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Join Our Telegram Group The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha directed all primary and secondary schools to begin the process of replacing Boards of Management (BOM) Members and forward new nominees immediately. In a letter dated the 4th of October, 2021, CS Magoha reminded schools that the current County Education Boards (CEBs) and […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has directed teachers to update their online profiles by the 30th of November, 2021. In TSC Circular, the TSC Director for Quality Assurance and Standards Dr Mugwuku Nthamburi directed all Regional and County Directors. The online platform is open and will still be open till the […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has acted upon its directive of removing schools that have fewer than 40 registered candidates from the list of examination centres. This has surprised many Kenyans since the council recently announced a significantly increased number of registered Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya […]
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has released the first batch of students who will receive their HELB loans next week. The Board released the first batch of first years in universities and colleges which contained 37,731 names who in total will receive 99.9 Billion Kenyan Shillings for the 2021/2022 academic year. The director of […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to give thousands of teachers Certificates of Registration with the Biometric Enrolment and Validation Exercise (BEVOT) exercise set to be done in the near future. A Certificate of Registration is an important tool in the BEVOT exercise as it acts as proof of teacher registration. The Certificate will […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced measures that are to be followed to ensure the upcoming national examinations are conducted according to the Ministry of Education calendar. KNEC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Njeng’ere has revealed that the council has started training teachers on how to mark the national examinations. For marking of […]
Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha addressed a statement that his Principal Secretary, Simon Nakubwesi made before a Parliamentary Committee where he told the committee that he does not support the plan of placing students in private universities. “I am believing that my PS was misquoted on this. Maybe he was speaking for himself […]
Some principals have been accused of discriminatory conduct during the recruitment of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) interns. In the internship programme, the Commission was seeking to hire 1,995 intern teachers to be deployed to schools across the country. However, fairness and transparency have obviously not been the main theme with some principals allegedly ignoring merit […]
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has announced the deadline for subsequent applications on the 31st of October 2021. This means that all subsequent applicants should ensure they have applied for their HELB loans by the end of this month. Announcing the directive on their Twitter page, HELB posted: Comrades, Kumbukeni deadline for TVET subsequent […]
Teachers are imploring the government to bail out Spire Bank amid the bank’s financial struggles with more than Sh. 2.6 billion of teachers’ savings at stake. The Spire Bank was formerly known as Equatorial Commercial Bank (ECB) before the change of name. Mwalimu Sacco, the largest Sacco in Kenya by assets, bought the Spire bank […]
A 14-year-old class six pupil allegedly killed his schoolmate over Ugali and Kunde. Following the killing, the class six learner is said to have dumped the body at River Simakina in Navakholo which is located in Kakamega County. According to Navakholo OCPD Richard Omanga, the now-deceased 10-year-old pupil had been looking after their family’s cattle […]
Following Tabichi’s win, many Kenyan teachers are excited to know who has come out on top in the Globe Teacher Prize. According to Globe Teacher Prize, their teachers come from all parts of the world including remote villages and towns and even schools in cities. The prize advocates for inclusivity and covers many aspects in […]