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Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has sacked 52 teachers on grounds of various malpractices and gross misconduct. According to the Commission, the sacked teachers went through a disciplinary process that was carried out by TSC between July 2019 and December 2020. According to reports, most of the teachers sacked were male […]
Join Our Telegram Group The marking of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination papers will start tomorrow. Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha said that marking of the KCSE papers will begin immediately after candidates have completed their examinations. The final KCSE examination papers comprise Home Science, Power Mechanics, Aviation Technology, Drawing, […]
Join Our Telegram Group On Sunday, teachers and civil Servants threatened to strike over what they feel is frustration stemming from the National Treasury. The government is owing public servants close to Sh. 83 Billion in salary increases. State Officers and Labour Unions said yesterday that if the state does not honor their collective bargaining […]
The Ministry of Education has denied favoring public schools in the recently released KCPE examinations. This follows questions that owners of private schools raised concerning the sudden drop in performance of their schools in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results. Private schools have been performing better over the years than public schools. […]
Civil servants and teachers have had their hopes over the July payrise dented after the government rejected an Sh. 68 billion requests to finance the increment of allowances and salaries starting on the 1st of July, 2021. According to reports in the standard, the National Treasury has written to the salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) […]
The Ministry of Education Principal Secretary Dr. Julius Jwan has issued a circular to County Directors of Education on how Form Four students will travel in and out of locked down counties after KCSE examinations. In a circular dated Friday the 9th of April, 2021, county directors of education have been directed to work in […]
The Ministry of Education has warned seven national schools over interfering with the Form One selection exercise that is set to happen soon. Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha said that within the next two weeks the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) shall be released. CS Magoha said that multiple-choice papers have […]
Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha issued a directive on reopening of schools after President Uhuru Kenyatta suspended learning across the country. This is following the novel coronavirus’s third wave taking center stage and forcing the government to act to curb its spread. Education Permanent Secretary Julius Jwan said that the government shall analyze […]
The Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) has implored teachers who shall participate in the marking exercise of the KCSE and KCPE exams to be vaccinated when they shall enter Nairobi County for the exercise. TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia gave the directive while at Aquinas High School, Nairobi before the KCSE Mathematics Paper 1 examination commences […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has dismissed the narrative of failure that learners lost nine months of school time. The CS told learners to be brave and said that the narrative of failure based on an earlier test is not meaningful. The KCPE examination begins on March 19 while KCSE commences on March 25. […]
The KCPE and KCSE examination papers meant for the 1.9 million candidates sitting in March will arrive in Kenya next week. The first batch of the exams is set to arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from the United Kingdom, with more batches the following suit shortly thereafter. This information came into the light […]
If the government adopts the recommendations of a parliamentary committee, there will be not setting up of universities, colleges, or campuses in Kenya. A raft of other reforms has been proposed with the intention of stabilizing the funding and provision of higher education. The proposal is intended to curb spending on expansion and channel the […]