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Join Our Telegram Group With National Examinations around the corner, the Atheists in Kenya Society wrote a letter to Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha asking him to abolish the mandatory prayer days in schools. While addressing journalists in Mombasa on Thursday, March 3, CS Magoha told off the society, telling them to ‘Go […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Deputy County Director to Makeuni County David Gutu has urged teachers to be careful with their personal information because cybercrime is on the rise. It has been revealed that some criminals have managed to solicit funds fraudulently. Ogutu blamed some teachers for visiting cyber cafes for […]
Join Our Telegram Group Members of Parliament to Kenya’s National Assembly have demanded that the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) courses pause with immediate effect. They have demanded that TPD should only resume after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) conducts comprehensive consultations with stakeholders. TSC had directed teachers across the country employed under the Commission to […]
The Principal Secretary for Curriculum Reform Implementation, Fatuma Chege, has declared her support for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is the best option for this generation and many more to come. Besides, Prof Chege also revealed that all instruction materials i.e. books and other materials that will be required in the CBC have been completed. Her […]
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released a circular on Form 1 placement directing all Heads of Institutions (HOIs) of secondary schools to ensure they have updated and uploaded school joining instructions. The directive is intended to ensure that all letters of admission of all secondary schools have been updated with the latest fees structure, […]
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced openings for applications for scholarships targeting students who scored D- and below in their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). The announcement was done via a notice released on Tuesday the 22nd of February whereby the agency revealed that it picked three technical training colleges where successful […]
The government has begun transferring students in their hundred to other areas for protection following a meeting with stakeholders of education. The students being transferred are students set to sit for their national examinations this March. The Rift Valley Regional Commission Mohammed Maalim revealed that this was done to ensure that all candidates of the […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued a deadline directing Contracted Professionals to register on the CP2 portal. Contracted Professionals comprises Centre Managers (Principals and Headteachers), Supervisors, Invigilators and Security Personnel who ensure safety during the national examinations. KNEC has warned those yet to register on the CP2 portal to do so by midnight […]
Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has assured that the national examinations slated to start on the 7th of March will be done with integrity. Magoha warned anybody planning to cheat during the examinations that they shall not escape the long arm of the law. He also revealed that the examinations are ready and […]
An audit report tabled in Parliament has revealed millions of shillings lost in bursary funds that are intended for students attending tertiary and secondary schools cannot be accounted for in many constituencies. Members of Parliament (MPs) have been put in the spotlight following Auditor-General Nancy Gathung’s reports on the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The reports […]
Stakeholders have pointed out the problems they are facing in the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) live-streaming of lessons. The program was launched to help in reducing teacher shortages in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) which are hard to staff due to factors such as insecurity and accessibility. In the program, a principal school was taught […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Collins Oyuu had an uphill task upon being elected unopposed to his position after the withdrawal of former KNUT Sec-Gen Wilson Sossion. One of the main tasks was the recruitment of new members as dwindling numbers had been caused by the public conflict between Wilson Sossion and […]