By Lydia Gichuki 5,278 out of 144, 466 students who had qualified for university placement in the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam turned down the offer and preferred technical and vocational education training (Tvet) courses. However, 23,963 students who scored C+ (plus) and above have been placed to join universities under government […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the UNICEF June 2022 study report, West and Central Africa stand as the region with the highest rate of child marriages, with approximately 60 million child brides. Out of it, about 20 million became child brides before the age of 15. Also, four in ten girls in the region get […]
Kulingana na ripoti ya UNICEF Takriban watoto milioni 8 walio chini ya umri wa miaka 5 wako katika hatari ya kufa kutokana na utapiamlo mkali. Kulingana na shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la kuhudumia watoto, bei ya vyakula imepanda kwa kasi mwaka huu kutokana na vita vya Ukraine, huku ukame unaohusishwa na mabadiliko ya hali ya […]
By Raisa Okwaras A recent study conducted by the United Nations has revealed that multiple crises, including poverty and the Covid-19 pandemic, have resulted in the disruption of the education of two hundred and twenty-two million children and adolescents globally. As a result, about 78.2 million children have dropped out of school entirely. The study […]
Mwanamke mmoja na watoto wake wawili wenye umri wa miaka miwili, na mwengine minane wameuawa kwa kupigwa risasi na wavamizi katika kijiji cha mbali katika kaunti ndogo ya Merti, Isiolo. Shambulizi hilo lilitendeka hapo jumamosi tarehe 18 mwezi juni, katika eneo la Dogogicha mwendo wa saa 5.30 asubuhi. Jirani aliyetoka nje ili kutafuta punda wake […]
By Lydia Gichuki Residents of Mwingi Central for the past one week have been thrown into mourning and disbelief after two students, form four and class eight pupil, died by suicide. The 20 years old Form four student at Kyanika Secondary School hanged himself in his father’s farm in Kathonzweni village in Mwingi Central sub-county. […]
Mashirika ya kijamii (CSOs) katika kaunti ya Kajiado yameanzisha vituo 94 vya uokoaji kwa watoto wanaoepuka mila mibaya kama vile Ukeketaji (FGM) na Ndoa za Mapema katika kaunti hiyo. Katika kuadhimisha Siku ya Mtoto wa Afrika, Mkurugenzi wa Kitaifa wa Compassion International Kenya, Samuel Wambugu alisema kwamba, vituo hivyo ni muhimu katika kuelimisha jamii juu ya madhara […]
By Raisa Okwaras, Burieruri High School located in Igembe Central Constituency in Meru County has all the reasons to be grateful after receiving a grant worth ksh.10 million from the Japanese government to help in the construction of a storey dormitory. The school received the funding after showing significant improvement in its academics and discipline. […]
By Raisa Okwaras, A 15-year-old Standard Seven student at Ngendaptich Primary School in Nakuru’s Toiyotich Village allegedly took her own life after throwing herself to death in Lake Solai. The unfortunate incident sent the Toiyotich Village in sadness, characterized by wails and screams. According to the students, on the morning of the incident, Joy Chepkoech […]
By Lydia Gichuki Expanding social protection to adequately respond to the COVID-19 crisis could reduce the number of children in child labour by 15.1 million between 2020 and 2022 according to International Labour Organization. According to COVID-19 and child labour: A time of crisis, a time to act, report child labour decreased by 94 million since […]