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Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has revealed that teachers employed by the Commission will be paid an extra allowance at the end of this month (January 2023). The extra pay will be from the annual leave allowance which teachers are paid once in a year. They are paid at a rate […]
Join Our Facebook Page Three Students attending the University of Nairobi (UoN) drowned in Lake Victoria on the New Year’s Eve when their boat capsized. According to a police report, the incident occurred at around 5:30 pm sand led to four of their comrades being rescued by coast guards from the Mulokoba Waterfront. Bad weather […]
Join Our Facebook Page Ruto promised to do away with the High Education Loans Board (HELB) and the Technical and Vocational Education Training centers (TVETs) and come up with national skills and funding council in order to connect the two levels to provide a credit transfer framework and facilitate the development of the education sector. […]
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examiners have been gradually trickling into the various marking stations across the country since Monday. Team leaders and subject coordinators already submitted their reports in the past week. Teachers have been working on marking schemes for the subjects they have specialized in for more than six days in […]
Nyamira County Commissioner Michael Lesimamu has ordered a speedy investigation into the cause of the death of Getengereirie SDA Primary School’s 47-year-old head teacher Ezekiel Getangwa whose body was found in the home of a relative. According to the deceased’s wife Mrs. Glady’s Bonareri, her husband had gone missing from their home in Egesieri on […]
The government has given permission to the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) and the Kenya Qualifications Authority (KNQA) to continue accrediting training programs in higher institutions. This comes after a report issued by the Directorate of University Education revealed how many tertiary institutions are not yet prepared to incorporate competency-based education and […]
There were reasons to celebrate as 35 traditional herbalists from Kisii county who had been researching on various trees together with Kisii University graduated with certificates and diplomas in the past week The herbalists had been working closely with KEMRI and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University. They underwent training within the premises of the university at […]
Unknown people have murdered a Masogo Secondary School teacher in cold blood. The school is located in Kisumu County. It has been alleged that the suspected robbers had been on board a motorcycle at the Nyamasaria area in Kisumu East when they attacked the late Edwin Okoth before killing him. After getting wind of the […]
KEs 52 Million worth of bursary funds have been allocated to 4,500 students from Mwala, Machakos County to support their education. The good news was revealed by the area Member of Parliament Vincent Musau following a meeting with the students during a verification exercise of the digital bursary application that he launched. The MP said […]
Primary school teachers who have completed upgrading their PTE certificates to Diplomas and a Degree are set to join Junior Secondary School (JSS) to help in teaching Grade 7 learners in junior secondary school in 2023. The Teachers Service Commission wants a minimum of 60,000 teachers to teach Grade 7 learners starting January 2023. At […]
Kisumu County Government is looking for partners to cooperate with in their bid to revamp visual arts and sports activities as a way of nurturing young talents. The County’s Department of Sports, Culture, Gender and Youth Affairs has already begun collecting views and suggestions from key stakeholders on the matter. To start with, the County […]
Upwards of 15,000 teachers are set to retire from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) by the 31st of December 2022. According to the Commission, these teachers will leave the service through natural attrition. This includes both classroom teachers and school administrators in primary and secondary schools. Due to this crisis, the Commission has made haste […]