CS Magoha says only three colleges have met required standards to re-open

By Aly Abich,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha now says only three teachers training colleges in the country may be reopened in September after attai...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Kakamega coach raises sports concern amid schools closure

By Stanley Mativo,

Kakamega School rugby team head coach Amos Wamanga says he hopes the School Games calendar will remain intact and sports will continue to hold its rig...

Amos Wamanga , Kakamega High School

Magoha directs schools to refund second and third term fees to parents who had paid

By Julius Joho,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has directed primary and secondary schools to refund second and third term fees to parents who had pai...

COVID-19 , Ministry of Education , Prof. George Magoha , schools

OPINION: The future of new cities in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The unfolding troubles bedeviling some large scale developers of residential houses in the country provide an important reali...

President Kenyatta says schools to reopen ‘gradually’ from September 1

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday directed the Ministry of Education to facilitate the progressive re-opening of schools from September 1, 2020. ...

COVID-19 , CS George Magoha , Ministry of Education , President Uhuru Kenyatta , schools

MCKINSEY: Priorities for school systems in the age of coronavirus

By Guest Writer,

As of mid-April, 191 countries had shut down all their primary and secondary schools, affecting almost 1.6 billion children. The shift to remote le...

coronavirus , online learning

OIMEKE: Incorporate health education in school system to prevent future pandemics

By Guest Writer,

There is no doubt that Covid-19 has now become the world’s most challenging political and socio-economic crisis since the second World War. In Ke...

COVID-19 , ministry of health , Pavel Oimeke , President Uhuru Kenyatta

‘The Elephant Queen’ to screen on Citizen TV this Easter Sunday

By Citizen Team,

The internationally acclaimed feature documentary, The Elephant Queen, filmed in Tsavo East National Park and the Greater Amboseli Tsavo ecosystem wil...

Easter Sunday , Mark Deeble , The Elephant Queen , Victoria Stone

Kimani to lead NOCK’s Strength and Conditioning program

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) has appointed former Kenya Sevens Strength and Conditioning (S&C) coach Geoffrey Kimani as the lead...

Geoffrey Kimani , NOCK , Strength and Conditioning

Bidco, MKU sign agreement on student training

By Kepha Muiruri,

Manufacturer Bidco Africa Limited and the Mount Kenya University (MKU) have entered into a partnership which will see learners from the higher learnin...

Bidco Africa , Mount Kenya University (MKU) , skills mismatch

Revealed: 60% of 2019 KCSE candidates scored grade D and below

By Raquel Muigai,

Over 350,000 students scored grade D and below in the recently released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results. In add...

2019 KCSE , Lugusi Friends Secondary School

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

CS Amina, Magoha laud Under-16 Copa Africa Championship

By Moses Ngige,

Sports and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed on Monday December 2, officially opened the second edition of the Copa Coca-Cola Africa Tournamen...

Ambassador Amina Mohamed , Copa Coca-Cola , CS Magoha , Margret Kobia

Gov’t unveils Ksh.6B World Bank funding for technical colleges

By Girlie Kendi,

Deputy President William Ruto on Friday unveiled a Ksh.6 billion World Bank funding for technical colleges which he says will go into supporting infra...

Meru National polytechnic , Technical colleges , World Bank

BWIRE: Why Kenya needs MIL policy yesterday

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Information including media content regulation in Kenya is as problematic as in the rest of the world, given the rapidly expanding ...

Media and information literacy (MIL)

Parents protest over teachers Ksh.150 demand for CBC brooms

By George Amolo,

Primary school headteachers have been warned against asking parents Ksh.150 for the CBC assessment. County Director of Education Joseph Wamocho acc...

CBC assessment

Teen novel with obscene language not approved, KICD says after uproar on social media

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Storymoja, a Kenyan publishing company that endorsed a controversial South African novel 'Blood Ties' as suitable for teenage readers has defended the...

blood ties , storymoja , Zimkhitha Mlanzeli

Ignore fake Grade 3 timetable on social media, Kenyans told as anxiety persists over CBC

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A document alleged to be the Grade 3 timetable for monitoring is fake, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has said. On Friday, the exam...

CBC , KNEC

OPINION: Digital skills training is the future of work in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

By Liliosa Mbirimi Muturi The Kenyan job market has witnessed technology disruption first-hand. As some top tier institutions enact job cuts, other...

Sossion out! Letter from Registrar of Trade Unions says

By Citizen Reporter,

Wilson Sossion has been officially removed from office, a notice from the Registrar of Trade Unions on Friday revealed. The letter addressed to the...

KNUT , sossion