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Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has released a circular to guide the launch of the upgrade course. Unemployed and employed P1 and ECDE teachers in their thousands are set to begin their training for a Diploma course that will enable them to march the changes that the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) will […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has finally revealed that Mama Ngina University is set to officially start operating this September this year despite Kenyans expressing their displeasure at the choice of the name of the campus. In the meantime, the Campus will be part of Kenyatta University for […]
Join Our Telegram Group Kodido Primary School located in Dhiwa Constituency, Homa Bay County is on the verge of being closed after a sharp shortage of learning facilities led to a mass exodus of learners. The poor state of the infrastructure in the school led to many parents transferring their children to other schools. At […]
John Felix Osuro who sat for his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination in March 2021 fears he could miss out on admission to secondary school because of a lack of school fees. The teenager scored 373 marks in the KCPE examinations and was also the top student at Pundo Primary School. The boy […]
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has suffered a huge blow after the High Court of Kenya stopped the institution from effecting major changes that Vice-Chancellor Stephen Kiama had announced. Today the 22nd of July 2021, Justice Maureen Onyango granted conservatory orders after the Universities’ Academic Staff (UASU) filed a lawsuit. Justice Onyango certified the case […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) set the Teachers Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) deadline on the 23rd of July 2021, a week after schools closed for the ongoing one-week holiday. According to a trusted source, there are still some teachers who do not complete filling TPAD and have never seen punishment imposed on them. TSC […]
According to the Government’s released list of full scholarship beneficiaries, 45,000 candidates who sat for the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination have missed out on the full scholarships. The scholarship targets learners from vulnerable and poor backgrounds which can hinder their academic achievements. 9,000 learners from 110 sub-counties and 15 urban centers […]
As stipulated in the Labour Relations Act 14 of 2007, TSC is mandated to deduct and pay a trade union agency fees from salaries of every “unionsable” employee who is not a member of the union, but who has benefitted from a Collective Agreement negotiated and concluded between TSC and the Commission. There is seemingly […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education has refuted a proposal of closing 4,000 boarding schools immediately. He insisted that every case will be handled based on its merit. “Although there is a thinking in that direction, we do not have any plan to abolish the 4,000 boarding schools. It will be gradual. We may have start-ups […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the government has released capitation to both primary and secondary schools with schools set to reopen for the first term. The CS was in Mombasa where he supervised the start of the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) 6-day training on transformational leadership for implementing changes […]
Below is the reviewed order of events in the Teachers Service Commission’s recruitment drive this July. S/NO Activity Timelines DURATION 1. Advertise Vacant Posts TUESDAY 29TH June 2021 2. Virtual Sensitization Of Regional Directors Friday 2nd July 2021 1 DAY 3. Online Applications Tuesday 29th June 2021 – Monday 12th July 2021 14 DAYS […]
In accordance with the Labor Relations Act, 14 of 2007, a trade union that has signed a recognition agreement with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) shall have its dues deducted from the salaries of its members who have joined voluntarily, signed and then submitted a prescribed membership form and authorized the Commission to deduct union […]