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Join Our Telegram Group According to reports, a debt of Kes. 6 billion and the delayed release of the school’s distribution list is why the supply of textbooks for Grade 7 learners has not been completed, several weeks after schools reopened. The delayed release of the report issued by the Presidential Working Party on Education […]
Join Our Telegram Group According to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Ezekiel Machogu the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council (TVET-CDACC) will be rejuvenated to focus specifically on the TVET curriculum. During a meeting with TVET bosses at the Kenya School of TVET (KSTVET), formerly Kenya Technical Trainers College […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Professor Charles Ong’ondo has addressed claims that the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is overloaded. He reassured members of the public that the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) does not add any extra burden to Grade 7 learners. According to Prof Ong’ondo, the […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu has addressed fears of junior secondary school headteachers worrying about the delay in the deployment of Grade Seven teachers. CS Machogu held a press conference in Nairobi on the 6th of February where Machogu where he assured members of the public that the government had recruited enough teachers […]
The government is set to release capitation funds meant for Junior Secondary Schools before the end of the week to help with the smooth transition of Grade 7 learners. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Prof. Charles Ong’ondo has issued a warning to teachers against charging extra levies and implored […]
According to the latest draft guidelines issued by the government, with schools set to reopen in the coming weeks, parents are obliged to purchase new sets of uniforms for their children who are going to join Junior Secondary School (JSS). More than 1.2 million learners are set to join JSS in Grade 7 across the […]
More than 8,000 students are set to benefit from a full scholarship from the Kenya Secondary School Education Improvement Projects (SEQIP) to help them pursue secondary school education. The beneficiaries were students from Forms One to Four in the project that was initiated in 2017 and ended in 2023. The Ministry of Education project is […]
Heads of Institutions (HOIs) across the country have praised the Head of State for doing away with the delocalization policy that led to the mass transfer of teachers from their home counties. The head teachers termed the policy as punitive and that it had led to the deaths of many of their colleagues and even […]
As Grade Six learners are going on with their preparations for their Kenya Primary School Education Assessments (KPSEA), plans are being finalized for a financial literacy course for junior and high school teachers in February. The programme that was designed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Old Mutual, financial services company, is […]
The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is the new curriculum that is gradually phasing out the 8-4-4 system in schools and has been in existence for six years. The new curriculum has divided the opinions of many a parent with criticism being vented on the system due to being expensive and quite involving. However, experts have suggested […]
A court case challenging the legality of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is scheduled for hearing next week on the 27th of September. Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Nelson Havi who took over the case from the initial petitioner has revealed that he is prepared to thwart the outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education’s efforts […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to train 116,024 secondary school teachers in preparation for the junior secondary school Grade 9 class. At least 60,000 secondary school teachers underwent training in handling Grade 7 and 8 in April this year. The Commission also trained 120,000 primary school teachers in handling grade 6 learners in […]