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Join Our Telegram Group The National Parents’ Association (NPA) has called for boarding schools to be abolished and services offered in private schools. The NPA wants a law enacted to ban the decision of some schools to force learners who are below average or average to repeat classes. This was revealed through a presentation to […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have clashed regarding the establishment of junior high schools and reforms in the education sector. The two teachers’ unions have offered different views regarding the education system reforms to the Presidential Working Group on Education […]
Join Our Telegram Group There is an expectation that the Kenya Kwanza administration could announce a decision on the contentious Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC). The fate of the CBC could be decided within two weeks and this could mark a turn in proceedings regarding the implementation of the CBC. Presentations made to the Presidential Working Party […]
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 priced at around Kshs. […]
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 is experiencing insecurity issues […]
Kabarak University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. Henry Kiplang’at has implored the government to increase the number of capitation funds meant for students studying in private universities. According to Prof Kiplangat, the move will enable more financially challenged students to access quality education and in turn, contribute to increasing manpower in the job market. While in Nakuru […]
The Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) has revealed that it is preparing to forward its recommendations to the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER). While attending a meeting to brief Nyanza Regional caucus members in Kisumu, the KPSA chairperson Charles Ochome, who is also the Golden Elites Academy Director, revealed that what concerned the […]
The Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms has requested the public and other education stakeholders to give views regarding reforms in the education sector. REQUEST FOR VIEWS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS ON EDUCATION H.E. the President William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence […]
The Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) is set to reveal to how it wants to meet and collect views from the public in the coming days. This was revealed after the PWPER Chairperson Raphael Munavu completed a three-day orientation into the currents and essentials of the education reform initiatives that are happening in […]