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Join Our Telegram Group Following claims that the government has been unsure as regards to planning on reopening of schools, CS George Magoha dismissed these on Monday citing inconsistency with COVID-19 new infection trends. Speaking during a virtual meeting held on MondayAugust 31, he said that the government has been consistent with statements given to […]
Join Our Telegram Group We should probably lean more on the word ‘May’ since the conditions for reopening are not that simple. However, it will be good news to parents and students who have been stuck at home following the closure of schools in March. The closure of all learning institutions was done by the […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Community Based Learning, CBL, an initiative by the Ministry of Education in liaison with the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has suffered a blow after the High Court stopped it’s rolling out on Tuesday. High Court Judge, Justice James Aaron Makau, directed the Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha to halt temporarily commencement of […]
The Universities’ Presidents’ Council of Kenya on August 18, condemned the Education Ministry over the uncertainty surrounding the opening dates of the now still closed learning institutions. The council felt that the way the Ministry of Education has been conducting closed-door meetings on determining the fate of students who have remained at home since schools […]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), children staying at home to protect them from being infected by COVID – 19 is doing them more harm than good. This is following a statement from WHO and Unicef on Friday. WHO says that the effect of this extraordinarily long holiday is quite significant and it goes […]
Education CS Prof George Magoha said on Wednesday that only President Uhuru Kenyatta can decide when reopening of schools will happen. The CS has been in the process of inspecting learning institutions in order to assess how they are prepared. Even if various experts recommended when to reopen, CS Magoha said, only His Excellency President […]
Parents of school-going children now reportedly want schools reopened. A legal battle could also take place between the government of Kenya and the parents having children who go to school over the reopening of schools. All learning institutions were closed in March by the government to control the spread of the coronavirus. As per the […]
The Ministry of Finance has issued a directive to all accounting officers and local governments to refund money that was transferred to government-aided schools as a capitation grant for the second term. A circular dated July 22 from the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Keith Muhakanizi, reveals that the funds that were released for the second […]
Following the closure of all learning institutions in March, non-teaching staff and BOM teachers have been suffering without pay. CS Magoha’s announcement seems to have come just in time to bail them out of this difficult situation. “Now those who had stopped working due to the lack of salaries should resume work and make sure […]
The coronavirus outbreak has suffocated businesses that were already struggling, with entrepreneurs now rethinking their strategies to reinvest in other ventures. Some of the hardest-hit are proprietors of private schools who have outstanding loans and already gave their buildings to banks as collateral security, according to the Federation for Non-State Education Institutions (Fenei) national secretary, […]
In Capetown, teachers and parents have rallied behind Wesley Neumann, the principal of Healthfiled High School, following an appeal written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet to shut down schools again until it is safe to return. Neumann wrote in one of the letters on behalf of a group of principals, asking the government […]
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 a particular set of […]