Save the Children Kenya and Madagascar has launched an ambitious Four Point strategic plan for 2022 – 2024 which will cost at least USD 26 Million targeting more than one million marginalized and vulnerable children in Kenya and Madagascar, in the next three years. Key on its agenda is improving access to safe and […]
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Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha. Photo: Ministry of Education. Source: Facebook Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has ordered for the immediate closure of Schools for one week from Tuesday 2nd August until August 10 2022 to give way for elections preparations. “As you are aware, Kenya is scheduled to conduct its national elections on […]
The Directorate of Children Services (DCS) is urging parents to keep children away from political rallies as the general election day in Kenya gets nearer. This happened on Sunday, July 31 as the DCS released a guidebook meant to improve child protection in the country. According to the Kakamega County Director of Children’s Services (DCS), […]
East Africa’s leading telecommunication company Safaricom PLC has partnered with online publishing company Kodris Africa to promote coding learning solutions by allowing subscribers to buy yearly lessons through their Mpesa App. The partnership will allow Safaricom customers to buy coding lesson tokens through the infamous application. After successfully buying these tokens, the customers can activate […]
The Tana River County Police Commander Richard Ng’eno has issued a warning to parents guilty of denying their children the right to education. He said this in his county office in Hola, Tana River, after discovering that most children do not report to schools. According to reports, these children herd livestock while their agemates stay […]
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 […]
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Elimu Sawa kwa Jinsia Zote
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 […]