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School Heads Want Mandatory Drug Tests To Curb Unrest in Schools

Join Our Telegram Group Secondary school heads have called for the introduction of mandatory drug tests for students in schools ahead of the new academic year. The school heads also want the existing policy to be changed to make all students answerable to cases of destruction to school property during the school unrests that have […]

KNUT Cites Inflation in Appeal to KNEC to Increase Examiners’ Pay

Join Our Telegram Group Teachers who are examiners are contracted under the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and are also paid by the same body. Collins Oyuu urged KNEC to increase the remunerations that are allocated to centre managers, invigilators supervisors and markers involved in the whole process of conducting and marking the national examinations. […]

This Is When KCSE Results Will Be Released

Join Our Telegram Group The 2021 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates and parents can now calm their anxiety regarding the release of the KCSE national examinations because the release date has been revealed. 2021 KCSE candidates can expect to have their results by the end of the month. Examiners have completed the marking […]

List of All National Schools in Kenya according to clusters 2022

This post presents the newly updated 2022 list of all the National Schools in Kenya categorized in the four different clusters. Apart from the list, we explain how the clustering of the national schools occurred. Lastly, we outline how candidates in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, can apply and join these schools. How […]

TSC Deregistered 64 Teachers over Indiscipline Cases

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has laid off 64 teachers for committing various offences that are against the code of conduct of the teaching profession. The Commission revealed this through a gazette notice dated the 14th of April where the TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia said that the said teachers were removed from […]

Media Council of Kenya Set To Train Kenyan Media on Elections on Reporting

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) Rift Valley Coordinator Joseph Karanja has revealed that the Council has launched the training of journalists across the country on reporting on elections which are set to take place on August 9th 2021. Karanja was speaking in Kapenguria where he took the lead role in participating in helping Kenyans […]

Report: 9.1% of students with disabilities get admitted to TVET colleges

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) together with the Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education Training has been urged to ensure measures are put in place t enhance the placement of trainees with disabilities in all levels of technical institutions. Among these institutions that have been urged to enhance the placement of […]

Schools Told To Identify Mentors, Coaches and Champions

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has directed schools to identify teachers who shall be mentors, coaches and champions. According to the Commission, the previous data that schools submitted had errors as it did not contain all the information that was required. “Some schools identified teachers who had less than three (3) years in service to […]

KCPE Student Scores 415, Misses Place in Form One

 A Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate who scored 415 marks out of 500 in the recently announced 2021 KCPE national examination was not placed in any secondary school. The 24-year-old student revealed that he had previously taken the KCPE examination but was not able to continue to the next level. This forced him […]

Ministry of Education Announces Changes in Curriculum Designs in Languages

The Ministry of Education has announced the completion of the review of English, Kiswahili and Indigenous Languages via a circular, based on recommendations from the Report on the Implementation of Languages in Grades 1, 2 & 3. Besides, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has also approved the change of name from Literacy Activities to Indigenous […]