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Moi University to Reward Staff Wearing Kenyan Attire

Join Our Facebook Page Moi University Staff members have been encouraged to follow the presidential directive for civil servants to wear clothes made in Kenya on Fridays and Public holidays. This was communicated through a 22nd of September 2022 memo to deans, directors, chairs of departments and heads of departments, the university Head of Corporate […]

Final Winners of 94th National Music Festival Revealed

Join Our Facebook Page Kenyatta University came up top in the just concluded 94th edition of the Kenya Music festival that was held in Kisumu with a total of twenty trophies. The institution was declared the best overall after defeating many other institutions and maintaining its supremacy in the festivals for the tenth year running. […]

KNUT Asks Government to Involve All Stakeholders of Education in CBC Taskforce

Join Our Facebook Page The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has asked the government to include all stakeholders of education in the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) taskforce that is set for Commissioning. The CBC taskforce is set to undertake a comprehensive review of the CBC and address concerns of all stakeholders regarding the new system […]

Potential Salary Delays as DP Rigathi Reveals Government is Broke

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed that there is not a lot of money in the government coffers meaning that civil servants should expect salary delays. Teachers and civil servants are now fearing that the DP’s sentiments could mean that they have to wait a little bit longer to get their salaries and allowances. There […]

Moi University Students Call for Speedy Disbursement of HELB

Moi University Students’s association leaders have called on President William Samoei Ruto to push the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to appropriately release funds to their bank accounts. Moi University Students Organization (MUSO) President Kepha Erick Opass has revealed that students have not received their HELB loans. “As students, we are disappointed with the current […]

President Ruto Lauds Eco-Banana Limited for winning the Hult Prize Award

President William Ruto has praised a group of Kenyan students who went by the group name Eco-Banana Limited for winning the global finals of the Hult Prize that was held in New York on Tuesday. Eco-Banana was awarded One Million dollars (Kshs. 120 million) for their efforts. President William Samoei Ruto congratulated the Eco-Banana saying […]

Why the CBC is here to Stay

The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is the new curriculum that is gradually phasing out the 8-4-4 system in schools and has been in existence for six years. The new curriculum has divided the opinions of many a parent with criticism being vented on the system due to being expensive and quite involving. However, experts have suggested […]

4 Kenyan Students Win Kshs. 120 Million in USA Award

St. Paul’s University students won the 2022 Hult Prize on the 20th of September 2022 in an event held in New York in the USA. Eco-banana Limited founded by Keylie Muthoni, Dulla Shilton, Lennox Omondi and Brian Ndung’u won a prize of Kshs. 120 Million. The students had come up with a method of producing […]

Abolition of NG-CDF Worries Parents

Parents have vented their frustrations to Members of Parliament for passing a bill in the National Assembly that sought to disperse funds to constituencies for the development of the education sector. Represented by the National Parents Association Chairperson Nicholas Maiyo, the parents expressed their concerns over the increase in the number of school dropouts due […]

Mwea Primary ECDE Comes Out on Top against In Music Festivals

Mwea Primary School ECDE have come out on top in the singing game competitions under Class 802G at the National Music Festivals that are going on in Kisumu. The school located in Embu beat other schools that were competing in the same category and defended the title that they had won back in 2019 before […]

Kibabii University to Launch Online Examination Administration Software

Kibabii University Vice Chancellor Prof Ipara Odeo has revealed that the institution is planning to launch computer software that will help in administering examinations online. In a meeting with members of the media, Prof Odeo revealed that e-learning has been utilized by many universities world-over in a bid to increase access to learning. “Many universities […]