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Former School Principal Gets 30 Years in Prison after Killing Husband

Join Our Facebook Page Ms. Jane Muthoni, a former school principal of Icaciri Secondary School in Kiambu, has been sentenced to spend 30 years in prison for murdering her husband in 2016. Ms. Jane Muthoni has been at Lang’ata Women’s Prison since 2016. Muthoni was facing accusations of hiring killers to murder her husband. Last […]

TSC Circular on Remote Learning Methodology Training of Teachers

Join Our Facebook Page   The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) have released a circular on Remote Learning Methodology. Below is the full circular. TO ALL SUB COUNTY DIRECTORS – KWALE ALL CURRICULUM SUPPORT OFFICERS – KWALE RE: REMOTE LEARNING METHODOLOGY The Commission completed training of Master Trainers and Curriculum Support Officers on Remote Learning Methodologies. […]

KNEC Issues Strict KCPE and KCSE 2021 Registration Rules To Heads of Schools

Join Our Facebook Page The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued guidelines ahead of the 2021 KCSE and KCPE registration. Below is the full circular issued to schools to guide schools in registration of candidates. KNEC/GEN/CS/PRO/CIR/NOV/2021/02/REV 7.1                                              18TH MAY 2021 TO: All Heads of Primary and Secondary schools presenting Cndidates for the 2021 KCPE […]

Magoha: Removal of Bachelor of Education the Best Idea

Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has expressed his support for the move to do away with the Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) degree program that would qualify to teach in Secondary schools. Speaking to journalists after overseeing the unveiling of a three-classroom block at Sagam Secondary school located in Siaya, Prof Magoha said […]

TSC Officials: Teachers Allowed To Attend CBC Training on Madaraka Day

Teachers are set to attend the second day of their Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) training on Tuesday the 1st of June 2021. A top TSC official has revealed that this will happen even though the day is a public holiday. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is the organizer of the program that commenced today across the […]

It is a One–Year Mandatory Post-Graduate Diploma to Become a Teacher

All secondary school teachers will have to undergo a one-year mandatory post-graduate diploma in teaching before getting licensed to teach. According to the new proposals that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) have outlined, all university graduates aspiring to be teachers will have to undergo a post-graduate diploma in education. Widespread reports indicate that the Commission […]

KDF Soldier Offers To Teach Students after Teachers Flee Region

Samuel Gitau, a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier based in the dreaded Boni Forest in Lamu County has offered to teach students at Kiangwe Primary School. The soldier said that he decided to teach himself after teachers fled the school over security fears leaving only one teacher with a thankless task. “I met the teacher, […]

Court slaps 5 students nabbed over school fire with hefty Cash Bail

Following a fire incident at Mukaa Boys High School in Makueni County, five of the 12 students who were accused of setting a school dormitory on fire have pleaded not guilty. The minors were arraigned in court before Principal Magistrate Charles Mayamba on the 25th of May 2021 and they faced charges related to the […]