KU Leads Global ICT Competition

Join Our Facebook Page Kenyatta University (KU) students came out on top in the Huawei ICT competition which had 21 teams from around the world in its sixth edition. The competition hosted student participants from China, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, the KU team took first place in the competition’s innovation track category. The KU […]

Laboratory launched to regulate GMOs

Join Our Facebook Page The Principal Secretary to the State Department for University Education and Research Amb. Simon Nabukwesi commissioned a Molecular Biology Laboratory last month at the National Biosafety Authority (NBA). The laboratory is intended to regulate Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in Kenya. Amb. Nabukwesi was speaking at the National Commission for Science, Technology […]

TSC Announces 1000 Vacancies in North Eastern Region

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has advertised 844 posts for teachers who shall work in Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties. In a re-advertisement posted on Monday, TSC revealed that it was seeking to employ 764 primary schools and 80 secondary school teachers who shall be recruited to work on permanent and pensionable terms. TSC also […]

TSC Advertises Teaching Posts In Public Primary and Post-Primary Schools

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has advertised the availability of 5,000 teaching vacancies that are meant to support the government’s 100 per cent transition of learners from primary to secondary schools. The move is intended to address the ever-increasing teacher shortage in public schools across the country. Interested individuals are required to submit their applications […]

Sossion Gives Different Reasons for sacked TSC CEO Deputy

Wilson Sossion, the former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General (SG) has given a different version regarding the reasons for the sacking of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC)  Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO). According to Wilson Sossion, the decision to sack Dr Kennedy Juma Mulunda, the TSC Deputy CEO is a witch hunt and […]

President Kenyatta Declines to Extend HELB Loan Grace Period

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to extend the grace period for repaying the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) loans. President Uhuru communicated this via a memorandum sent o the National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi where he revealed that he wants the current terms to stay. Besides, the […]

TSC CEO’s Deputy Sacked over Corruption and Abuse of Office

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia’s Deputy had been sacked over claims of corruption and abuse of office. The Deputy Chief Executive Officer Kennedy Juma Mulunda was deemed culpable of using his position to intimidate, solicit tenders from principals and abuse his office. The Deputy TSC CEO is claimed […]

Mount Kenya University announces dates for TPD Training

Mount Kenya University (MKU) has announced the dates for the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training that is set to take place once schools close for the holidays next week. The institution sent a text message to teachers informing them when the training will happen. One of the messages sent read as follows: “Dear Anthony, download […]

Dusk to Dawn Curfew Bears Fruit as Schools Reopen in Kerio Valley

The security situation in Kerio Valley, a cattle-rustling-prone area, has improved considerably following the government’s imposing of dawn to dusk curfew. According to government spokesperson Col. (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna, the government’s decision to impose the curfew has started to bear fruit with schools that had been forced to close due to the security situation reopening […]

Rongo University Launches Kshs. 23 Million Soil Analysis Lab

Rongo University has launched a soil analysis laboratory becoming the first to do so among institutions of its kind in Nyanza and Western regions. The facility was built using funding from the government from the National Research Fund (NRF). The facility is intended to assist farmers in the region with the analysis of soil samples […]