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Join Our Telegram Group Egerton University dons have threatened to go on strike over financial issues through the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU). This was after the institution decided to issue layoff notifications in December last year. Grace Kibue, the secretary of UASU Egerton, and Mwaniki Ngare the Chairperson of UASU Egerton said that the […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has approved the transfer of 14,613 teachers back to their home counties bringing the Commission’s delocalization policy to an end. However, it has been revealed that 120 transfer requests by delocalized teachers were denied because the Commission is yet to find replacements. The moment the Commission […]
Join Our Telegram Group According to a section of parents, the government’s directive to domicile Grade 7 learners in their former primary schools could hurt learners who had been prepared psychologically that they would transition to the next level in different schools. Some parents from Kisii County pleaded to the Ministry of Education to reverse […]
A Narok Court has imposed a life sentence on a 50-year-old man who pleaded guilty to defiling and then marrying a ten-year-old schoolgirl. Saigulu Ololosereka, appeared before a Narok Senior Resident Magistrate Phyllis Shinyada, and was charged with defiling a 10-year-old girl and then marrying her in 2019. In her judgment, Ms. Shinyada said that […]
The Kenya National Examiners Council (KNEC) has today the 11th of January 2023 dismissed all CRE Paper 1 examiners. The dismissal is with immediate effect. The examiners who had returned to continue with the marking exercise at St. Francis Mang’u Girls High School have been told to leave the centre. The Kenya National Examination Council […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued the following statement regarding the marking of the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ‘On the Frontline in Quality Assessment and Examinations’ PRESS STATEMENT MARKING OF THE 2023 KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) wishes […]
Yesterday the marking exercise of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) was momentarily halted at St. Francis Girls Mang’u High School located in Gatundu North. More than 1,000 examiners who were marking from the station downed tools on Monday night claiming that they had been affected by harsh working conditions and poor pay. […]
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has started a two-week multi-agency approach to assess the country’s 32,594 primary schools’ capacity to host Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). This is also set to inform the decision to register them for Junior Secondary School (JSS). The team is scheduled to carry out the exercise between the 9th and the […]
Teachers who are going to be successful in securing employment in the ongoing recruitment exercise will fill out employment forms between the 24th and 31st of January 2023. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is publishing the names of shortlisted candidates and county recruitment process begins across the country to vet applicants, handle complaints and sign […]
The Kenya Technical Training College (KTTC) has been rebranded to the Kenya School of TVET, with a modified and expanded mandate of creating technical and vocational education and training practitioners. The rebranding took place last month during the 43rd graduation ceremony. This was approved by Legal Order 123 of 2022 and Presidential Order 1 of […]
The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Limited through its programme of empowering children with disabilities has announced schorlaship programmes for 2022 KCPE pupils. The KPC foundation together with the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) will select two pupils, a boy and a girl from the 47 counties. Applicants are required to have scored 250 […]
Teachers across the country received an early New Year’s gift after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) issued an announcement concerning 13,000 promotion vacancies for the 14,742 teachers who have been stuck in the same job grade for a long time. Teachers’ unions and education stakeholders complained to TSC over the previous advertisement for promotions claiming […]