Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) Chairman Kahi Indimuli has suggested increasing the capitation amount per student from the current Sh22,244 to Sh30,000. Indimuli expressed these views during the 46th KESSHA Conference held in Mombasa. He cited challenges in managing schools due to rising commodity prices and delayed government funds disbursement. Indimuli raised concerns about […]
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Unemployed teachers have emerged as one of the major beneficiaries in this year’s budget, as the government announced its intention to hire 20,000 teachers in the upcoming financial year. Moreover, Junior Secondary school students can look forward to improved facilities, thanks to the allocation of Ksh 628.6 billion to the education sector in this year’s […]
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has introduced an ambitious feeding initiative designed to benefit a minimum of 250,000 students attending public primary schools. During the groundbreaking ceremony at Njiru Primary School, Sakaja emphasized that the program’s objective is to encourage school attendance and enhance the nutritional well-being of learners. “By tomorrow’s end, we will have commenced […]
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Two Kenyan Universities have begun the process of offering Online degrees in Data Science and Artificial intelligence courses without charging tuition fees. This follows a partnership between the two institutions, Eldoret University and Cooperative Universities, and the European Business University of Luxembourg. The two institutions have launched Online Masters’s Degrees in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence […]
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Universities will compete with one another for students and financial support under the new higher education funding model, say stakeholders. As contrast to the past, when funds were transferred to the institutions, funding will now go directly to the students. As a result, universities and colleges in Kenya will likely fight for students’ attention. “Universities […]
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UNDERFUNDING The State Department for Higher Education and Research is facing a budget deficit of Sh39.5 billion for recurrent expenditure, a report to Departmental Committee on Education and Research shows. The report said the recurrent expenditure requirement for the 2023/2024 Financial Year was Sh153.9 billion against an allocation of Sh114.3 billion. “It’s worthwhile to note […]
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COLLEGE PLACEMENT The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service portal is now open and eligible students have until June 7, 2023, to apply for placement or revise their courses. The application is open for placement in various universities and TVET colleges countrywide. KUCCPS said 2020 KCSE candidates are eligible to apply for placement in […]
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University of Embu Vice-Chancellor Prof Daniel Mugendi has linked robust team work to the stellar performance of the university following the ranking of the university as the best performing state corporation in the 2021/22 financial year performance contracting evaluation. The VC said that the institution which started as Embu Agricultural Training College, a constituent college […]
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Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu Wednesday held discussions with a delegation from the National University Commission of Nigeria led by Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who paid him a courtesy call at Jogoo House. Machogu said Kenya and Nigeria share plenty in common, therefore the need to form collaborations and work together in getting solutions to common problems affecting […]
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MALPRACTICE Appearing before the National Assembly’s Committee on Education, Machogu stated that the headteachers changed their low scores to inaccurate figures that they mounted on their noticeboards. He added that the school heads also lied to the public about their performance noting that some of them including headteachers of Kisii and Western schools went around with vehicles to […]
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