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Facebook Rewards Teacher after Developing Online Teachers’ Platform

Join Our Telegram Group Dr Peter Ogudoro has received Facebook’s reward after developing a teacher’s platform called ‘Nigerian Teachers’. The reward was issued after the Nigerian teacher’s online platform was deemed helpful and engaging among Nigerian teachers. The good news was revealed via the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the Nigerian Teachers Platform revealed […]

These Courses never received a single application from 2020 KCSE Candidates

Join Our Telegram Group The 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates avoided applying to study some courses at university. 2020 KCSE candidates followed the normal trend of applying for the most marketable courses in the country. By marketable we are referring to courses that enable graduates to self-employ or get employed. This includes […]

Collins Oyuu Pledges Support for TPD amid Opposition from Teachers

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) current Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has come forward and pledged his support for TSC’s TPD programme. However, many teachers have been venting their frustrations over the TPD and are not in support of the move with a yearly stipend of Sh. 6,000 for the training […]

Misconceptions People Have About Teaching As A Career

Majority of the people we live with believe a couple of things about teachers, and they actually fabricate these opinions and get other people to believe them as if they were true. However, if you have never been a teacher, you can’t tell the truth from the lies, and you might be compelled to believe […]

Tabichi among Teachers TSC Honoured during World Teachers’ Day

The Teachers Service Commission Has recognized and honoured the efforts of teachers among them the Global award during the World Teachers’ Day celebrations. TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia has revealed that criteria of identifying the teachers honoured were done in following with the TSC Performance Recognition, Reward and Sanction Policy Framework. According to […]

Venues and Dates Kakamega County Internship Applicants will attend interviews

In the recently advertised internship posts, applicants who applied in Kakamega County can smile as we provide venues and dates that the interviews will take place. The recruitment schedule and venues are shown in the table below. SCHEDULE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS S/NO SUB-COUNTY VENUE DATE 1. BUTERE TSC OFFICE 12/10/2021 2. KAKAMEGA CENTRAL AMALEMBA PRIMARY […]

Show Cause Letters Issued to Kisumu County School Heads TSC Officials over TPAD

Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs), Principals, Headteachers, TSC Sub-County Directors and ICT officers in Kisumu County have received show-cause letters over Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) system 2 report. According to the Term 3 2021 Appraisal Report, as of the 31st of July 2021, Kisumu County was in position 41 out of 47. The region […]

Government to Rip up TVETCDACC and Assign Roles to KICD and KNEC

The National Government’s plan to scrap off the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council (TVETCDACC) is close to completion. According to the Saturday Standard, the government’s plan to disband TVETCDACC will immensely affect the way thousands of TVET learners do examinations as well as how their curriculum is developed […]

How To Avoid Getting Mad At Your Students

Getting angry is so very common among both the new teachers and the experienced ones. When I was a student, I always wondered why we had some of our teachers with this unique ability of not getting angry even when the situation called for it, or at least they did their best not to show. […]

TSC‘s Reveals More Information on the CBA 2021-2025

In a Circular dated the 10th of September 2021, the Teachers Service Commission has issued more information on the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the years 2021 -2025. The Commission signed the CBA 2021-2025 with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya Union […]

4,005 Intern Teachers Rewarded With 1-Year Extension

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced a one-year extension for the 4,005 interns teaching in schools across the country. Besides TSC also announce the availability of 1,995 internship vacancies for teachers. 1,038 of these have been allocated to primary schools while 957 have been allocated to Secondary schools. This latest advertisement is surely going […]

National Parents’ Association to Defend CBC in Court

The National Parents Association Chairperson Nicholas Maiyo has revealed that the association is ready to defend the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Court. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi challenged the implementation of the CBC challenged in court but the national parents’ association have pledged to support the new curriculum in that […]