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Join Our Telegram Group The United Kingdom has locked out African Universities from job opportunities following conditions set for the High Potential Individual (HPI) visa. The new guidelines mean that for one to qualify for the HPI visa, an applicant must have graduated from one of the world’s top 50 universities. The HPI visa guidelines […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to pay teachers on permanent and pensionable terms their annual salary increment in July this year following months of waiting for salary increment signed in the new 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Al teachers including teachers in lower grades will earn the usual annual salary […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA) has called on the government to set up breastfeeding centres in schools in order to ensure that lactating teachers are able to breastfeed their babies without any problems. According to KEWOTA, a law passed in 2016 means that the government has to build facilities in […]
Bomet County is set to roll out the Early Childhood Education (ECDE) Milk program to all ECDE Centres in the County. This was revealed via a County Circular with the following content. THE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION BOMET FIELD STATION Dear Sir, RE: ROLL OUT OF ECDE MILK PROGRAM FOR ECDE CENTERS IN BOMET COUNTY […]
According to the Principal Secretary of State Department for Vocational and Technical Training Dr Margaret Mwakima, the government is planning to establish a National Polytechnic in every county. Speaking at the Kinoru Stadium located in Meru County during the 5th Kenya Association of Technical Training Institutions (KATTI) TVET fair, Dr Mwakima revealed that plans are […]
The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) has awarded 148 students who sat for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) scholarships to boost their education. Beneficiaries of the Kshs. 22.2 Million scholarships have been selected from 47 counties across the country. During the awards of the scholarship, the Ministry of Education (MoE) Chief Administrative Secretary […]
The National Assembly is planning to rescue troubled public universities which have debts amounting to around Kshs. 43 billion. According to the National Assembly budget committee report, financial issues came about due to the failure to implement the new funding formula. Using the Differentiated Unit Cost model, the government funds around 40% of universities. Once […]
Several schools in Bungoma have threatened to reject learners who are under county scholarships due to unpaid fees. While learners have been enjoying their half-term break the Bungoma County Government has been blamed for not submitting school fees for their scholarship program that covers around 7,000 Form one students. Rose Situma the Chief Officer for […]
An official working with the Ministry of Education is alleged to have diverted around Kshs. 11.1 million intended for the free education to his own personal account. Following an anti-graft agency inquiry, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is now looking into the issue after there were reports of misappropriation of public funds in the […]
The Principal Secretary of State Department for University Education and Research, Ambassador Simon Nabukwesi has called on Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) beneficiaries to pay up outstanding balances to help in making funds available for the growing cases of needy students. According to Nabukwesi, defaulters owe HELB billions which he claimed could be sufficient to […]
In a bid to create awareness of mental health issues, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) in Nakuru trained around 400 teachers on mental health, urging them to be champions in their respective institutions. The teachers came from secondary schools located in Nakuru County in addition to a few primary schools that have […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has provided a Short Message Service (SMS) number which will help parents when confirming the registration of their children for the upcoming 2022 national examinations for both secondary and primary schools. The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will be done by class eight (8) learners while the Kenya […]