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TSC Tells Teachers TPD Is Not a Punishment

Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has refuted suggestions that the Teachers Professional Development (TPD) is meant to be a punishment to teachers. The TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Macharia reassured teachers that the TPD programme is meant to equip teachers with skills to be able to tackle global trends in […]

How COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements Have Affected International Travel

Join Our Facebook Page When COVID-19 threatened the human race, governments from all over the world invested their efforts in several research endeavors to create counter solutions to the pandemic. After the space of almost a year (from December 2019 to December 2020) since the identification of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) began to […]

Principals Want Schools Closed Early and KCSE Postponed

Following a series of school fires reported in various secondary schools around the country, some principals from different schools have that schools be closed. Besides, they also want the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations scheduled to be done in March and April next year to be postponed. According to the principals, most of […]

Chief Justice Koome Appoints Three Judges for CBC Case

Chief Justice Koome released a statement today the 7th of December revealed that she has appointed three judges who shall listen to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) case. The CJ’s reached the decision after finding out the petitioner had raised relevant questions as pertains the CBC. The three judges who will be hearing the case are […]

Magoha Confirms Dates for Next Year’s KCPE and KCSE Examinations

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has confirmed when next year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) will be done. CS Magoha was accompanying his fellow CS for Interior Fred Matiang’I who was touring South Mugirang in Kisii County yesterday. Following complaints that next year’s national […]

MoE to do Away with Boarding Schools under CBC

Boarding secondary schools could be converted today schools once the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is in place in junior secondary schools come 2023. In a bid to solve the issues that have plagued the Ministry of Education in the current system of education, students under the CBC are set to attend junior secondary […]

KNEC’s Deadline for Uploading Scores to Stay

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has directed both public and private primary schools to adhere to the provided deadline of the 17th of December to upload scores for the assessments done for grades 3, 4 and 5 to the online portal. KNEC CEO David Njengere revealed that a national assessment that is done periodically […]

TSC under Investigation over Tribal Appointments

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is under investigation from the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) over recruitment done at the Commission in all its top jobs. The Chairperson of the CAJ, Ms Pauline Mumbua is in charge of an investigation on the issue. A petition was filed on the 23rd of November 2021 that is […]