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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.

PS Jwan: School Meals Retain Children in Schools

Join Our Telegram Group The Principal Secretary in the State Department for Early Learning and Basic Education Dr Julius Jwan has revealed that school meal programmes play an important role in retaining learners in schools. Speaking at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) on the 29th of June 2022 during the validation of the […]

Students Torch Deputy Headteachers’ Office over Allegations of Rumour Mongering

Join Our Telegram Group St. Gonzaga Secondary, a mixed school located in Kijjukizo in Lyantonde District, Southern-Central Uganda has been closed indefinitely following students’ unrest. The school’s learning routine was disrupted after male students protested violently leading to the burning of the deputy head teacher’s office. The learners started striking on Monday morning and blamed […]

Miguna Miguna Criticizes Prof George Wajackoyah’s Educational Credentials

Miguna Miguna, a Canadian-based Kenyan lawyer has criticized the academic credentials of Presidential Candidate Prof George Wajackoyah citing his spoken language as lacking in syntax. In addition, Miguna Miguna has also taken a swipe at George Wajackoyah’s presidential manifesto saying that the country’s problems cannot be solved by simply selling snake poison. Wajackoyah has been […]

KNUT and TSC Meet As Teachers’ Pay Rise Takes Center Stage

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and teachers’ unions are set to meet to deliberate on a review of the non-monetary Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to allow for a salary increase for teachers. Teachers’ unions will meet with the teachers’ employers this week to deliberate on career advancement guidelines and the possibility of a pay rise […]

KU Leads Global ICT Competition

Kenyatta University (KU) students came out on top in the Huawei ICT competition which had 21 teams from around the world in its sixth edition. The competition hosted student participants from China, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, the KU team took first place in the competition’s innovation track category. The KU team was recognized for […]

Laboratory launched to regulate GMOs

The Principal Secretary to the State Department for University Education and Research Amb. Simon Nabukwesi commissioned a Molecular Biology Laboratory last month at the National Biosafety Authority (NBA). The laboratory is intended to regulate Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in Kenya. Amb. Nabukwesi was speaking at the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) building […]

TSC Announces 1000 Vacancies in North Eastern Region

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has advertised 844 posts for teachers who shall work in Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties. In a re-advertisement posted on Monday, TSC revealed that it was seeking to employ 764 primary schools and 80 secondary school teachers who shall be recruited to work on permanent and pensionable terms. TSC also […]

TSC Advertises Teaching Posts In Public Primary and Post-Primary Schools

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has advertised the availability of 5,000 teaching vacancies that are meant to support the government’s 100 per cent transition of learners from primary to secondary schools. The move is intended to address the ever-increasing teacher shortage in public schools across the country. Interested individuals are required to submit their applications […]

Sossion Gives Different Reasons for sacked TSC CEO Deputy

Wilson Sossion, the former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General (SG) has given a different version regarding the reasons for the sacking of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC)  Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO). According to Wilson Sossion, the decision to sack Dr Kennedy Juma Mulunda, the TSC Deputy CEO is a witch hunt and […]

President Kenyatta Declines to Extend HELB Loan Grace Period

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to extend the grace period for repaying the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loans. President Uhuru communicated this via a memorandum sent o the National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi where he revealed that he wants the current terms to stay. Besides, the […]