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60,000 Teachers Undergo Training to Handle Pioneer JSS Class

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has trained 60,000 secondary school teachers on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) who are going to handle the pioneer CBC class in Junior Secondary School (JSS). The Chairperson of the Commission Jamleck Muturi revealed that around 229,000 primary school teachers have been trained on the CBC. “As […]

Study Reveals Attractive Students Perform Better than Unattractive Students in In-Person Education

A study on the relationship between facial attractiveness and academic performance has revealed that attractive students get better grades in in-person education than unattractive students. The study revealed that teachers tend to contact students more in non-quantitative disciplines than in quantitative courses. The study was done by Swedish specialists and was based on a peer-reviewed […]

120 Narok KCPE and KCSE Candidates Reportedly Pregnant

Narok County Commissioner Isaac Masinde has revealed that more than 120 girls who are set to sit for their national examinations this year are already pregnant. According to Masinde, the ongoing rise in adolescent pregnancies in the county was an alarming issue and he called on stakeholders to be vigilant in identifying the men who […]

Mwea Primary ECDE Comes Out on Top against In Music Festivals

Mwea Primary School ECDE have come out on top in the singing game competitions under Class 802G at the National Music Festivals that are going on in Kisumu. The school located in Embu beat other schools that were competing in the same category and defended the title that they had won back in 2019 before […]

Magoha: School Capitation to be released by Friday

Heads of Schools have been pushing for the Ministry of Education over the delay of the release of the capitation of funds. The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that schools will have received capitation funds by Friday this week. He explained that the delay in the release of capitation funds was […]

Government Warns Schools Not To Turn Away Students with Fees Arrears

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 […]

Commonwealth Ministers to Discuss Post-COVID-19 Recovery

The Government of Kenya via the Ministry of Education alongside the Commonwealth Secretariat is set to host a high-level conference under the theme, ‘Rethinking Education for Innovation, Growth and Sustainability post-COVID-19’ starting from the 27th to the 28th of April this year. The Commonwealth conference is usually held every three years.  The event is also […]

Principals Want to Raise School Fees

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 to the time lost […]

KCSE and KCPE Candidates in the Frame As Schools Reopen

The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates have everybody’s full attention as we begin the crucial third term following yesterday’s reopening of schools. The third term will last for only nine weeks ending on the 4th of March effectively making it the shortest term this year. There […]