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75 Percent of Kirinyaga Students Test Positive for STDs

Join Our Telegram Group According to Kirinyaga Central Sub-County Health Officer Kennedy Machora, around 12,000 out of the tested 16,000 students have tested positive for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). Machora was addressing parents of New Kerugoya Victory Academy over the weekend when he revealed that the medical staff working at the Sub-County health facilities where […]

KCSE Candidates Dies and Police Told To Hasten Investigations

Join Our Telegram Group Kochia village residents In Homabay County have called on the police to hasten their probe into the death of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidate shortly after she gave birth. Velma Anita Ochieng, a 19-year-olf KCSE candidate at Nyajanja Mixed Secondary school passed on Monday the 28th of September […]

KNEC Invites Teachers to Mark 2022 KCPE and KCSE Examinations

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has invited examiners to mark this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations. Below is the circular on the same. THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ADVERTISEMENT FOR ONLINE INVITATION OF ALL KCPE AND KCSE EXAMINERS FOR 2022 MARKING EXERCISE 1.0 […]

This is Why 67 Schools Missed KPSEA and KCPE Examinations on Monday

Sixty-seven (67) schools failed to collect their examination papers on Monday leading to uncertainty and confusion. According to the Ministry of Education, most of the affected schools are those that closed following the COVID-19 pandemic leading to pupils having to register in other schools. 52 schools in Uasin Gishu did not sit for the ongoing […]

Gladys Boss Shollei Wants Grade 6 Learners Retained in Primary School

The Deputy Speaker to the National Assembly, Gladys Boss Shollei had implored the government to let grade 6 learners stay in primary school. According to the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC), Grade Six learners are supposed to join Junior secondary schools which are domiciled in secondary schools. There are more than 1.6 Million Grade 6 learners who […]

Students from North Eastern Urged to Choose the Teaching Profession

Shortage of teachers caused by both insecurity and hardship in the North Eastern region has led to many schools being severely understaffed. The situation can be abated if locals embrace the teaching profession in order for them to address the shortage. Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif has urged students from the Northern Kenya region to […]

CS Mvurya Calls for Examination Integrity

The Cabinet Secretary for Mining Salim Mvurya has said that it is crucial that the integrity of the ongoing examinations be of the highest integrity. Mvurya called on all Kenya Primary Schools Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates for this year to do their examinations with the utmost professionalism. “We […]

KNEC and TSC Urge Exam Administrators to be Vigilant

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) oversaw the opening of the examination storage container at Langata Sub-County Officers at 6:00 am in Nairobi. They both called for vigilance from teachers and security personnel charged with administering the national examinations. “No one […]

Ministry of Education Warns Schools Over Lunch Fees

The Ministry of Education has issued a stern warning to school heads over a collection of money from KPSEA and KCPE candidates who are sitting for their examinations starting today and finishing them on the 30th of November 2022. The Director General of the Education Ministry has revealed that some heads of institutions have been […]