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Here are the Admission Requirements as JSS Learners Report Today

Join Our Telegram Group Junior Secondary School (JSS) is not in motion as Grade Seven learners report to schools across the country. The move has ushered in the second part of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). However, the implementation of the CBC is being hindered by financial issues and a lack of infrastructure with the government […]

TSC Could Use P1 Teachers in JSS in the Meantime Due to Delays in New Recruits

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is grappling with delays in the recruitment of Junior Secondary School Teachers with the pioneer Grade 7 learners of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) learners joining today. According to reports, the Commission could use primary school teachers (P1 teachers) to teach in Grade 7. Admission of Grade […]

TSC Revokes School Principal’s Transfer

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is mandated to recruit, transfer and manage teachers. This means that the Commission can cancel a teacher’s transfer if certain conditions are not met in the transfer. Besides ensuring equitable distribution of teachers, the following are some of the reasons a TSC teacher’s transfer may be […]

KNUT Warns Teachers not to Teach JSS unless they are deployed

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has issued on primary school teachers not to teach in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) unless they have received deployment letters on the same from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This piece of information was relayed via a communique signed by Secretary-General Collins Oyuu whereby the teachers’ union said […]

County Governments Begin Reducing ECDE Teacher Salaries following SRC Directive

County Governments have begun responding to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) order issued on Early Childhood and Development Education (ECDE) teachers. The SRC conducted a job evaluation for ECDE teachers following requests from governors and has now issued a grading and salary structure for the teachers and they want it to be implemented across […]

Ministry of Education Revised 2023 Academic Calendar

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has issued a circular regarding the academic calendar for the year 2023 dated the 10th of January 2023. RE: MOE.HQS/3/13/3 Date: 10th January, 2023 To; Regional Directors of Education County Directors of Education RE: REVISED SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2023 FOR PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGES Attention is made […]

KNEC Issues Statement Regarding the Release of November 2022 Business and Technical Examinations Results

To: All Heads of Institutions Offering Business & Technical Examinations. RE: RELEASE OF NOVEMBER 2022 BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS RESULTS The Kenya National Examinations Council wishes to inform all Heads of Institutions that offered candidates for the November 2022 Business and Technical examinations that the results are officially released and ready for collection. The results […]

KUPPET disagrees with SRC’s Plot to Frustrate Teachers’ Salaries Demands

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has accused the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) of planning to frustrate teachers’ demands for new salaries and allowances. The teachers’ union’s officials led by their Secretary-General Akello Misori were responding to a story in a local daily newspaper that had reported that the SRC had increased […]

Former CS for Education Prof George Magoha Dies from Cardiac Arrest

The former Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has died from suspected cardiac arrest. According to reports, the former Education CS’s body is being kept at the Lee Funeral Home as family members and officials from the state arrive from within and outside the country. Prof George Magoha was in the eyes of many […]

TVET Transfers See Former TVET Principals Returned to Former Institutions

The Ministry of Education has conducted a reshuffling in technical colleges across the country with key Principals moved to new stations. A Handing over schedule reveals that the changes mostly affected the heads of national polytechnics and a bunch of Technical Training Institutes (TTIs). Among the heads moved is Kisii National Polytechnic Principal David Mwangi […]

KNEC Announces Examination-Setting Jobs for Teachers

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced the opening of test setters and moderators for national examinations within the examination body. The advertised recruitment drive is intended to add to the team of test development professionals at the Council. The Examiner had announced via a public notice published on the 23rd of January that […]