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Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has put teachers back to work, asking them to collect data on girls who have become pregnant during this Covid-19 pandemic. This call of duty has stirred confusion and it’s not clear how they will do it. Schools remain closed due to the pandemic. The circular issued […]
Join Our Telegram Group International EdTech company, Crimson Education, has launched a private online high school – the Crimson Global Academy (CGA) – in South Africa, with a tuition fee of only Ksh. 168,000 (R26,000) per subject. The CGA will offer international qualifications including the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and A-Levels, the […]
Join Our Telegram Group In Capetown, teachers and parents have rallied behind Wesley Neumann, the principal of Healthfiled High School, following an appeal written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet to shut down schools again until it is safe to return. Neumann wrote in one of the letters on behalf of a group of […]
It is approaching five months ever since the government of Uganda issued a temporary but indefinite closure on all institutions of learning in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. With time, however, different countries have given hope to school administrators, as they have promised to reopen schools soon, following a particular set of […]
MPs on the National Economy Committee have demanded the cancellation of the 2020 academic year. More than 15 million students were sent home, as a preventive measure against Covid-19. Now, the MPs have advised the government to declare 2020 a dead year as opening amid the burden of following the Standard Operation procedures would not […]
The Teachers Service Commission has implored anyone visiting their offices to opt for their online platforms to access their services. This comes amid the life-threatening global Coronavirus Pandemic that has rendered a cessation of movement for some time and strict social distancing conditions set by the Ministry of Health. “You do not have to visit […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has requested the teachers employer to include over 103,000 school heads, their deputies and senior teachers in this month’s pay rise as it implements phase four of the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The 103,000 teachers were left out last year by the Teacher’s Service Commission (TSC) during […]
The government through Microfinance support Centre has injected 5 billion Uganda shillings into the Uganda Teachers’ Cooperative Savings and Credit Union as part and parcel of its commitment to improving their welfare, especially during this pandemic. The Uganda Teachers Cooperative Savings and credit union is an umbrella to several teachers saving groups across the country. […]
Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) has announced general salary cuts of up to 90% for its staff members after they had reviewed their terms of employment amidst the Covid-19 lockdown. Hussein Lukyamuzi, the university secretary says the institution is unable to pay salaries to staff members as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown whose effects […]
A stunning 42% drop out rate of children before the completion of primary school was reported by UNESCO in 2012. Since then, things are not any better, right from the elementary schools to universities and colleges. However, it is highly anticipated that the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak will skyrocket the dropout rates a great […]
Following the closure of schools due to COVID-19, students are becoming extremely tired of staying at home. Those who have been learning online have also started getting bored. Based on research done by Teacher.co.ke, many learners miss the joy of being in school because there was more interaction with other learners and teachers. Besides, at […]
CS Magoha has given parents a solution to the school fees paid for the second and third terms for the year 2020. Most parents have been hit hard by the effects of COVID-19 on a financial basis and school fees paid in advance were always going to be a sticking point. Prof George Magoha’s directive […]