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Join Our Telegram Group Uganda’s President Kaguta Yoweri Museveni has directed that there will be no salary increment for teachers who teach humanities. The Uganda President’s announcement has directly affected a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) of 2018 in which the government of Uganda was to provide uniform salary increments for all teachers. President Museveni announced […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has released more letters of deployment to practising P1 teachers to teach at the secondary level. The letters were released this month (October) for PTE teachers who held a Bachelor’s of Education degree (secondary option) and they will now begin teaching their subject areas in secondary […]
Join Our Telegram Group Five Kenyan universities from Kenyan have agreed to collaborate with German universities in an attempt to rid graduates of unemployment. The tertiary institutions have decided on funding young promising innovators to help them reach their true potential. The institutions have already begun a campaign to create awareness among students to shift […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has insisted that more than 300,000 who are unemployed have to attend the ongoing upgrading programme in order to be compliant with the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The message was hammered home with the Commission declaring that TSC will not automatically take them in even if they complete the upgrading […]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has voiced its support for the progressive phasing out of boarding schools so as to reduce the strenuous workload on teachers. KUPPET Secretary-General Akello Misori said that tutors in boarding schools work for a longer time but are not paid for the same. Teachers on duty […]
Following the reopening of schools, Alliance Girls High School student Serena Nyokabi committed suicide. The young girl had been reportedly undergoing treatment over her mental struggles and had been seeing a Psychiatrist over the same since the year 2019. The psychiatrist had been dealing with her anxiety disorder. A Facebook account with the name Peter […]
Second-year students at Kisii University have been indefinitely suspended from the institution after protests over a hike in fees yesterday. The media failed to reach the Vice-Chancellor via phone but not the expected decision has been made with the First, Third and Fourth-year students exempted from the suspension. In a memorandum posted on their Twitter […]
Second-year students at Kisii University today protested over a hike in fees by destroying property within the premises of the campus during the protests. The students also destroyed the entrance to the office of the Vice-Chancellor during the protests. In response, tear gas canisters were thrown at the protestors with the incident escalating further to […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Has Revealed That a Total Of 7,162 Teachers did not complete their Teacher Professional Appraisal Development (TPAD) As Required. This Is Despite The Commission Extending The Deadline For Filling TPAD To The 8th Of October 2021. The Tutors Had Their TPAD Accounts At The Status Of Either Incomplete, Awaiting Countersigning, […]
In a bid to improve the delivery of service, the Ministry of Education has conducted a review of the National Education and Standards Framework (NEQASF). The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that based on evidence and good implementation, the Framework is going to improve the results in learning. According to CS […]
Parents and teachers have undergone training in the management of school finances in a move that is likely to boost accountability levels as well as reporting. Heads of schools of public schools are part of the training that is also being attended by deputy headteachers, chairpersons of boards of management of schools and representatives of […]
The Senate Committee on Education has warned that the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) could collapse owing to the treasury’s reluctance to release funds to schools. According to the Senate Committee on Education’s chairperson Alice Milgo, the treasury has not disbursed funds meant for the CBC leading to a potential collapse of the new curriculum. “The Senate […]