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Join Our Facebook Page The Ministry of Education has warned seven national schools over interfering with the Form One selection exercise that is set to happen soon. Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha said that within the next two weeks the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) shall be released. CS Magoha said […]
Join Our Facebook Page The Principal was nabbed following allegations of examination malpractice in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Machakos sub-county Criminal Investigations Officer Rhoda Kanyi said that the principal was released while awaiting feedback from a cybercrime detective regarding the confiscated phone before the suspect can be arraigned in court. DCI officials […]
Join Our Facebook Page Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have been directed to begin online classes immediately. The directive was effective Wednesday the 7th of April 2021. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive of suspending all physical learning in the country following the emergence of the third wave of COVID-19. The […]
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has extended the school/center application period till April 16, 2021. This allows schools that have not submitted choices of KCSE candidates to do so before the deadline. KUCCPS opened its online portal on the 6th of January till the 31st of March 2021 allowing the Kenya […]
Last week, a non-existent school was discovered in a parliamentary report and is among four institutions that a publisher was not able to trace in 2018. This revealed a long-standing corruption scandal that education officials have stolen public funds using ghost schools. The publisher had been contracted to supply books and reported to the Ministry […]
Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha and Machakos Director of Criminal Investigations (DCIO) Rhoda Kanyi have given contradicting statements over the leaked KCSE Mathematics paper 2 that leaked on Monday. CS Magoha had termed the leaked KCSE Mathematics paper on WhatsApp as a fake. A principal from Machakos County was the culprit. Mrs. Kanyi […]
The Teachers Service Commission awarded AON Minet the contract for medical insurance cover for all staff and teachers across the country that TSC has recruited. AON Minet works in collaborations with other insurance providers like Mediheal and Bliss in offering various medical cover packages to teachers and their dependents. In order to be receive AON […]
AON Minet has issued a directive to TSC-employed teachers to ensure they have scanned and uploaded documents for their dependants to their online portal. A good number of teachers have confirmed that they have received text messages for AON Minet imploring them to upload dependants’ documents. “Dear Mrs. Sharon, we are yet to receive supporting […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that it will not be registering teachers who train in subjects that are not in their curriculum at the moment. “Applicants for registration whose training is in subjects that are currently NOT in the curriculum do not qualify irrespective of having undertaken a Post Graduate Diploma in Education […]
The Principal of ABC Kiseveni Secondary School in Machakos County, Betta Mutuku has been arrested for posting the KCSE Mathematics paper on her WhatsApp status. Police officers alongside Machakos DCIO Rhodah Kanyi entered the institutions hours before the examination began and then took the Principal to the police station for investigations. Ms. Mutuku is alleged […]
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education KCPE Examinations results will be released two weeks from today, this is according to Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha. CS Magoha made this announcement on 6th April 2020, while in Kisumu, presiding over the opening and distribution of examination materials. Marking of English Composition and Kiswahili Insha Ongoing […]
The Ministry of Education has opened applications to Teachers Training Colleges till the 20th of April 2021. However, the Ministry has not lowered entry grades. This has dented hopes of students who did not manage to attain the minimum entry requirements but thought the government could lower the entry requirements. The Basic Education Permanent Secretary […]