Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu yesterday announced that Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination results will be released next week. “Next week we are announcing KCPE examination results and you will not hear any cases of cheating under the leadership of Machogu. The grading of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is progressing well and I can […]
Author: Lydia Gichuki
Nelly Cheboi, 29, on Monday won 2022 CNN Hero of the Year for her effort toward digital literacy for Kenyan schoolchildren by creating computer labs. This award seeks to recognize individuals who have an impact on society. Nelly, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to concentrate on this initiative, was […]
Come January 2023, there will be no more primary boarding schools for pupils learning in grades 1 to 9 after the government announced it will be abolished. This was announce by Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang’ at the official opening ceremony of the 18th Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA in Mombasa. In essence, […]
The Ministry of Health has announced it will begin carrying out a measles vaccination campaign in six counties where the risk of infection is high. This was as a result of confirmed measles and rubella cases in some counties. The counties targeted by this campaign are Nairobi, Mandera, Turkana, Marsabit, West Pokot and Garissa. This […]
President William Ruto yesterday said his government is committed towards eradicating female genital mutilation (FGM) by end of his tenure. “I want to assure support from my administration in the elimination of FGM as it is retrogressive and a danger to the health of our girls,” Ruto said. He said that FGM should not be […]
Lisa Gem a grade 4 pupil at M.M Shah Primary School in Kisumu has become the youngest person to be nominated for human right defender of the year Awards at just 10 years. She is the only child among the top six nominees for the same award. Lisa she started her activism back in 2019, when […]
Nairobi Members of County Assembly now wants Governor Johnson Sakaja to have street children permanently placed in a rehabilitation centre as a way to bring order and curb insecurity in the city. The street children and families have faced a myriad of accusation ranging from mugging and snatching items from members of the public in […]
At least 884,263 form four candidates across the country begun their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) today. The exams are expected to end on 23rd December while marking will begin on January 2, 2023, and be completed on January 20. The exams will be done under strict security measures and regulations set by Kenya […]
Grade six candidates who completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) on Wednesday will proceed to Junior Secondary Schools domiciled in the existing primary schools. In addition, the assessment done by the candidates will not be used for placement in Junior Secondary School. Instead, it will be used as an assessment to monitor learning […]
Primary school pupils in Nigeria will now learn and be instructed in their mother tongue after the government announced a new policy aimed at promoting their native languages as opposed to English. This was announced by country’s Education Minister Adamu Adamu on Wednesday who said new framework known as the National Language Policy had been […]