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An ongoing data verification exercise in the Ministry of Education has revealed a massive fraud involving inflated enrolment figures, with more than 50,000 non-existent learners flagged in official records. The revelations come at a time when schools are grappling with…
The Ministry of Education has vowed to take strict disciplinary action against teachers and officials implicated in the falsification of school enrolment records. This follows a data audit that uncovered more than 50,000 “ghost” learners in government records, costing taxpayers…
Parliamentarians are urging the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to change its recruitment model and prioritise the employment of teachers early in their careers to prevent cases of trained professionals retiring without ever being absorbed into the system. The issue surfaced…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is under fire from lawmakers who argue that its recruitment guidelines unfairly marginalize arts and social science teachers while favouring graduates in science and technical fields. During a session with the National Assembly Education Committee,…
Kenyan lawmakers have raised alarm over what they describe as discriminatory recruitment trends by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), which they say leaves older graduates at a disadvantage. Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Education, TSC officials outlined their…
The National Assembly Education Committee has pressed the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to provide detailed constituency-level data on staffing after MPs raised alarm over regional disparities in teacher deployment. Lawmakers accused the commission of presenting polished recruitment policies that fail…
The dispute between university lecturers and the government has moved to the courts, deepening the crisis in higher education. Through the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu), lecturers are seeking to have top government officials jailed for failing to implement court-mandated…
The university lecturers’ strike has intensified, with their union now accusing top government officials of misleading the court in the ongoing pay dispute. The Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) filed a case alleging contempt of court against Education CS Julius…
Public universities are bracing for further disruption as lecturers escalate their salary war to the courts. The Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) has sued key state officials, demanding their imprisonment over failure to honor salary agreements. Education CS Julius Migos…