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Join Our Telegram Group President William Ruto’s government is set to recruit 30,000 teachers in January to ease the burden on teachers. This will definitely mean that teachers will no longer have to work extra long hours. President Ruto said while in Komarock yesterday the 12th of October that the recruitment drive will be the […]
Join Our Telegram Group The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has assured that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examinations will start on November 28. CS Magoha assured the candidate on Monday while at the Kerugoya Catholic Church grounds in Kirinyaga during […]
Join Our Telegram Group The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has come to parents’ defence saying they are not illiterate as he explained their role in the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Magoha was speaking at a Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) event after the World Teachers Day celebrations where he defended […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has through their Kirinyaga Branch implored the government to consider recruiting more special needs interpreters. According to them a lack of adequate specialized personnel especially sign language interpreters is a barrier to the deaf’s ability to articulate their agendas. The KNUT County Chairperson Mr Alex Ngondi and the […]
University lecturers have expressed their frustrations with the government’s failure to consider some of their demands before implementing the 100% transition from primary to secondary school. Universities and other institutions of higher learning are undergoing a crisis with the looming mass admissions in 2023. Dons have revealed that institutions of education are understaffed with most […]
The Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) has invited primary school headteachers to attend its 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is scheduled to take place at the Sheikh Zayed Children Welfare Centre located in Mombasa. The KEPSHA AGM is set to be held between the 3rd and 9th of December 2022. KEPSHA National Chairperson […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has reportedly commenced talks with the Head of State concerning the recruitment of 58,000 teachers in this fiscal year. If this happens then the recruitment will correspond with His Excellency President William Ruto’s campaign promise. President William Ruto had promised Kenyans that he would employ 116,000 teachers within two years […]
The government has issued a warning that payments will only be allowed for contractors who follow construction requirements in their task. Moses Gicharu, the Deputy County Commissioner of Lugari Sub-County while at Luanda –Lugari Secondary School where he supervised classrooms meant for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) said that some constructors had compromised the safety standards […]
The famous award-winning teacher Brother Peter Tabichi has been included in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) review task force gazetted following its appointment by His Excellency President William Samoei Ruto. President Ruto selected 49 men and women to spearhead the reforms in education. Among those appointed were Peter Tabichi, Halima Saado, David Some, Jacinta Ngure, Peter […]
The parents’ organization has made their frustrations known regarding their frustration after being excluded from a panel that was formed to undertake an evaluation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) system of education. According to the new Chairperson of the Parents Association Silas Obuhatsa, the government made a mistake by not including them in the panel […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has asked the government to include all stakeholders of education in the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) taskforce that is set for Commissioning. The CBC taskforce is set to undertake a comprehensive review of the CBC and address concerns of all stakeholders regarding the new system of education. KNUT’s Secretary […]
The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is the new curriculum that is gradually phasing out the 8-4-4 system in schools and has been in existence for six years. The new curriculum has divided the opinions of many a parent with criticism being vented on the system due to being expensive and quite involving. However, experts have suggested […]