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Potential Salary Delays as DP Rigathi Reveals Government is Broke

Join Our Telegram Group Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed that there is not a lot of money in the government coffers meaning that civil servants should expect salary delays. Teachers and civil servants are now fearing that the DP’s sentiments could mean that they have to wait a little bit longer to get their […]

Universities Academic Staff Union Lays Blame on Treasury for Salary Delays

Join Our Telegram Group The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has blamed the Treasury for late payments of salaries while they have also complained that some universities do not remit mandatory deductions. Late distribution of capitation funds from the National Treasury has strained public universities making it difficult to pay the teaching staff and the […]

July TPD training to be Full Funded by the Government

Join Our Telegram Group The Teacher Professional Development (TPD) training is set to continue this July when schools close with the government covering all the costs required for the training to go ahead. This is after the National Treasury allocated Kshs. 1.16 billion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to cover the cost of the […]

Proposed Budget Allocation to Favor Teachers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to receive a bigger allocation in the education sector for the coming 2022/23 Financial Year. This was revealed in the budget policy statement that is set to be approved in Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of National Treasury and Planning prepared the Draft 2022 Budget Policy […]

Uhuru Allocates Sh 8 Billion to Build CBC Classrooms

During the Mashujaa day celebrations held in Kirinyaga, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that his administration has allocated Sh 8 Billion to construct over ten thousand junior secondary school classes. In the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), the junior secondary will comprise Grades 7, 8 and 9. CBC’s pioneer learners will move to junior secondary […]

Schools to Reopen On Monday with KCSE Set To Be Released

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha announced the conclusion of marking the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) on Friday, allowing for the release of the national examination on Monday. “The marking exercise for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination that commenced three weeks ago has officially ended today. “I take […]

PROPOSAL: No Setting Up Of New University, Campus or College for 5 Years

If the government adopts the recommendations of a parliamentary committee, there will be not setting up of universities, colleges, or campuses in Kenya. A raft of other reforms has been proposed with the intention of stabilizing the funding and provision of higher education. The proposal is intended to curb spending on expansion and channel the […]