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Thousands Set To Resit As KNEC Releases PTE 2020 Certificates

Join Our Telegram Group PTE certificates are now available for candidates who sat for the Primary Teacher Education Examination (PTE) in the year 2020. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has released certificates and are now ready to be collected even though there were huge doubts over the results which the examiner released this year. […]

TSC Opens Portal for Joining KNUT, other Unions and Associations

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has revealed that the Third Party TPAY portal for teachers to visit to exit or re-join unions and associations of their choosing. At the moment, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) facing a real possibility […]

KNUT Teachers to Get Bumper Pay Rise Starting This August

At last, there is light at the end of the tunnel as teachers who are members of the Kenya National Union of Teachers are set to receive a huge windfall as new leaders seem to have struck a deal with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). KNUT members have not been earning what they deserve as […]

Parents Reject Principals Plot of Imposing Additional Fees

The Kenya Parents Association has strongly expressed their displeasure amid reports of school heads imposing additional fees as Form One’s admission is around the corner. The parents implored school heads to seek the approval of the Ministry of Education. According to the Standard, most schools are asking Form One parents to pay a fee of […]

TSC Applicants Threaten Suing TSC over Unfair Score Sheet

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is facing a backlash from some applicants for the advertised vacancies over what they believe are guidelines that may mean being locked out of the upcoming interviews. The applicants have even threatened to take the Commission to court for the terms they have termed as discriminatory. In the TSC score […]

KICD Invites Applications for Editing 18 Grade 4 Course Books of Indigenous Languages

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from consultants for the final editing of the Grade 4 Indigenous Languages Course Books in 18 indigenous languages. The invitations are for the following languages: Dholuo Kalenjin Lulogooli Ng’aturkana Kitharaka Borana Kigiriama Kikamba Suba Kituweta Somali Ekegusii Gikuyu Kipokomo Chiduruma Chidigo Maa […]

Auctioneers raid KNUT offices over Sh. 1.4 Million Debt and Property

Yesterday on the first of July, auctioneers raided the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) offices on Mfangano Street in Nairobi over debt and attached property. The debt is estimated to be around Sh. 1.4 million. Hesbon Otieno, the KNUT deputy secretary-general, said that the newly-elected officials were unaware of the debt. “I arrived and […]

TSC seeking to promote and recruit 10,000 new teachers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced its plan of recruiting and promoting more than 10,000 teachers. The Commission revealed that it will recruit 5,000 secondary school teachers and a further 1,000 teachers for the primary schools across the country. The teachers set to be recruited will work on Permanent and Pensionable terms in the […]