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Join Our Telegram Group Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Education Prof George Magoha has never indicated when schools are to reopen. Since schools were closed in March, there have been a series of events or rather speeches from the CS that have always served to add even more confusion to the already uncertain situation. […]
Join Our Telegram Group Following the closure of schools in March to curb the spread of COVID-19, President Uhuru was expected to ease measures taken by the government after Kenya recorded the first case among them being the reopening of schools. President Uhuru and other government officials met in Nairobi to discuss what to do […]
Join Our Telegram Group A 10-member education committee appointed by the Cabinet Secretary of Education Prof George Magoha, and chaired by Dr. Sarah Ruto, has resolved that schools should reopen on October 19th, 2020. Dr. Sarah Ruto’s (KICD Chairperson) team was tasked by the Education CS to advise the Ministry of Education on matters of […]
There has been a mixture of emotions as Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) secretary-general Wilson Sossion suddenly changed tone as he aired his perception on the status of school reopening. Mr. Sossion put his focus on the Kenyan people and asked all Kenyans to prepare for the resumption of all learning activities. In an […]
The sudden announcement of closure by Gems Cambridge International School Kampala, Uganda has shocked all its teachers and exerted pressure on parents to find alternative schools for their children. Kenya Teachers and parents with students in the Kenyan Campus are expected to face the same condition. The school administration announced last month that they will […]
The ministries of Education and Health, together with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), intended to start the community-based learning CBL program as a way of engaging learners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Intending to equip learners with practical skills and basic knowledge related to coronavirus, the ministries of Education and Health joined hands with the Teachers […]
The Ugandan government has refrained all schools from hiking school fees when learning activities resume for candidates. After the national taskforce and the President agreed upon September 20 as the resumption date for finalists, the Ministry of Education has issued a number of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in addition to the ones earlier issued by […]
The Secretary-General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers, Hon. Wilson Sossion has come out to call for extreme caution from the government while they undertake the central task of reopening schools. Sossion noted, in his blog to The Daily Nation, the importance of the safety and well-being of the students and staff, and urged […]
The Ministry of Education is considering ending the long closure of schools in November 2020 should Covid-19 measures be adopted by the learning institutions across the country. Sources in the ministry unveil that schools may be about to experience a phased reopening in November with Form Four and Class Eight candidates allowed to sit for […]
We should probably lean more on the word ‘May’ since the conditions for reopening are not that simple. However, it will be good news to parents and students who have been stuck at home following the closure of schools in March. The closure of all learning institutions was done by the government to try to […]
The Community Based Learning, CBL, an initiative by the Ministry of Education in liaison with the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has suffered a blow after the High Court stopped it’s rolling out on Tuesday. High Court Judge, Justice James Aaron Makau, directed the Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha to halt temporarily commencement of Community based learning, CBL. […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has provided guidelines ahead of the commencement of community-based learning. This comes in light of the ongoing situation in the country whereby students have been stuck at home since the closure of schools in March. Schools were closed in March to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Students have been […]