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Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has realized the need for sensitization of its employees on mental health and has issued a circular indicating its plan for sensitization of teachers on mental health. The circular is shown below. TO: ALL TSC SUB-COUNTY DIRECTORS – EMC ALL HEADS OF INSTITUTIONS – EMC DATE: […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued a warning to public and private schools against uploading made-up scores on the examiner’s portal. The examiner has warned that appropriate action will be taken against schools and teachers who are found interfering with its national exercise. This follows complaints from some parents […]
Join Our Telegram Group The government has failed to allocate Kshs. 74 billion to help bring financial stability to public universities meaning the institutions are set for another year with financial problems. Many colleges are already experiencing problems due to having enormous debt which has been a stumbling block in their day-to-day operations. The Executive […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has revealed that the upcoming Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) national examination will be marked using new technology and teachers will not be involved in the exercise. KNEC acquired Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) machines which will electronically score the Grade 6 examinations. The machine marks […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to train 116,024 secondary school teachers in preparation for the junior secondary school Grade 9 class. At least 60,000 secondary school teachers underwent training in handling Grade 7 and 8 in April this year. The Commission also trained 120,000 primary school teachers in handling grade 6 learners in […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has started deploying Primary Teacher Education (PTE) teachers to secondary schools across the country. This has been revealed through the Commission’s official communication with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). The Commission’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said that more teachers will be required to ensure seamless implementation of the […]
A nine years pupil was killed by a pack of hyenas in Nyacaba village in Juja, in Kiambu County leaving villagers in a state of worry. The third-grade pupil had been attending a private school in the area and was reported missing on Thursday. On Saturday, his clothes were found abandoned in a nearby thicket. […]
The Ministry of Education has issued a circular regarding the contact information of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Candidates (KCSE). The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is intending to create a database with contact information details of all candidates to ‘facilitate communication’ to the candidates and their parent/guardians regarding school/centre application, revision […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that around 30 counties across the country have completed constructing classrooms meant for the Competency-Based Curriculum with the transition to junior secondary school looming. CS Magoha was speaking while overseeing the construction of CBC classes at Uasin Gishu High School and Moi Girls High School […]
Egerton University has launched a parents and guardians portal with student information to help in tracking their children’s performance. In addition, the portal will also provide frequent updates concerning events held in the schools. The news was broken to all staff, students and parents through a notice whereby the institution revealed that the web-based system […]
The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has issued an advertisement urging teachers to enrol in the training for marking the national examinations (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education). Below is the advert: TRAINING OF KCPE AND KCSE EXAMINERS The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will be conducting training for teachers […]
Primary Teacher Education (PTE) teachers and Early Childhood Education (ECDE) teachers are set to undergo the Diploma upgrading programme this September. The first group is already out and is just waiting for their practicum this September before being awarded a Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Diploma upgrade certificate. According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), the […]