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 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 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, […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Government of Kenya and the Child Benefit Pilot Programme are partnering with selected United Nations agencies and non-state actors to introduce the universal child benefits (UCB) programme. The programme looks at improving the education, health, and nutrition of children in Kenya. The universal child benefits programme, which costs ksh.80 million, targets […]
By Lydia Gichuki Following the death of a student in unclear circumstances, Uhuru Secondary School, Nairobi, was on Monday closed indefinitely. Reports indicate that a fire broke out at the school and burnt down two dormitories on Sunday night after the student’s death which the police are investigating. The fire broke out from one of […]
By Lydia Gichuki Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha yesterday urged private schools to retain students transiting from Grade Six to Junior Secondary School in their current institutions until Year Nine. With this he opined that, it would deal with the stiff competition that is always witnessed at the end of primary school. ‘It would be […]
By Lydia Gichuki Learning has been disrupted at Tartar Primary School in West Pokot County after unknown people torched dormitories twice and attacked learners with an arrow in a span of three days. In these heinous crimes, 136 pupils lost everything. The attackers targeted girls’ dormitories. Reports indicates that an arsonist struck last Saturday and […]