Latest Education News Updates
A high-profile meeting between President William Ruto and thousands of teachers at State House on Saturday turned into a candid forum where the head of state was confronted with the deep-rooted challenges ailing Kenya’s education sector. What was intended as…
Public universities are staring at a fresh crisis after lecturers under the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) issued a seven-day strike notice demanding the settlement of salary arrears amounting to Sh11.5 billion. The lecturers, through their national leaders led by…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has reopened the Junior Secondary School (JSS) internship application portal following widespread concern over its early closure. The portal, which was initially set to remain open for several days to allow qualified applicants ample time…
The Ministry of Education has intensified its audit of student enrolment records, a move that former presidential adviser Moses Kuria says will end years of unchecked financial leakages in the education sector. Kuria disclosed that Kenya loses close to Sh12…
Former senior Economic Adviser to the President, Moses Kuria, has thrown his weight behind the Ministry of Education’s ongoing audit of school enrolment, describing it as a crucial step in safeguarding taxpayers’ money. Kuria alleged that Kenya has been losing…
Schools across the country are reeling from a severe financial crisis as delays in disbursing capitation funds force administrators to send learners home. The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has raised the alarm, warning that schools may be…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has unveiled the official distribution of the 24,000 new teacher vacancies across Kenya, breaking them down by county and sub-county. The allocation is expected to address the acute teacher shortage in public schools and ease…
Education officials in Narok County have indefinitely closed Narok Adventist Primary and Junior Secondary School following the killing of a 14-year-old student within the school compound. The Grade Nine learner was discovered dead inside a dormitory on Saturday night, with…
As Kenya transitions fully into the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Ministry of Education have outlined how teachers will be deployed in junior schools (Grades 7–9). To ensure efficiency, subjects have been grouped into…