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Join Our Telegram Group A school in Bomet County where a girl on her periods committed suicide after being mocked in class has received sanitary pads for the last seven months. The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Foundation together with Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) provided the sanitary towels to pupils attending Kabiangek Primary School in […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has said that the school calendar will undergo reviewing so that learners will not lose the current academic year due to the corona-enforced break. This comes after the government opted against allowing learners in Forms 1, 2, and 3 and those in Grades 1, 2, and 3 […]
Join Our Telegram Group COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the country as every county is slowly feeling the impact of the pandemic. Schools have also begun recording coronavirus cases with Maranda High School recording at least 10 students confirmed with COVID-19. Friends School Kamusinga and Kimilili Boys also recorded 11 and 6 cases […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has urged parents to pay school fees if they are able. The CS also directed both public and private schools not to send home learners of parents who may not be able to pay the required amount of school fees. CS Magoha said some parents took the directive of […]
The senate questioned Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha’s ability to lead the Ministry of Education and the decision he made to reopen schools as COVID-19 cases are seemingly on the rise in the country. Members of Parliament, however, supported the decision to reopen schools but faulted the Ministry of Education for not being able to […]
Reopening of schools is now uncertain again as after a court order issued today that could mean learners staying at home for even longer. All learners in secondary and primary schools have been stuck at home since March following the closure of all learning institutions to curb the spread of the coronavirus. A Kisii High […]
The Ministry of Education has announced that students in the final year in teachers training colleges, universities, and Vocational training colleges will resume physical or in-person classes as from Monday, October 5. Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha said today that his ministry has commenced phased reopening of learning institutions starting with final year students […]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has implored the Ministry of Education together with the Ministry of Health to ensure that all students receive three re-usable masks each with schools likely to reopen in October. “The government should ensure every student has a mask that will be bought by the government of […]
Following the closure of schools in March due to the effects of the novel coronavirus, students and teachers alike have been stuck at home with virtual lessons not working for all students. With the relative flattening of the curve and with President Uhuru also contemplating a return to the norm for Kenyans, schools now look […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha unveiled health guidelines for the long-awaited reopening of primary and secondary schools on Wednesday, September 16 after open suspense and controversy that followed his Monday meeting. In the guidelines are measures that should be enforced by the educational institutions prior to the reopening, that will also ensure continuity of […]
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. Mr. Njeru probed on […]
Here is the latest Ministry Of Education Guidelines On Health And Safety Protocols For Reopening Of Basic Education Institutions Amid Covid-19 Pandemic as released in September 2020, from the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education. GUIDELINES ON HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR REOPENING OF BASIC EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC, SEPTEMBER, 2020 FOREWORD […]