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Join Our Facebook Page 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 […]
Join Our Facebook Page 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 […]
Join Our Facebook Page 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 […]
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 […]
On Tuesday, a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the lifting of the cessation order for Mombasa, Nairobi, and Mandera counties, CS Magoha announced that basic education institutions will resume next year. This comes after parents and other stakeholders expressed concerns concerning the reopening of schools in September. “Stakeholders have ditched the proposal to reopen […]
NAIROBI, PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, July 07, 2020 REOPENING OF LEARNING INSTIUTIONS IN KENYA On Monday July 6th 2020, His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta directed the Ministry of Education to jointly, with all the stakeholders in the sector, notify the public on the resumption of learning for Basic Education and Tertiary Institutions by today. Following […]
Dr. Nancy Macharia has been restored as the Teachers Service Commission CEO for another five-year term. Her previous term expired in the past week and it seems she impressed her employers with how she has handled teachers’ affairs with an iron fist. If you are on the government’s side, it is hard to disagree. The […]
It has become increasingly difficult for secondary and primary schools to reopen while observing the COVID-19 safety precautions to avoid more infections. Many suggestions have been bundled about but none has looked able to solve the reopening problem. Here are the ten possible solutions that the government can borrow to solve the September reopening of […]