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Information, updates, and news relating to Kenyan School Activities. The activities include the Kenya Science and Engineering Fair KSEF, Kenya National Music Festival, Kenya National Drama and Film Festival KNDFF, Ball Games, e.t.c.

6 Things Teachers Need To Start Working From Home amid Covid-19

Join Our Telegram Group In the wake of the novel corona-virus, many people have been rendered jobless. Many companies have tried to keep their employees on paid leave for a while only to cut down on the number of employees and eventually render a majority jobless. Many are now wondering what to do to make […]

Probability of Post Covid-19 Student Drop Outs Is High, Officials Warn

Join Our Telegram Group With a total population of over 15 million students in Uganda, the President issued a directive in March to suspend all educational activities in schools, due to the threatening spread of the coronavirus pandemic all over the continent. As a result, all students that believed in the possibility of schools resuming […]

Kenya Likely to Open Colleges Before Primary and Secondary Schools

Join Our Telegram Group There is a higher probability that Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions will reopen in shifts, as opposed to primary and secondary schools. This revelation was brought forth by Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha who pointed at infrastructural challenges and congestion being a huge obstacle in the opening of primary […]

10 Reasons Why Home Schooling is a Total Flop

Home schooling was one of the most welcomed ideas when parents had their children sent back home from school, many of them being candidates. Thanks to the mass media and available websites for online courses, students that have had access to these have gained out of them. But here’s the thing; parents and children don’t […]

COVID-19 status to determine the reopening of schools says Prof. Magoha

Education CS Prof George Magoha on Friday said COVID-19 will determine the reopening of schools in the country. This was after Education stakeholders met also on Friday to discuss the reopening of all learning institutions in September. The education ministry believes that new COVID-19 cases will peak and then relatively drop for a period of […]

Things Teachers Can Live Off During This Covid-19 Lock Down

Ever since the Covid–19 pandemic aggrandized itself, the world governments took measures that could save lives by allowing a few set backs in many industries. Among the most affected were the teachers, and since this kind of global system is unpredictable, teachers have to find a way to survive. Survival is possible if one possesses […]

How To Effectively Teach Literature In English In Secondary Schools

English literature is quite different from other subjects and due to this, it needs to be treated differently. Because literature is mainly meant to discover the interpretations of different texts, the style of writing and the intention. This means the techniques employed in conducting their lessons need to be quite different from those employed in […]

Teachers to Undergo Online Training Program from June 22, 2020

It has been months since the COVID outbreak. Given the prevailing conditions, a lot of time has gone to waste. For the education sector, currently, the amount of time lost is equivalent to a third of the schools’ calendar. Policymakers are recommending that schools re-open soon with debate raging on whether this is a good […]

Uhuru Orders CS Magoha to Create New School Calendar

Ahead of Madaraka Day on the 1st of June 2020, many Kenyans anticipated President Uhuru Kenyatta might say something about the reopening of schools, which he did. Closing of schools was one of the drastic measures the government had to undertake to combat the spread of COVID-19. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue […]

KNUT and UASU Propose Continued Stay at Home due to COVID-19

A group of unions for secondary, primary, and university teaching staff have come up with a proposal for students to continue staying at home until as far as November 2021. This group comprises of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) and Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). They are both recommending for a little patience […]

Why the Reopening of Schools Might be a Great Risk

In light of the ongoing economic crisis, a handful of countries like Japan and Norway already began the process of slowly reopening the economy. Governments have allowed essential services all along in most countries but with deteriorating economies, it is increasingly a matter of when and not if most governments will loosen lockdown restrictions. Going […]