Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary (CS) Moses Kuria has announced that the government has banned schools from selling uniforms. Speaking on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Kuria called out schools colluding with tailors and uniform outlets to reap profits at the expense of parents. While terming the move as mentioned earlier as unacceptable and unsustainable, the CS noted […]
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Former Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has died at 71. “Yes it is true. He is no more,” his wife Dr Barbra Magoha told the Business Daily. He died at Nairobi Hospital on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. He was reportedly rushed to the facility today after falling ill. Prof Magoha was known as a tough-talking and […]
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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has said Grade 7 learners will each contribute Sh4,000 for the building of laboratories. Machogu spoke on Friday during the release of the 2022 KCSE exam at the Kenya National Examinations Council office in Nairobi. The CS further said the government had promised a Sh9.6 billion capitation grant to Grade 7 […]
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Funding of public education in Kenya is skewed in favour of children from rich families, a new report by the United Nations Children Fund shows. Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, it says. It shows children from the poorest 20 per cent of the population benefit from only […]
Read MorePrimary schools that will host junior secondary will benefit from a Sh9.6 billion cash injection when the pioneer competency-based curriculum (CBC) class transitions to Grade 7 at the end of this month. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu outlined the roadmap for the transition, which will see the 1,253,577 learners who sat the inaugural Kenya Primary […]
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The Government will work with tertiary institutions to forge a pathway for Kenya to deepen its competitive technical capacity. President William Ruto said the move will boost the number of competent human resources and build an engine to power the country’s economic growth. “Our socio-economic transformation agenda needs a responsive education system in the technical […]
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Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) is racing against time to beat the January 2023 Junior Secondary School (JSS) roll-out timelines. Officials from KICD confirmed yesterday that they were working round the clock to develop curriculum designs and other learning materials for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Speaking at the ongoing primary school heads conference in […]
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The government has hinted at phasing out boarding schools moving forward. Government also hinted at abolishing classification of public secondary schools as national, extra-county and county institutions. Move to phase out boarding schools, according to Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang, will give parents adequate time to interact and mould their children to become responsible citizens […]
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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has encouraged universities to tailor-make their structures, processes and programs as they prepare to receive their first batch of CBC students in 2029. In a speech delivered by Fredrick Ndambuki, Higher Education secretary administrative, the CS said learners will be enrolled in specialised fields in universities after pursuing different pathways in […]
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An education based lobby group is now recommending junior secondary school learners to be placed in sub county schools. Usawa Agenda made the recommendation to the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms on Friday. The organization Executive Director Emmanuel Manyasa said the remaining Form learners should then fit in other school levels. This means the […]
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