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

KNUT officials meet Raila for ‘advice and intervention’ in stand-off with TSC

By Wambui Kihara,

A section of Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) officials from Nyanza on Tuesday held a meeting with opposition Leader Raila Odinga over the ongo...

Kenya National union of Teachers (KNUT) , raila odinga , Teachers Service Commission(TSC)

No more national exams in primary schools, says President Kenyatta

By Wangui Ngechu,

There will no longer be national examinations in primary schools, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Friday. President Kenyatta at the same time...

CBC , CC

MARWA: Why Sexuality Education must be part of new curriculum

By Citizen Reporter,

By Grayson Marwa Education Transformation is the theme for this year’s international youth day. It is concerned with the provocation of a shift o...

Comprehensive Sexuality Education , new curriculum

CBC needs a comprehensive sex education curriculum

By Citizen Reporter,

By Grayson Marwa Transformation education is the theme for this year’s international youth day. It is concerned with the provocation of a shift of...

CBC , Competency Based Curriculum , sex education

Matatu drivers to undergo physical, mental tests every 3 years – NTSA

By Otukho Jackson,

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has issued a raft of measures to mitigate the huge number of lives lost through road accidents. ...

Francis Meja , NTSA

Too many over-age students in Kilifi will derail CBC: official

By Abdi Rizack,

Education officials are calling for speedy reforms after it was revealed that the number of over-age students in Kilifi County is the highest in the c...

CBC , Kilifi County , over-age students

Sonko ranked governor with highest coverage in Kenyan news: TIFA

By Wambui Kihara,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is the county leader to have received the most coverage in Kenyan news between October 2018 and June 2019, a report has re...

Kenya Media Landscape Report. , Sonko , TIFA

Uhuru Gardens to serve as model primary school for ICT integration in education

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) in partnership with Atlancis Technologies have presented Uhuru Gardens Primary School as a model institut...

ATLANCIS Technologies , education , ICT , Uhuru Gardens

TSC holds its first ever ‘Teachers Conference 2019’ in 52 years

By Muia Joseph,

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday held its first Teachers Conference since 1967. The two-day event held at the Kenya School of Govern...

CBC , Teachers Conference 2019 , tsc , TSC CEO Nancy Macharia

TSC fires 3 headteachers in Voi for skipping CBC training

By Julius Joho,

Three primary school headteachers in Voi, Taita Taveta County have been fired for skipping the competency based curriculum (CBC) training. Those in...

Competency Based Curriculum , Teachers Service Commission

What little kids need to know about ‘SEX’

By CNN,

Approximately 8 out of 10 parents self-identify as enlightened. These are the moms and dads who broach thorny topics like race, poverty and sexism wit...

children , education , kids , sex , sexuality , STDs , U.S

Why you might be required to register for Huduma Namba again

By Ian Omondi,

Newly appointed government spokesperson Rtd. Col. Cyrus Oguna has stated that some Kenyans who have already registered for Huduma Namba may be forced ...

Colonel Cyrus Oguna , Huduma Namba

Stop teaching new curriculum, revert to 8-4-4 – Sossion tells teachers

By Makori Ongechi,

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion now wants teachers to stop teaching the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC)...

CBC , Wilson Sossion