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Join Our Telegram Group The novel coronavirus led to halting of learning in all learning institutions in March and with the pandemic still with no cure, the future is bleak. Ways of learning at home have been bundled about since then with even the government’s KICD not proving successful. Universities like Nairobi University are continuing […]
Join Our Telegram Group Finally, the Ministry of Education or rather the government has released money to schools to be used to pay Boards of Management (BOM) and non-teaching staff. This comes as a huge bailout for BOM teachers who have undergone many challenges during the ongoing COID-19 pandemic. A number of heads of schools […]
Join Our Telegram Group Teachers Service Commission, TSC, in its latest news updates, has issued guidelines on the specific services available to the public, where, and how they can be accessed. Through their online media communication platforms, TSC wrote, “The Commission has put in place the following measures in place to serve you while ensuring […]
As Kenya battles the Covid-19 pandemic, the concern is rising over the low numbers of girls getting vaccinated against cervical cancer, due to the official update on the programme that reveals that 400,000 girls aged 10 missed out on the first phase of the exercise. “Of the 800,000 girls targeted to be vaccinated within one […]
Last week Friday, July 24, Kenyan Kiswahili and history teacher, Abdikadir Ismail was selected in a group of 11 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize finalists from around the world in launching ‘Class of Covid-19’. The group was selected to investigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on schoolchildren and young people in Kenya and around […]
The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic may have stalled almost every aspect of life but hundreds of Riara University students managed to graduate virtually. This comes after many students had been stranded at home awaiting graduation after the government closed all learning institutions to curb the spread of COVID-19. Riara University has now joined many other universities […]
The coronavirus outbreak has suffocated businesses that were already struggling, with entrepreneurs now rethinking their strategies to reinvest in other ventures. Some of the hardest-hit are proprietors of private schools who have outstanding loans and already gave their buildings to banks as collateral security, according to the Federation for Non-State Education Institutions (Fenei) national secretary, […]
Jimmy Mukiibi, aged 13 is a primary school pupil in Mbale town where he was found with his father at his workshop. This workshop was started by Jimmy’s grandfather, whose names he inherited in 1973. Unfortunately, he passed on 20 years ago, so he didn’t get to see his grandson. He left the project in […]
It is approaching five months ever since the government of Uganda issued a temporary but indefinite closure on all institutions of learning in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. With time, however, different countries have given hope to school administrators, as they have promised to reopen schools soon, following a particular set of […]
The Teachers Service Commission has implored anyone visiting their offices to opt for their online platforms to access their services. This comes amid the life-threatening global Coronavirus Pandemic that has rendered a cessation of movement for some time and strict social distancing conditions set by the Ministry of Health. “You do not have to visit […]
A stunning 42% drop out rate of children before the completion of primary school was reported by UNESCO in 2012. Since then, things are not any better, right from the elementary schools to universities and colleges. However, it is highly anticipated that the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak will skyrocket the dropout rates a great […]
In April this year, Peter Kiirya, a fine art teacher at St. Mary’s College, Jinja in Uganda committed suicide, a tragic event that sent shock waves in the spines of different teachers. It was highly speculated all over Facebook and WhatsApp teachers’ groups that it was due to the lockdown-induced effects, especially lack food that […]