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Join Our Facebook Page 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 […]
Join Our Facebook Page 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 […]
Join Our Facebook Page 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. […]
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 […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has released lists of shortlisted unemployed but trained teachers who are hoping to secure employment in just 9,000 posts that the Commission advertised. At the moment of writing this article, the number of trained but unemployed teachers is almost the same as the number currently on the payroll of the […]
The Ministry of Education has now released the list of schools that they have identified for the implementation of foreign and indigenous languages. The government is planning to kick start the piloting of the implementation of indigenous and foreign languages come the first term of the 2021 academic year when schools reopen later this month. […]
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has finally issued a response following a myriad of complaints from teachers who participated in the KCSE marking exercise who are yet to be paid three months down the line. Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha was summoned to appear in parliament for questioning after many teachers complained, saying […]
The Competency-Based Competency (CBC) training started yesterday and will end on the 23rd of July 2021. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) organized the training that will take five days to complete and is for Primary school teachers who teach in Grades 3, 4, and 5. Teachers including Headteachers and their Deputies, Curriculum Support Officers […]
It is now months after the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination was released yet markers who participated in the exercise have not seen a dime in their accounts for the job they did. 2020 KCSE candidates have since applied for placement to universities and colleges with some securing placement seemingly a telling concern […]
Winnie Jelimo, a young girl of age 14 denied admission to five schools owing to her condition has now received a four-year scholarship for her education. The Kenya Education Fund and Albinism Society of Kenya (ASK) issued the funds together with shopping to Winnie Jelimo. Winnie received lip care, sunscreen lotions, and protective clothing from […]