Category: Education

By Raisa Okwaras Siaya County Children’s Officer Jemin Onyango has confirmed that the teacher who allegedly assaulted a standard 8 pupil at Nyamninia Primary School in Gem has been arrested. This came in after a video went viral on social media showing the boy crying in pain and agony after the teacher beat him for […]

Kutokana na utafiti wa hivi karibuni, wasichana asilimia 76 ndio walio na fursa ya kupata elimu ikilinganishwa na asilimia 88 ya wavulana ambao hupata fursa hiyo. Kulingana na UNICEF, umaskini ndio sababu kuu inayofanya wasichana kukosa elimu. Kwa sababu hii, wazazi wanakosa kuwapeleka watoto wao hususan wasichana shuleni iwapo hawana karo. Aidha, umaskini huu pia […]

By Raisa Okwaras Two foundations namely Big Life Foundation and The Great Plains Foundation are improving the lives of underprivileged learners in Kajiado county. These two have now kick-started a program in the area to feed twenty-two thousand children in twenty-seven schools, which began on July 11. By bringing in food, education funding, and even […]

Wazazi walio na watoto viziwi katika Kaunti ya Mombasa wamezindua Shirika la Jamii litakalotetea haki za watoto wao ikiwemo elimu na huduma za afya. Wanachama wa Pamoja Parents for Deaf CBO wametoa wito kwa serikali ya kitaifa kufikiria kujenga shule ya upili ambayo itashughulikia mahitaji ya elimu ya msingi ya watoto wao. Walilalamika kwamba, kuna ukosefu wa […]

By Lydia Gichuki The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is now pushing the government to domicile junior secondary schools in primary schools. This call was made by KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu citing that the infrastructure in primary schools can comfortably host junior secondary without putting too much pressure on parents and Kenyans to […]

Serikali imezindua mpango unaolenga kukabiliana na ongezeko la matukio ya mimba za utotoni. Mpango huo uliopewa jina la Imarisha Msichana utafanyiwa majaribio katika kaunti 20 zilizochaguliwa ambazo zilipatikana kuwa na kesi nyingi zaidi. Akizungumza wakati wa uzinduzi huo, Evelyne Owuoko mwakilishi wa Waziri wa Elimu ya Awali na Elimu ya Msingi Julius Jwan, alisema kuwa, shule nane kutoka kaunti zilizochaguliwa […]

By Raisa Okwaras The entire community of Taif Village in Garsen Constituency in Tana river county is overjoyed after KenGen constructed a now unveiled primary school named after the current president of Kenya. This came in to save the learners and teachers from the agony of having to risk their lives every time they have […]

By Lydia Gichuki The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has modified and adapted ten Learning Areas for Special Needs learners at the Pre-Vocational Level under the Stage-Based Curriculum for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The learners will now be taken through Daily Living skill, Mathematics Social and Literacy Skills Communication and Pre-Vocational Skills. In addition, […]