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Join Our Telegram Group TSC Seeks Trainers for Junior Secondary Teachers in Science, Math, and English The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is recruiting a total of 2,629 facilitators for Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers. The focus is on Integrated Science, Mathematics, and English subjects. This initiative expands the School-Based Teacher Support System (SBTSS) into Junior […]
Join Our Telegram Group 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) […]
Join Our Telegram Group Parents from Garissa have called on the Ministry of Education to clarify on whether Junior Secondary School (JSS) learners will be wearing different or same school uniforms as primary schools. “Since JSS will be domiciled in primary schools, now the government should tell us how the JSS learners will be differentiated […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have clashed regarding the establishment of junior high schools and reforms in the education sector. The two teachers’ unions have offered different views regarding the education system reforms to the Presidential Working Group on Education Reforms (PWPER) in separate […]
Atheists Kenya Society has urged the Presidential Working Group on Education to ask for reforms on the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) to do away with religious subjects. In a memorandum dated Wednesday the 9th of November, Atheists Kenya Chairperson Harrison Mumia requested the task force to substitute religious subjects such as CRE, HRE and IRE […]
The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has apologized to Kenyans that he might have offended during his tenure in office. CS Magoha was speaking last week on the 17th of August after Commissioning phase two of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classroom at Mwangaza Secondary School that is located in Kayole in Nairobi […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that construction of the classrooms meant for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is at 60 per cent. The current government is set to be phased out with elections set to be held next week on the 9th of August 2022. However, CS Magoha revealed that the […]
Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has issued an ultimatum to contractors working on the second phase of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms giving them two weeks to finish the projects and hand them over. Prof Magoha said that since the project began two weeks ago, around 500 out of the 3,500 classrooms have […]
In two weeks the Ministry of Education is set to publish guidelines that schools will use in admitting learners to junior secondary school (JSS). According to the Principal Secretary for Curriculum Implementation, Fatuma Chege, the rules will act as a guide on the transition and implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in JSS. According to […]
The Ministry of Education has revealed methods that will be used when placing Grade 6 learners in junior secondary schools in January 2022. Grade 6 learners shall sit for their final examinations at the primary school level in the month of November this year before transitioning to junior secondary school at Grade 7. The Kenya […]
A lawyer based in Nakuru has called on the Ministry of Education to reveal how prepared the education fraternity is amid the transition of learners from primary school to junior secondary schools. Ms Sheila Sabaya who is an advocate to the high court has written to the Kenya Insitute of Curriculum Development (KICD) asking how […]
The Senate Committee on Education has warned that the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) could collapse owing to the treasury’s reluctance to release funds to schools. According to the Senate Committee on Education’s chairperson Alice Milgo, the treasury has not disbursed funds meant for the CBC leading to a potential collapse of the new curriculum. “The Senate […]