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KNEC Announces DTE, DPTE, DECTE and Diploma Upgrading Sponsorships

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced the availability of sponsorships. The sponsorships are slated for the ongoing September and January intakes and are available at the International Teachers Training College. Below are the details for each sponsorship. Sponsorship Number of Available Vacancies Requirements Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) […]

Uhuru Allocates Sh 8 Billion to Build CBC Classrooms

Join Our Telegram Group During the Mashujaa day celebrations held in Kirinyaga, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that his administration has allocated Sh 8 Billion to construct over ten thousand junior secondary school classes. In the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), the junior secondary will comprise Grades 7, 8 and 9. CBC’s pioneer learners will […]

KNEC announces measures for upcoming 2021 KCSE and KCPE

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced measures that are to be followed to ensure the upcoming national examinations are conducted according to the Ministry of Education calendar. KNEC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Njeng’ere has revealed that the council has started training teachers on how to mark the national examinations. For marking of […]

Magoha: Government Placement of Students in Private Universities to Continue

Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha addressed a statement that his Principal Secretary, Simon Nakubwesi made before a Parliamentary Committee where he told the committee that he does not support the plan of placing students in private universities. “I am believing that my PS was misquoted on this. Maybe he was speaking for himself […]

Heads of Schools Accused Of Ignoring Merit List during TSC Internship Interviews

Some principals have been accused of discriminatory conduct during the recruitment of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) interns. In the internship programme, the Commission was seeking to hire 1,995 intern teachers to be deployed to schools across the country. However, fairness and transparency have obviously not been the main theme with some principals allegedly ignoring merit […]

TSC Deploys More P1 Teachers to High Schools

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has released more letters of deployment to practising P1 teachers to teach at the secondary level. The letters were released this month (October) for PTE teachers who held a Bachelor’s of Education degree (secondary option) and they will now begin teaching their subject areas in secondary schools. Following a long […]

TSC insists on Public School teachers being CBC-Compliant

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has insisted that more than 300,000 who are unemployed have to attend the ongoing upgrading programme in order to be compliant with the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The message was hammered home with the Commission declaring that TSC will not automatically take them in even if they complete the upgrading […]

KUPPET Supports Gradual Phasing out of Boarding Schools

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has voiced its support for the progressive phasing out of boarding schools so as to reduce the strenuous workload on teachers. KUPPET Secretary-General Akello Misori said that tutors in boarding schools work for a longer time but are not paid for the same. Teachers on duty […]

Alliance Girls High Student Commits Suicide

Following the reopening of schools, Alliance Girls High School student Serena Nyokabi committed suicide. The young girl had been reportedly undergoing treatment over her mental struggles and had been seeing a Psychiatrist over the same since the year 2019. The psychiatrist had been dealing with her anxiety disorder. A Facebook account with the name Peter […]

TSC Reveals 7,162 Teachers Failed To Comply With TPAD

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Has Revealed That a Total Of 7,162 Teachers did not complete their Teacher Professional Appraisal Development (TPAD) As Required. This Is Despite The Commission Extending The Deadline For Filling TPAD To The 8th Of October 2021. The Tutors Had Their TPAD Accounts At The Status Of Either Incomplete, Awaiting Countersigning, […]