Murder of their Colleague

Students of the Cooperative University of Kenya have held protests in Gataka town over the brutal murder of their colleagues. Vincent Omwamba, the 22-year-old was attacked by unknown people on Wednesday night on his way to where he stayed in the Riverside area. The deceased, commonly known as Mwamba by his colleagues was stabbed and […]

Magoha Tells Teachers Not To Expect Salary Increments

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has told teachers that the government cannot afford their demand of a sixty per cent (60%) pay rise. Speaking while in Mombasa where he inspected the construction of Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms in Changamwe and Bomu, CS Magoha revealed that the government is at the moment focused […]