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Join Our Telegram Group The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that Grade Six learners are required to select 12 schools for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) level. Through a circular that was distributed to schools, students will be required to choose between national, regional, county, sub-county and private schools in the […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed tricks that heads of institutions and construction contractors have been using to embezzle funds meant for the construction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms. According to CS Magoha, the cost of constructing the CBC classrooms was reduced while commissioning four CBC […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms are now at a 50% completion rate. The CS had overseen newly built classrooms meant for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Umoja Secondary and Paul Boit Secondary in Uasin Gishu. “As we head to elections, […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has assured heads of institutions that the government will send funds to schools in the coming week. According to Prof Magoha, the government will keep its word to school administrators and that most schools would start receiving capitation funds by Monday next week. CS Magoha was speaking […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has directed heads of institutions of secondary schools not to turn away students with fees arrears when schools reopen today, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. According to CS Magoha, the government has disbursed funds as capitation to primary and secondary schools. He also revealed that the funds […]
The Government through the Ministry of Education has begun the second phase of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms to support the new curriculum. The government is set to build 3,500 additional classrooms for the CBC across the country. The second phase begins after the first phase was completed resulting in the construction of 6,500 classrooms. […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has told politicians that they will not be allowed to meddle in the management of schools across the country. CS Magoha cited the ongoing construction of Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) as an example of where politicians will not be allowed to interfere. Magoha implored school boards of […]
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 Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has agreed to deploy primary school teachers to teach in secondary schools with the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) set to make its debut at the Junior secondary schools level next year. The Commission is also set to engage teachers’ unions regarding the P1 teachers’ deployment in junior secondary school. However, the […]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has called on the government to assist private schools in building enough classrooms with the transition of learners to Junior Secondary School looming. According to KUPPET’s Secretary-General Akello Misori, the construction of classrooms and the preparations for transition should be elaborate to avoid subjecting education to […]
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Chief Executive Prof. Charles Ong’ondo has warned private school owners and teachers against assigning unreasonable tasks to students instead of using locally available materials. In addition, Prof Ong’ondo urged business people to be aware of circulars issued by the government especially those concerning books. Ong’ondo urged parents to […]
Parents whose children are in Grade 6 have been urged to not buy model test papers intended for the first end-of-primary-school assessment under the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) scheduled to be done this November. Some firms have already started selling model test papers for summative assessment which takes around forty per cent of the overall […]