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Principals Want to Raise School Fees

Join Our Telegram Group Heads of Institutions are seeking to raise school fees by Sh. 16,000, an attempt that could irk parents due to the congested academic calendar that is going to force parents to pay school fees four times in 2022. 2022 is going to have four terms compressed in a single year due […]

Kenya warned against Closing Schools

Join Our Telegram Group The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a warning to the government regarding the closure of schools over the omicron variant that is quickly spreading across the country. At the moment schools have been closed or will be closed this coming week latest by 23 December just in time for […]

Ikuu Boys Students Torch 4 Dormitories and Storm Out Of School

Learners of Ikuu Boys High School located in Tharaka Nithi County have stormed out of their school after torching four dormitories on the night of Sunday. The school property was destroyed in the fire but fortunately, the fire did not harm any learner. The fire then reduced the four dormitories to mere ashes. The principal […]

Principals Want Schools Closed Early and KCSE Postponed

Following a series of school fires reported in various secondary schools around the country, some principals from different schools have that schools be closed. Besides, they also want the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations scheduled to be done in March and April next year to be postponed. According to the principals, most of […]

Government Closed 30 Private Schools in Nakuru Over Poor Infrastructure

Government officials from the Ministry of Education have begun hunting for learning institutions that do not have basic infrastructure. Deputy County Commissioner Michael Lesimam, who led the exercise, said that the schools that were closed either operated without any government registration or that the school’s buildings were not constructed according to the required standards. “In […]

TVET Institutions to Continue with Learning Online despite President’s Order

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have been directed to begin online classes immediately. The directive was effective Wednesday the 7th of April 2021. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive of suspending all physical learning in the country following the emergence of the third wave of COVID-19. The spiralling of new daily […]