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Teacher Salaries in Tanzania

Join Our Facebook Page Teachers in Tanzania are not well paid as compared to other countries like Kenya. A person working in a teaching or education profession may earn less than an individual owning a boutique or a salon in the same country. An individual working in education/teaching in Tanzania earns around Kshs. 62,980 per […]

Ministry Of Education Guidelines on Salaries of Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff Employed On BOM Terms

The Ministry of Education has provided well-established guidelines on terms of teaching and non-teaching staff in secondary schools who are employed on the Board of Management (BOM) Terms. The Board of Management hires both teaching and non-teaching staff. The guidelines provided hear mirror Dr. Kilemi Mwiria’s education task force. Dr. Kilemi Mwiria proposed a number […]

School Uses Chiefs to Take Study Materials to Students

Following the closure of all learning institutions in March due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, children have been stuck at home with no learning going on. A secondary school in Nyeri has now joined hands with chiefs to supply assignments and coursework to students to help them keep learning during the ongoing coronavirus-enforced crisis. It […]

TSC to roll out Community-Based Learning

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has provided guidelines ahead of the commencement of community-based learning. This comes in light of the ongoing situation in the country whereby students have been stuck at home since the closure of schools in March. Schools were closed in March to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Students have been […]

Masinde Muliro University Students Oppose Online Examination Plan

The novel coronavirus led to halting of learning in all learning institutions in March and with the pandemic still with no cure, the future is bleak. Ways of learning at home have been bundled about since then with even the government’s KICD not proving successful. Universities like Nairobi University are continuing with online examinations although […]

Teacher Salaries in Kenya per month

For many years, teachers have protested to better payment from the Kenyan government. The Kenya National Teachers Union (KNUT) fought hard with the government over this and eventually they succeeded in getting teachers a salary increment. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission struck a deal with teachers on increasing their salaries. However, this was to be […]

Government’s Flawed Mode of Inspection Censured By Private School Owners.

Ugandan school proprietors under the National Private Educational Institutions Association (NPEIA), are questioning the Ministry of Education’s motives of going to their institutions without notifying them. They are protesting the abrupt decision of the government to inspect their school premises without prior information. The secretary to the ministry’s Covid-19 committee, Mr. Hassadu Kirabira, on behalf […]

SOFTWARE ADVISOR: Best Apps for Windows 10

Your new computer having Windows 10 system is going to need installation of appropriate software especially if it is brand new or if you did a clean installation of Windows. Many apps are available that can improve your experience while using Windows, entertain you, or improve security on your device with managing passwords and keeping […]

Funds Released To Schools for Term Two and Three

Finally, the Ministry of Education or rather the government has released money to schools to be used to pay Boards of Management (BOM) and non-teaching staff. This comes as a huge bailout for BOM teachers who have undergone many challenges during the ongoing COID-19 pandemic. A number of heads of schools have confirmed to Teacher.co.ke […]