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 […]
By Lydia Gichuki Research conducted in Kakamega County last year by researchers from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Mmust) indicates that Children who attend private schools are more likely to be obese and to have weight-related issues than their counterparts in public school. The study cites that reasons for this is because private […]
Mke wa Rais, Margaret Kenyatta, amesema kwamba, watoto lazima wapewe kipaumbele cha juu nchini ili waweze kufikia lengo la kuhakikisha upatikanaji wa fursa sawa na ushirikishwaji wa wananchi wote. “Ufikiaji bila ubaguzi hautaondoa tu ubaguzi na unyanyapaa, bali utawapa watoto wetu ujuzi unaohitajika ili kuwasaidia katika kutatua matatizo yao,” alisema Mke wa Rais Margaret Kenyatta. […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Senate report dubbed “the Status of Implementation of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) in the Country” has revealed that the number of ECDE learners and teachers continues to drop despite funding by devolved governments. According to the report, the county governments in Kenya raised funding from ksh.386.3 million in 2013 to ksh.4.97 billion […]
By Lydia Gichuki Reforms in the education sector have made Kenya a top education performer in Eastern and Southern Africa, according to the Kenya Economic Update, Edition 25: Aiming High, Securing Education to Sustain Recovery by the Word Bank. These reforms span from a competency-based curriculum (CBC), reforming professional teacher development, textbook policy, and management practices at […]
By Lydia Gichuki Following the death of Elizabeth, a form one student at Precious Blood Kagwe High School, education activist Ndung’u Nyoro decries foul play accusing the school of trying to cover up. According to Nyoro, the young girl from Othaya and sponsored by Affecto lost her life in mysterious circumstances a few days after reporting […]
By Lydia Gichuki Othaya Boys High School Principal Edward Muhuni will be jailed for six months after being found guilty of contempt of court for disobeying a court order to re-admit 20 students. In the ruling issued by High Court Judge Justice Florence Muchemi, Mr.Muhuni disobeyed a March 23 order that required him to re-admit […]
By Lydia Gichuki Heels4Pads Foundation in partnership with Cigna donated a digital pads dispenser to Dagoretti Special School that will cover each menstruating girl with pads for 3 years. Each girl will have access to pads using a unique individual identification card. Speaking during the launch, Munira Twahir, Founder and process innovator of Ari Dispenser […]
By Raisa Okwaras, Forty-three more children have died from gun violence since the Uvalde slaughter. This brings the total death toll from gun violence to almost double in just one week. Such continues to raise concerns over gun safety and children safety in general. On May 24, 2022, nineteen young children together with two of […]
By Raisa Okwaras, A group of women in the White Nile area in Sudan is championing their children’s education by building them classrooms. Jwairya Schools came to life after a group of women in Jwairya would take in donations to build a classroom every year. In the beginning, however, they used impermanent material for the […]