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Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education has put teachers back to work, asking them to collect data on girls who have become pregnant during this Covid-19 pandemic. This call of duty has stirred confusion and it’s not clear how they will do it. Schools remain closed due to the pandemic. The circular issued […]
Join Our Telegram Group It is approaching five months ever since the government of Uganda issued a temporary but indefinite closure on all institutions of learning in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. With time, however, different countries have given hope to school administrators, as they have promised to reopen schools soon, following […]
Join Our Telegram Group MPs on the National Economy Committee have demanded the cancellation of the 2020 academic year. More than 15 million students were sent home, as a preventive measure against Covid-19. Now, the MPs have advised the government to declare 2020 a dead year as opening amid the burden of following the Standard […]
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 […]
NAIROBI, PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, July 07, 2020 REOPENING OF LEARNING INSTIUTIONS IN KENYA On Monday July 6th 2020, His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta directed the Ministry of Education to jointly, with all the stakeholders in the sector, notify the public on the resumption of learning for Basic Education and Tertiary Institutions by today. Following […]
Dr. Nancy Macharia has been restored as the Teachers Service Commission CEO for another five-year term. Her previous term expired in the past week and it seems she impressed her employers with how she has handled teachers’ affairs with an iron fist. If you are on the government’s side, it is hard to disagree. The […]
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus once told his nation that they should ‘drink beer and wash their hands with it’. As ridiculous as that is especially coming from the head of state who is supposed to lead his flock by example, Belarus continued with football matches with fans attending despite the presence of the […]
Education CS Prof George Magoha on Friday said COVID-19 will determine the reopening of schools in the country. This was after Education stakeholders met also on Friday to discuss the reopening of all learning institutions in September. The education ministry believes that new COVID-19 cases will peak and then relatively drop for a period of […]
Ahead of Madaraka Day on the 1st of June 2020, many Kenyans anticipated President Uhuru Kenyatta might say something about the reopening of schools, which he did. Closing of schools was one of the drastic measures the government had to undertake to combat the spread of COVID-19. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue […]
The Cabinet Secretary of Education prof George Magoha has insisted that the government will not postpone the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examinations to compensate the Lost time during the Covid-19 national pandemic. Prof Magoha was addressing the nation at Afya House in Nairobi on the […]
The Government of Kenya has issued a press release in which it targets 15 Million both Primary and Secondary school children in a stepped-up digital and broadcast lessons. The Ministry of Education, through Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), has been developing and offering supplementary school curriculum content for the last four years. The Radio […]
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of Education Professor George Magoha has sent a stern warning against teachers or anyone assembling learners for any form of tuition during this period of closure meant to fight the spread of Corona Virus (Covid19). In a statement through the Ministry of Education twitter handle, the Cabinet Secretary discouraged individuals assembling learners […]