Latest Education News Updates
The long-running pay standoff in public universities has escalated after the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) moved to court seeking the imprisonment of three Cabinet Secretaries. The union accuses Education CS Julius Migos Ogamba, Treasury CS John Mbadi, and Labour…
Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba has revealed that the government is finalising plans to create a single national list of hardship areas in order to streamline allowance payments for public servants. Speaking in Kilifi on Tuesday, September 23, during a…
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Migos Ogamba has announced a nationwide exercise to harmonise the classification of hardship areas in Kenya, a move aimed at eliminating long-standing disparities in allowance payments among teachers and other public servants. Speaking during a local…
The fate of students at Litein Boys High School now hangs in the balance after the school’s Board of Management resolved that each learner must pay Ksh137,000 to cover the cost of damages caused during a recent unrest. The…
The push for junior school autonomy is gaining momentum, with unions warning of possible legal action if their demands are ignored. Leaders of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) argue that the current arrangement violates the structure…
Junior school teachers are raising alarm over what they describe as a “career dead end” in their current deployment. While they were hired to support the rollout of the competency-based curriculum, many now fear that without reforms, their professional growth…
The rollout of junior schools under the competency-based curriculum was meant to enhance learning. Yet, for many teachers, the experience has been marked by harassment, exploitation, and crushing workloads. In Kwale County, teachers complain that they are routinely assigned non-teaching…
Three years after the rollout of the junior school segment, teachers across the country are voicing strong concerns over their treatment and working conditions. Many feel unsettled, under-resourced, and overwhelmed by heavy workloads. Their main call: to be delinked from…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has strongly opposed proposals to lower the minimum academic requirements for training Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers. The commission insists that pre-primary teachers must possess high qualifications, warning that lowering standards would compromise the foundation…