The education sector has been allocated Sh597 billion in budget proposals that form part of the 2023 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) to be tabled in the National Assembly tomorrow. This represents a higher budget ceiling of Sh53 billion compared to last year’s baseline for the sector. The extra cash is intended to fund junior secondary schools […]
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“More than 50,000 examiners who marked the papers have not been paid their wages. This is despite the huge sacrifices the examiners made, “Milemba said. The union chair further faulted the council for subjecting the examiners to not-so-good conditions during the marking process. As seen in December, CRE Paper 1 examiners downed their tools in […]
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State has invested Sh20 billion to improve the maritime courses at the Bandari Maritime college in Mombasa. Speaking on Thursday during the official launch of the Bandari Maritime academy strategic plan 2021, principal secretary Shadrack Mwadime said launching of the plan is the beginning of a long journey towards the realisation of the academy as […]
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Kenya’s Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) received a shot in the arm through a partnership with the Finnish government to fund the retraining of teachers on the new syllabus. The partnership which is set to run until 2024, was made between the University of Helsinki, Laurea University of Applied Sciences and the University of Nairobi, Strathmore University […]
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President William Ruto has said the government has never contemplated or planned to privatise public universities or to increase the fees. Ruto clarified the concerns on Wednesday while presiding over the University of Kabianga’s 10th-anniversary celebrations and its endowment fund drive. “The government has not increased school fees, it was just a proposal by vice […]
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Early learning and Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang now says ECD teachers should be well remunerated. He said this while making a presentation on Kenya’s education architecture, legal and policy framework to the 4th Senate Standing Committee on Education on Monday. “The work done by ECDE teachers cannot be compared to the other levels of […]
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Nyambaria High School from Nyamira County emerged the top overall school in the 2022 KCSE examinations. This is after recording a mean score of 10.897 (an A minus). Here is the official list of the top 100 schools in the 2022 KCSE exams, nationally. Position Nationally Name of School Mean Score Region County Mean Grade […]
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Students at Mama Ngina Girls High School in Mombasa will finally relocate to their new school in Shanzu, Kisauni constituency next term. Currently, the only girls’ boarding national school in Mombasa is squeezed within a less-than-an-acre piece of land in Kizingo, Mombasa island, Mvita constituency. The new site is on a 30-acre piece of land, […]
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Kiambu leaders are pushing for the expansion of bursary fund coverage to accommodate junior secondary school learners. They are calling for the amendment of the National Government constituency development fund (NG-CDF) and county bursary Acts. On Tuesday, Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thangwa Kiambu county said in recent years, Kenya has made significant progress in the […]
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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has revealed that last week the government disbursed Sh16 billion to secondary schools. Machogu revealed this while overseeing Form 1 admission at St George’s Girls. He warned school heads against charging parents levies that have not been approved by the ministry. “Last week we disbursed Sh16 billion which went to public […]
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