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Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has directed schools to register learners on the National Education Management System (NEMIS) portal as funds for next term will be based on learners registered on NEMIS. The Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Education informed schools through a circular dated 10th March that the Ministry will […]
Join Our Telegram Group 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 […]
Join Our Telegram Group Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha has launched the 2020 national examinations. The CS also officiated the issuing of security padlocks for the 479 containers ahead of this year’s KCPE and KCSE examinations. Deputy County Commissioners and the Sub-County Directors received the padlocks during the ceremony yesterday. “As part of the […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has issued a warning to the school head of 30,000 primary schools against unnecessarily pressurizing Grade Four Pupils when the school-based assessment begins on Monday of the coming week. The CS said that the tests are not examinations while also advising parents not to panic unnecessarily. “No one should […]
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), 26,629 more teachers have been contracted to administer, manage and mark national examinations due to the increased number of candidates. 227, 629 teachers will oversee the upcoming national examinations of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate Secondary Education (KCSE). The examinations are scheduled […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Prof George Magoha confirmed on Saturday, February 20, that the government has so far paid Ksh. 1.35 billion to Jua Kali artisans for supplying desks to schools across the country. Prof Magoha was speaking at Raphael Wanjala Mundere Girls Secondary School located in Budalangi sub-county. He revealed that artisans had […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has issued a warning to learners who are involved in destroying school infrastructure. The CS said that besides paying for the damage they caused, they shall also be punished in court and held criminally liable. Prof George Magoha revealed that learners involved in these vices will be jailed to […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha yesterday warned administrators of secondary schools against not following the government’s fee guidelines. The Cabinet Secretary pointed out that some head-teachers had raised fees at the expense of parents, a majority who have been hugely hit by the impact of COVID-19. “There are head-teachers who are unlawfully increasing school […]
Education CS George Magoha has directed the search for pregnant school-going girls yet to report to school. While in Bungoma yesterday, CS Magoha said that it was a MUST for children to get back to school. He ordered chiefs and other Interior officials to ensure that the girls are brought back to school. “Pregnancy should […]
Schools across the country have increased transport fees by up to 70 percent as schools seek to cover the extra costs of complying with the COVID-19 regulations that the Ministry of Health provided. The institutions are related to changes in higher fuel prices and costs of maintenance because of additional trips made by school buses […]
The Ministry of Education has directed that journalists are banned from visiting schools, saying that the directive is intended to curb cheating in examinations and preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha said on Wednesday that with this being the third and final term for Standard 8 and […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha shall give the final directive after receiving recommendations to remove the Kenya Primary Education Certificate (KCPE) exams by the Curriculum Implementation Committee. The committee agreed to scrap off the national examination and replace it with a grade 9 alternative. This was after a retreat they held at Naivasha […]