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Ministry of Education Advert for Principal Quality Assurance and Standards Officer, CSG8

Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has announced the availability of 115 vacancies of Principal Quality Assurance and Standards Officer. Below is the advert containing the salary scale, allowances, terms of service, duties and responsibilities and Requirements for Appointment. ADVERTISEMENT FOR VACANT POST The Ministry of Education, State Department for Early Learning is […]

TSC CEO Promises no irregularities in KCSE

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia has promised that the Commission has enough manpower to see through this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) which is ongoing. According to Dr Machaia, the government is committed to ensuring that KCSE candidates from volatile areas of […]

Thousands of High School Teachers to Undergo CBC Training

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is planning to train more than 60,000 high school teachers on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) by April 2023. This is after the Commission trained 228,000 of their primary school counterparts. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has also revealed that designing the syllabus for grades […]

DCI Arrests Serial Examination Fraudster

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 Education (KCSE) examinations papers. […]

Here Is when KCPE Will Be Ready

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 Council (KNEC) has already […]

Kirinyaga Headteacher Gets Arrested For Barring Learner from Taking KCPE Examination

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 […]

Mobile phones Banned from Examination Centers

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 […]

Magoha’s Response to Atheists’ Demand to abolish prayer days in schools

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 […]

Teachers Warned Against Cybercrime

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 […]

MPs Want TPD Paused

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 […]

Fatuma Chege: CBC is the Real Deal

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 […]

KCSE/KCPE Students relocated as Examinations Loom

The government has begun transferring students in their hundred to other areas for protection following a meeting with stakeholders of education. The students being transferred are students set to sit for their national examinations this March. The Rift Valley Regional Commission Mohammed Maalim revealed that this was done to ensure that all candidates of the […]