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Join Our Telegram Group Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has faced the wrath of the Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) as they demanded him to pay school non-teaching staff. Their grievances reached the Cabinet Secretary’s ears on Tuesday, September 15, through the Kudheiha Secretary General Albert Njeru. […]
Join Our Telegram Group Following claims that the government has been unsure as regards to planning on reopening of schools, CS George Magoha dismissed these on Monday citing inconsistency with COVID-19 new infection trends. Speaking during a virtual meeting held on MondayAugust 31, he said that the government has been consistent with statements given to […]
Join Our Telegram Group 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 […]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), children staying at home to protect them from being infected by COVID – 19 is doing them more harm than good. This is following a statement from WHO and Unicef on Friday. WHO says that the effect of this extraordinarily long holiday is quite significant and it goes […]
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 have confirmed to Teacher.co.ke […]
Following the closure of all learning institutions in March, non-teaching staff and BOM teachers have been suffering without pay. CS Magoha’s announcement seems to have come just in time to bail them out of this difficult situation. “Now those who had stopped working due to the lack of salaries should resume work and make sure […]
CS Magoha has given parents a solution to the school fees paid for the second and third terms for the year 2020. Most parents have been hit hard by the effects of COVID-19 on a financial basis and school fees paid in advance were always going to be a sticking point. Prof George Magoha’s directive […]
On Tuesday, a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the lifting of the cessation order for Mombasa, Nairobi, and Mandera counties, CS Magoha announced that basic education institutions will resume next year. This comes after parents and other stakeholders expressed concerns concerning the reopening of schools in September. “Stakeholders have ditched the proposal to reopen […]
It has become increasingly difficult for secondary and primary schools to reopen while observing the COVID-19 safety precautions to avoid more infections. Many suggestions have been bundled about but none has looked able to solve the reopening problem. Here are the ten possible solutions that the government can borrow to solve the September reopening of […]
Is Wearing Uniforms that Bad? University students take in a sigh of relief after the viral screenshot of Prof. Magoha stating that they must wear uniforms was declared deceptive Surprisingly, many did not take this with any depth of seriousness since the CS was instead turned into a laughing stock on social media. Despite this […]