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Join Our Telegram Group Principals and deputy principals might have to wait for longer for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to approve their transfer requests. According to the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the teachers’ employer has to find schools where there are vacancies for the transfers to go through. According to Collins Oyuu, […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has called for the government to finance the development of mobile laboratories in schools. The Executive Secretary of KNUT for the Nairobi Chapter said that the labs are quite affordable. According to reports, mobile laboratories acquired by the School Equipment Production Unit (SEPU) are […]
Join Our Telegram Group Insecurity, poor internet connectivity and a shortage of teachers have been blamed for derailing the implementation of the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) in the country’s North Eastern Region. According to Garissa Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Executive Secretary Abdirizak Hussein, unlike in other parts of the country, the North Eastern region […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Executive Secretary for Yatta has called on the government to employ more teachers to cover junior secondary school learners. “At the moment, there is no way the current number of teachers can handle the Competence-Based Currriculum (CBC). More teachers need to be employed and the government should take […]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Uasin Gishu Branch Chairperson Sosthen Bellat has urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to stop terrorizing teachers. “We want TSC’s powers to be cut so that it can only deal with promotion and employment. It has a lot of power and needs to be reduced,” said […]
Moments after passing of the motion to end delocalization which he had sponsored, Luramba Member of Parliament (MP) Titus Khamala said that he is set to present another motion to impeach the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia. The MP who had presented a motion titled “Review of Teacher Deployment […]
The government has revealed that there are plans in place to increase salaries for civil servants in the coming 100 days. According to the Public Service Affirmative Action and Gender Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aisha Jumwa, a technical committee will be formed that will review and make recommendations for the appropriate pay rise. “Civil servants are […]
Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion has called for the Education Reforms Task Force to review the Constitution and the enabling Acts that establish the Teachers Service Commission. According to the former KNUT Sec-Gen, Kenyans should rethink education in order to persuade the national government to provide equitable quality education and […]
Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has said that they are not in support of teachers attending training over the weekends. Besides, he assured teachers that the teachers’ union will address anything that undermines teachers’ rights. While referring to training of teachers in Bomet County that was scheduled to take place over […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has defended their proposal of a 60 per cent salary increment for teachers in its ongoing push for the review of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Speaking to the media on Monday the 17th of October 2022 at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Nairobi […]
The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has assured that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examinations will start on November 28. CS Magoha assured the candidate on Monday while at the Kerugoya Catholic Church grounds in Kirinyaga during the post-World Teachers’ Day […]
The outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has come to parents’ defence saying they are not illiterate as he explained their role in the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Magoha was speaking at a Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) event after the World Teachers Day celebrations where he defended the role of parents […]