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Join Our Telegram Group Meru University of Science and Technology has dismissed their Vice-Chancellor Prof Romanus Odhiambo due to poor performance. In a letter dated the 28th of February 2023, the University Council evaluated Odhiambo’s performance and found it to be below their expectations. The University Council elected not to renew Odhiambo’s contract as requested […]
Join Our Telegram Group The government has proposed scrapping hardship allowances in areas that it has since developed over time and should no longer be categorized as hardship areas. A report to do a review on hardship allowance is set to be tabled in parliament for adoption in the coming week and has unsettled teachers […]
Join Our Telegram Group A Member of Parliament (MP) and some applicants for teaching jobs in Machakos County have urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to cancel the recruitment process due to alleged irregularities. Yatta MP Robert Basil has implored the TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia to intervene and repeat the exercise […]
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is set to build 8,000 new laboratories for Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) across the country in a bid to ensure that the implementation of the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is a success. It has been approximated that the government is set to allocate Kes. 10 billion and cover around 40% […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is planning to re-train more than 67,000 teachers on handling the first-ever Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) class currently in Junior Secondary School (JSS) at Grade 7. According to a memo issued by TSC, the 67,000 teachers include 11,192 teachers who have a mean score of C+ (Plus) and above in their […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has elected to move to the Court of Appeal to challenge the issuing of an order that reinstates Dr Kennedy Juma Mulunda as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The Commission’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Dr Nancy Macharia. TSC’s appeal against the Employment and Labour Relations Court, argues that […]
A bandit in Baringo County has seized a primary school block in Baringo County and turned it into his home in an uncharacteristic show of defiance. A shocking revelation has hit the headlines after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki told the Senate that a Standard Eight classroom is now the man’s bedroom while standard seven […]
A retired primary school teacher has been arrested after his wife died during Valentine’s Day in Chepkumia Village in Nandi County. According to reports, the cause of death of Rose Jerono Ng’asura shocked villagers with a post-mortem report and other investigations revealing that she was stabbed on the night of February 14 while in her […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to review the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that it signed together with the main teachers’ unions. The main teachers’ unions that signed the 2021-2025 CBA are the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Teachers (KUPPET) and the KEWOTA. The Commission wants around […]
According to reports, a debt of Kes. 6 billion and the delayed release of the school’s distribution list is why the supply of textbooks for Grade 7 learners has not been completed, several weeks after schools reopened. The delayed release of the report issued by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) which would […]
The Teachers Service Commission has revealed the reason why they opted to recruit teachers on internship terms first and not on permanent and pensionable terms straight away. The TSC Chief Executive Officer (CE) Dr Nancy Macharia informed Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday that after one year of service, intern teachers will be absorbed on […]
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia, the Commission is set to recruit 20,000 intern teachers to teach Grade 7 in July this year. The move is intended to address the shortage of teachers in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). The TSC CEO revealed this in parliament when asked what […]