Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Friday said primary school children wearing uniforms will be transported for free in the city’s Public Service Vehicles (PSVs). This, he said, will unburden less privileged families in the city, which are already struggling to put food on the table due to the current harsh economic times. “Today we’re saying […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers wants grade seven leaners domiciled in primary schools. This they said while making their presentation when Presidential Working Party on Education Reform visited the University of Nairobi to collect views from the public on CBC. Macharia Mugwe, union executive secretary Nairobi Chapter, said learners transiting to junior secondary are still […]
About 30 schools and 10,500 learners are set to benefit from five years internet connectivity after Airtel Kenya in partnership with UNICEF launched this initiative yesterday. The official launch was held at Ngei Primary school in Langata, Nairobi as it become the maiden school to benefit from this connectivity. This initiative is in support of […]
A new school calendar has been released by the Ministry of Education and is set to restore normal school schedule of yester years. The calendar was disrupted for about two years, 2021 and 2022, where a crush programme was introduced to recover time lost due to school closure as a result of Covid19 lockdown. Education […]
Mtaala unaozingatia umahiri ulichukua nafasi kubwa Mjini Lodwar wakati wa kongamano la ushiriki wa umma lililoitishwa na Chama cha Rais kuhusu Marekebisho ya Elimu. Timu inayoongoza ya Prof Raphael Munavu ilisikiliza kwa makini wananchi walio na shauku, hasa washikadau wa elimu walipokuwa wakitoa maoni yao kuhusu mageuzi ya elimu. Prof Munavu alisema kwamba, chama cha […]
The Kenya Society for the Deaf is lobbying for the inclusion of sign language in the school syllabus. This according to the society will enable all learners, deaf and non-deaf, in the country to understand it. The society chairman Francis Ng’ang’a yesterday said they are also pushing for the language to be included and recognized […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Friday revealed that President William Ruto will announce in December whether the Grade six pupils will join junior secondary or will continue to the next grade in their respective primary schools. ‘One of the areas we are working on is on transition of Grade Six learners to junior secondary […]
A recent report by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics indicates that school going girls in the country are likely to drop out at the age of 17. Dropout rate among girls stands at 6.5 percent while that of boys of the same age stands at 5.9 percent. These high dropout levels among girls especially in […]
The CBC review team appointed by President William Ruto today started engaging the public in an exercise expected to continue for the next two weeks. The engagement forum will be conducted across the 47 counties from 8 am to 10 am from November 1 to Friday, November 11. The Prof. Raphael Munavu led taskforce started […]
A class seven pupil from Mandera County is the latest victim of a terror attack after he sustained injuries in a suspected terror attack at Fino Primary Schools. As reported by Nation Africa suspected Al-Shabaab militants hurled explosives into the school in Fino where the area member of the county assembly (MCA) Abdimalik Mohamed Ibrahim […]