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Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to release more teachers including those who had been delocalized from their current working stations. The Commission will approve transfer requests and effect the transfers to areas that they have requested once schools have closed. The Commission will affect both regional and inter-regional transfer […]
Join Our Facebook Page The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued the following circular regarding the training of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examiners between the 24th and 28th of April 2023. TRAINING OF KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (KCSE EXAMINERS) The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will be conducting training of examiners […]
Join Our Facebook Page A clash over the use of a laundry sink at Dagoretti High School in Nairobi Kenya injures 17 students. The incident started after two students had an argument which escalated into a physical fight that quickly evolved into a physical fight. Other students joined in using sticks to attack each other. […]
According to reports, some headteachers applied for positions in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) when the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) recently advertised vacancies in the past month. In a circular dated the 17th of February 2023, TSC advertised the availability of 10,833 requests for the deployment of qualified primary school teachers to junior secondary schools. The […]
Maseno University is now set to admit the first-ever law students after the Council on Legal Education (CLE) approved the institution. The latest approval follows the approval to provide Bachelor of Medicine programs that were issued ten years ago. Maseno University is now set to have its own School of Law. According to Owen Mc […]
During an event to celebrate the International Jiggers Day held in Khwisero Constituency, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ahadi Kenya Stanley Kamau issued a warning to school head teachers against sending learners home because of being infested with jiggers. The Ahadi CEO reiterated that the infestation of jiggers is a normal condition which needs […]
According to the Kenya Primary School Sports Association (KPSSA) Chairperson, junior secondary school students will join their colleagues in primary school in games activities, Grade Seven (7) learners will take part in the field and track events that were rolled out for primary schools. In the KPSSA letter addressed to all Regional, County and Sub-County […]
Kisii County’s Governor Simba Arati has heaped praise on the Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu for his efforts to improve the education sector in the country and promised that he would support him to ensure that quality education is accessible to most in the region. Governor Simba Arati was speaking at Bomachoge Chache Constituency […]
The Government of Kenya has announced a donation worth Kes. 140 billion from the British Council intended to assist six universities in the country. The grant is aimed at cushioning the institutions against the challenges of underfunding and allowing them to expand their academic programmes. The speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula revealed the […]
Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classroom contractors in Migori County who were awarded tenders to construct classrooms for the CBC during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s tenure have threatened to make the classrooms inaccessible due to a lack of payments. According to the contractors, the government is yet to make payments to them for more than two months since […]
Meru University of Science and Technology has dismissed their Vice-Chancellor Prof Romanus Odhiambo due to poor performance. In a letter dated the 28th of February 2023, the University Council evaluated Odhiambo’s performance and found it to be below their expectations. The University Council elected not to renew Odhiambo’s contract as requested in his letter dated […]
The government has proposed scrapping hardship allowances in areas that it has since developed over time and should no longer be categorized as hardship areas. A report to do a review on hardship allowance is set to be tabled in parliament for adoption in the coming week and has unsettled teachers in hardship areas. Representatives […]