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Principals Want to Raise School Fees

Join Our Facebook Page Heads of Institutions are seeking to raise school fees by Sh. 16,000, an attempt that could irk parents due to the congested academic calendar that is going to force parents to pay school fees four times in 2022. 2022 is going to have four terms compressed in a single year due […]

System of Upgrading Secondary Schools Revealed

Join Our Facebook Page The Ministry of Education is set to upgrade secondary schools all over the country with Sub-County status schools set to be upgraded to County Status and County schools to Extra County status. How the system will work For secondary schools with sub-county status, they will have to make a formal request […]

Low Teacher Turn up Forces MKU to Reschedule TPD Training

The Teachers Professional Development (TPD) training at Mount Kenya University has been rescheduled due to the low turnup of teachers. The online training of teachers at the institution on TPD ended last week when the introductory module entered the second session at MKU. Unfortunately, the low number of teachers who attended the training forced the […]

Form One Placement to be Released Tomorrow

Since the release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results, 2021 KCPE candidates have been eagerly waiting for Form One placement results. They are set to have their anxiety allayed with the results of the placement process set to be out tomorrow. Just like their children parents of the 2021 KCPE examination have […]

Parent Fights Head Teacher over Sending Learner to Collect Birth Certificate Fee

Ugandan Police have started an investigation into an incident whereby a parent elected to assault a school headteacher for sending home his child to collect birth certificate fees. Jamil Magezi, the headteacher, refused to allow the parent’s three children to attend classes until they produced the fees required to process their birth certificates. Jamil Mwanje […]

Education Sector Gets 544.4 Billion Allocation in 2022/23

The education sector has received a Sh. 544.4 billion allocation in the 2022/23 budget proposal out of the total Sh. 3.31 trillion total budget. The Cabinet Secretary for Treasury Ukur Yatani revealed today that the government is willing to increase access to quality education. This was during the tabling of the budget proposals in parliament. […]

Schools Heads Worry over Looming April-May Delocalization

According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia, the Commission is set to transfer thousands of teachers to new stations starting from April to early May. The TSC CEO revealed that the delocalization process will take place across all schools with the main aim being balancing staff in schools. […]

Here is How TSC will pay Hardship Allowance to New Hardship areas

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) recently updated the list of all recognized hardship areas among them new areas while others were removed due to a change in infrastructure and other factors. Teachers teaching in schools located in recognized areas of hardships are paid a hardship allowance which serves as motivation. Conditions in hardship areas make […]

TSC Warns Teachers Pressure Group It Has the Mandate to Transfer Teachers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has warned the Kenya National Teachers Pressure Group that it has the right to transfer teachers from one school to another. This comes after the group’s case was dismissed in court after five teachers belonging to the group protested their transfers to their new schools. The teachers had gone to […]

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 […]