Nyeri: Parents who won’t take kids to Form One risk arrest, prosecution

By Samuel Mbogo,

Parents from Nyeri County who will not have taken their kids to join Form One by Friday, January 24,  risk getting arrested and prosecuted. Accord...

Form One

Form One admission extended to January 24

By Citizen Reporter,

Form One admission has been extended to January 24 to achieve 100percent transition, Education PS Belio Kipsang said on Friday. Initially, the exer...

aker , Form One admission , KCPE 2018

Expired gov’t sanitary pads recovered in Juja being repackaged for sale

By Moses Ngige,

Police in Juja, Kiambu County on Thursday recovered expired sanitary pads labeled Government of Kenya (GOK) at a residential house under construction ...

Meet Nadia and Zach: Kenya’s youngest CASs

By Tonny Ndungu,

Zack Kinuthia, an outspoken former SONU Chairman was on Tuesday appointed the Chief Administrative Secretary at the Ministry of Education. The post...

Full list: Uhuru’s new appointments to Cabinet, reshuffle

By Citizen Reporter,

This is the full list of the Cabinet reshuffle and new appointments as announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday: Cabinet Secretary nominati...

Kiunjuri out! President Uhuru Kenyatta reshuffles Cabinet

By Citizen Reporter,

Mwangi Kiunjuri has been dropped as Agriculture Cabinet Secretary. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the new raft of changes on Tuesday morning. ...

kiunjuri

Garissa stares at teaching crisis as non-local teachers begin moving out

By Raquel Muigai,

Garissa County is staring at a teaching crisis after non local teachers began moving out of the area after three of them were killed in a dawn terror ...

garissa

BWIRE: Universities must remain independent

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The recruitment of vice chancellors for public universities should be done by respective councils in consultation with the cabinet ...

public universities

TSC withdraws 6 teachers from Kitui school where teacher was killed, body burnt

By Ian Omondi,

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has now withdrawn all 6 teachers posted to Ndooni Primary School after one of their colleagues was killed and he...

Ibrahim Mumin , Ndooni Primary School , tsc

China bans foreign teaching materials in public schools

By CNN,

China has announced a ban on foreign teaching materials like textbooks and classic novels in all public primary and secondary schools -- a move expert...

china , Marxism , Ministry of Education , President Xi Jinping

Teacher killed, body burnt after parents protest over ‘poor’ school results

By Ian Omondi,

A public primary school teacher in Mutitu, Kitui County, was on Tuesday killed and her body burnt to ashes under mysterious and shocking circumstances...

KITUI COUNTY , KNUT , murder , Teacher , Wilson Sossion

Prof. Stephen Kiama appointed new UoN Vice Chancellor

By Ian Omondi,

The University of Nairobi (UoN) Council has announced Prof. Stephen Gitahi Kiama as the institution’s new Vice Chancellor for a five-year term. P...

Prof Julia Ojiambo , Prof. Peter Mbithi , Prof. Stephen Gitahi Kiama , University of Nairobi.

BWIRE: Let us have clean energy-powered festivities

By Victor Bwire,

Its holiday time and as Kenyans troop to the villages, eating will be a major menu on the schedules. As it were, goats, chicken and bulls will be slau...

‘Keep politics out of my work,’ Magoha tells off politicians over NEMIS

By Ian Omondi,

The government has sought to reassure Kenyan learners and parents that the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) is still working a...

CS George Magoha , KCSE 2019 , Nancy Macharia , NEMIS

How to check 2019 KCSE results

By Paul Ombati,

The results of the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations were on Wednesday released by Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. G...

CS George Magoha , KCSE 2019 , KNEC

What Singapore expects after easing obsession with student grades

By Paul Ombati,

Two years ago, Singapore eased obsession with grades and started to focus on teaching students to be entrepreneurs. Also Read: KCSE 2019 results ex...

kcpe , KCSE , Singapore

Mara Heist three months later: Business as usual?

By Citizen Team,

On September 1 this year, Citizen TV aired one of the most explosive corruption exposés in Kenya: the Mara Heist. It illustrated dark secrets of o...

magak , mara heist , walingo

Mara Heist: What happened to Spencer Sankale?

By Citizen Team,

On September 1 this year, Citizen TV aired Mara Heist, one of most explosive corruption exposes in Kenya. It illustrated the dark secrets of offici...

mara heist , sankale , walingo

AIU extends war on doping to road running

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

As the Athletics Kenya Annual Athletes’ Conference kicks off on Wednesday in Eldoret, the fight against doping is expected to feature prominently in...

ADAK , Adityer Kumar , AIU , AK , Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya , Athletes Conference , Chief Executive Officer , Japhter Rugut , Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed , Thomas Capdevielle

Form One selection: Parents up in arms over KCPE candidates placement

By Makori Ongechi,

The Ministry of Education has come under heavy criticism from parents who have expressed their dissatisfaction with how this year's Form one selection...

kcpe , magoha