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TVET
Some 42,144 learners who will be placed in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the 2023/24 academic year will receive full Government sponsorship. According to Principal …
Helb
State-sponsored students opting to join private universities will have to foot their own tuition cost in a policy shift targeted at resolving the funding crisis in public varsities. Education …
TSC news
The Teachers Service Commission has shifted the blame to the National Treasury over nonpayment of some 23,487 teachers who retired between 1998 and 2003. TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said …
KNEC
Four months since the marking of Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) exams, the examiners are yet to be paid with the government indicating that they will be paid once …
TSC news
A teachers’ shortage, lack of professionalism and slow adoption of IT skills by teachers have been highlighted as some of the main challenges facing the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), …
JSS
At least Sh9.6 billion has finally been released as capitation to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). The government has also disbursed 15 million textbooks for JSS. Principal Secretary for Basic …
Death
Mukumu Girls High School has been closed indefinitely after two students died and scores more were infected with bacteria from contaminated food and water. One student is said to …
Crisis
Police in Nyamira are investigating an incident where a primary school teacher reportedly flogged a Grade Four pupil at Riang’ombe Primary School. Social Media users using the tag ‘Justice …
Crisis
Some 124 students from Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls in Kakamega County have been admitted to the county general hospital with fever and diarrhoea. Some of the students also complained …
KNEC
The national examinations agency has been put on the spot over perennial exam leaks. Yesterday, the National Assembly committee on Education accused the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) of …
