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More Than 8000 Teachers to Gain Access to Medical Services With Minet Enlisting More Public Hospitals

Join Our Facebook Page AON Minet Kenya has enrolled services of an additional six government hospitals located in Kericho County to offer medical services to thousands of teachers in the region. The hospitals that have been enrolled with AON Minet are Londiani, Kapkatet, Roret, Kericho County Referral Hospital, Soin-Sigowet and Fort Tenan Sub-County hospitals. During […]

Parents Implore TSC Not To Transfer Teachers Who Post Good Results

Join Our Facebook Page Parents from the Kenyenya area in Kisii County have urged the Teachers Service Commission not to transfer teachers who have posted good results in their current stations before they complete their projects. Through the Nyanza Region Parents’ Association Chairperson Mr Paul Mainga, the parents called on the Commission to reverse the […]

KUPPET and KNUT Cry Foul Over Nepotism in TSC Teacher Recruitment

Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and two major trade unions have clashed over the recruitment of teachers in Bomet County. The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) have both claimed that there is deep-rooted nepotism that has affected the teacher hiring […]

Former Principal Wins Parliamentary Seat

Peter Ochieng Orero has come out on top winning the Kibra parliamentary sear after defeating incumbent Imran Okoth and former football player McDonald Mariga. Peter Ochieng Oreto is commonly known as Mwalimu Orero. Mwalimu Orero a former Dagoretti High School Principal, won 33,008 votes against Mariga’s 20,049 votes. On the hand, Imran came third with […]

ECDE Teachers Refuse SRC’s Salary Offer

Kenya Union of Pre-Primary Education Teachers (KUNOPPET) has refused the Salaries and Remuneration Commission’s (SRC) salary offer for Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) teachers citing no consultation. SRC through a December 10, 2021 letter addressed to the Council of Governors (COG) Chairperson Hon. Martin Wambora said that the Commission came up with an advisory […]

Magoha Pushes Reopening of Schools to Monday, August 15th

The Ministry of Education has announced new dates for reopening following the General Elections held yesterday. The Cabinet Secretary announced the closure of schools on the 2nd of August 2022 and set the opening dates on the 10th of August 2022. “As you are aware, Kenya is scheduled to conduct its national elections on Tuesday […]

CS Magoha: CBC Contractors and School Heads Conspire To Embezzle CBC Funds

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed tricks that heads of institutions and construction contractors have been using to embezzle funds meant for the construction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms. According to CS Magoha, the cost of constructing the CBC classrooms was reduced while commissioning four CBC classrooms at Nairobi School. […]

University of Nairobi Comes Out On Top in Impact and Excellence Rank

The University of Nairobi (UoN) has been ranked top in top position in a ranking conducted by the Web of Universities which ranks universities locally and internationally. The Web of Universities ranking covers one hundred (100) universities in Kenya and how they rank globally in openness, impact and excellence. UoN is followed by Kenyatta University […]

MKU Acquires Quality Assurance Certification

Mount Kenya University (MKU) has received an ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System certification award from the Kenya Bureau of Standards. According to MKU’s Chairman of the University Council Prof David Serem, the ISO Certification is set to allow the growth of quality education in the university and other learning institutions in Kenya. The ISO […]