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Maasai Girls Principal Probed Over Exam Malpractice

Join Our Facebook Page The Principal of Maasai Girl’s Secondary School Ms Rose Otieno is being probed over allegedly attempting to leak the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Narok County Commissioner Isaac Masinde said that investigations had been started regarding the allegations that parents had made claiming that she was soliciting Kshs. 3,000 […]

Magoha Reveals Day KCPE Results Will Be Out

Join Our Facebook Page The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results will be officially released on any day between Wednesday and Saturday this week. Kenyans have been mostly speculative when asked when the KCPE results will be released since the KCPE Insha and […]

Exam Cheaters Afraid As Ministry of Education Introduces These New Rules

Join Our Facebook Page The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced five new rules to curb cheating in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Yesterday, Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha directed examination centre managers to follow the five rules in a press address that comes amid the reporting of examination cheating […]

KUPPET asks Government to Release Calendar for Schools’ Games and Sports

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has called on the government o release the calendar for school sports and games. This comes after the Cabinet Secretary for Health Mutahi Kagwe directed that sporting activities resume in schools following a notable reduction of COVID-19 infections. President Uhuru Kenyatta suspended all sporting activities in […]

TSC Pays Teachers Who Missed Out In CBA Benefits

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has now paid 12,000 teachers who missed out on the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) a part of the arrears owed to them from the previous CBA. The 12,000 teachers are part of the 16,342 teachers who are members of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) who had not […]

Bridge International Academies’ future in ruins as Donor Withdraws Funding

Bridge International Academies is looking at an unstable future, at least financially following the withdrawal of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as their sponsor. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) was resorted to stopping funding Bridge International Academies following protests from activists who argued that the schools are organizations that benefit their owners.  The World Bank’s […]

Principal and 42 KCSE Candidates Arrested Over Cheating

Dibuoro Secondary School Principal, forty-two KCSE candidates, a Chemistry teacher and two laboratory technicians, the supervisor and five invigilators have been nabbed for engaging in examination malpractice. It was found out that the school had a leakage for Chemistry paper 3 which was done yesterday. Following the arrest, the suspects were taken to Siaya police […]

Selected Institutions Still Panning April TPD Training despite Parliament Order

The Teachers Service Commission’s selected institutions to offer the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) are still preparing to offer the training to teachers despite an order from Parliament against the training. Members of Parliament ordered a pause on the TPD until stakeholders have been consulted properly. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has also not given any […]

KCPE Results to Be Out Next Week as Marking of Composition and Insha Nears End

Examiners reported to marking stations this week and are almost done marking the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) Insha ad Composition papers. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) invited examiners to apply for 2021 marking exercise in preparation for the KCPE Insha and Composition and it now seems the examiners have done a great […]

18000 books drive to boost Community Libraries

Around 30 community libraries located in underserved areas are set for a donation of 18,000 books that will help in boosting literacy levels. Moto Books and Arts Festivals organizers have been invited authors, booksellers, publishers and the public to be involved in the Adopt-A-Library initiative by making books donations. The Director of Moto Books and […]

Police Searching For 10 Men Who Assaulted a Young Girl

Police from West Pokot are currently looking for ten men who are suspected of assaulting a 12-year-old girl from Sigor after she refused to marry an elderly man. According to Marich Police Station, the young girl’s father and nine other men beat up the minor in abid to force her to accept being married after […]