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President Uhuru Kenyatta: Schools Must Reopen Next Year

Join Our Facebook Page President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured Kenyans that learning at all levels shall resume next year (January 2021). The President made the announcement during the Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium on the 12th of December 2020.  As His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta led the nation in marking this year’s Jamhuri […]

What Nancy Macharia told teachers on Jamhuri Day

Join Our Facebook Page Jamhuri Day celebrations took place at the Nyayo National Stadium yesterday and Dr. Nancy Macharia said the following statement to teachers. On behalf of TSC I wish all the teachers a happy Jamhuri Day 2020. On this occasion, we celebrate the establishment of Kenya as a republic. As we mark this […]

TSC Planning To Issue October Recruits with Posting Letters

Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is planning to issue posting letters to all October successful applicants. This is in line with the grand plan of our government for the reopening in January 2021. According to our sources, there are indications that TSC is working to ensure teachers are posted early January […]

Curriculum Implementation Committee Wants Removal of Grade 6 Assessment

The Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha shall give the final directive after receiving recommendations to remove the Kenya Primary Education Certificate (KCPE) exams by the Curriculum Implementation Committee. The committee agreed to scrap off the national examination and replace it with a grade 9 alternative. This was after a retreat they held at Naivasha […]

Government to Provide Facemasks and Meals in Schools

The government plans to provide facemasks, soaps, and sanitizers to students at a cost of Ksh. 2.1 Billion as schools are to reopen in January. The budget details are in the post-recovery plan released by the National Treasury named Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery Strategy (2020-2022). The document details that between December 2020 and June 2021, an […]

Mass Transfer of school administrators looms – TSC

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is planning to do a reshuffle of school administrators who have stayed in one station for a long time before schools reopen in January 2021. TSC County Directors are under instructions already to come up with a list of school administrators i.e. headteachers and their deputies for proper balancing before […]

Secondary School Teacher Found With Machakos Senator Released

Esther Muli Ntheya, a secondary school teacher found with Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka the day he fell sick has been released. The teacher was released on personal bond following negative poison test results on the Machakos Senator. There were no charges against the tutor but she was instructed to report every 14 days at […]

Kisii University Workers Stage Demos, Threaten to Boycott Work

Kisii University workers, on Wednesday, engaged the police in running battles after they staged demonstrations within the university premises. The angry university staff used the protest to complain on the delayed salaries. “We are demonstrating because we have not been paid. We work too long without pay”, said one of the demonstratin workers. University administration […]

Lugulu Girls High Students Protest Against Increased Rape Cases in School

Form four students from Lugulu Girls High School, in Bungoma County staged demonstrations on Tuesday morning along the Webuye-Kitale highway to protest against increasing cases of defilement in the school. The national school students were complaining of rape cases which have occurred within the school. The girls alleged that the school administration have been covering […]