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Join Our Facebook Page The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has announced the arrest of a serial examination fraudster. Oscar Brighton is allegedly a serial fraudster and a third-year economics student attending Zetech University. He is being held behind bars for allegedly selling fake Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary […]
Join Our Facebook Page The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will be done within the next two weeks. CS Magoha was speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday and supervised the distribution of social and religious studies where he revealed that the Kenya National Examinations […]
Join Our Facebook Page Mombasa County Director for Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE), Libraries Department and ICT, Mwangi Gichui has implored the Ministry of Education to incorporate robotics in the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC). Gichui said that after the successfully concluded robotics competition in Mombasa, robotics should be incorporated into the CBC. “The robotics program targets […]
Mwea Municipality Headteacher has been arrested after allegedly barring a Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate from sitting for the examinations over fees arrears. The Headteacher Mr John Macharia Mwangi sent the 13-year-old away demanding that he clears the balance of his remaining fees before he can sit for his examination. Mwea-West sub-county commissioner […]
Education CAS Dr Sarah Ruto has announced that all class eight learners who shall sit for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination will all transition to form one regardless of the marks they will attain. While in Eldoret where she oversaw the opening of examination containers, Dr Sarah Ruto said that every child […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has directed examination officials to refrain from taking mobile phones to examination rooms. CS Magoha was speaking in Nyeri when the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education was released to Nyeri Central. He urged security officers to arrest any examination officer who goes into examination rooms with their […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Information and Communication Technology, Innovation and Youth Affairs Joe Mucheru has assured that the national examinations have not been leaked. Mucheru oversaw the opening and distribution of examination materials at the DCC grounds in Kajiado Central on Monday. “This examination has not been lead. We will ensure that children receive the […]
The police arrested a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Soldier on Sunday afternoon in the Langas area located in Uasin Gishu County after he allegedly defiled a 12-year-old girl. The KDF soldier Mr Elly Kipkoech is a KDF private based at 9KA, Second Bridge is currently being held at Langas Police Station over allegedly forcefully taking […]
With National Examinations around the corner, the Atheists in Kenya Society wrote a letter to Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha asking him to abolish the mandatory prayer days in schools. While addressing journalists in Mombasa on Thursday, March 3, CS Magoha told off the society, telling them to ‘Go to Hell’ with their […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Deputy County Director to Makeuni County David Gutu has urged teachers to be careful with their personal information because cybercrime is on the rise. It has been revealed that some criminals have managed to solicit funds fraudulently. Ogutu blamed some teachers for visiting cyber cafes for internet services where they […]
Members of Parliament to Kenya’s National Assembly have demanded that the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) courses pause with immediate effect. They have demanded that TPD should only resume after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) conducts comprehensive consultations with stakeholders. TSC had directed teachers across the country employed under the Commission to register and attend the […]
The Principal Secretary for Curriculum Reform Implementation, Fatuma Chege, has declared her support for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is the best option for this generation and many more to come. Besides, Prof Chege also revealed that all instruction materials i.e. books and other materials that will be required in the CBC have been completed. Her […]