Loans
Borrowers are staring at a return to expensive loans after a court nullified a law setting bank interest rate caps. The High Court has declared the law capping interest …
National
Education Cabinet Secretary nominee George Magoha has said he will deal ruthlessly with corrupt officials and people who prey on children, if appointed. Prof Magoha (pictured) also assured that …
Defilement
1,077 teachers have been struck off the register in the last eight years over immoral behavior towards students. In a report presented before the Senate Standing Committee on Education, …
Opinion
Kenya’s education system is at the crossroads. Barely a year ago, the government launched the competency-based curriculum to replace the now 35-year-old knowledge-based system commonly known as 8:4:4. This …
Textbooks
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers have arrested a director of a private primary school and two teachers for being in possession of textbooks meant for public schools. …
Exams news
The Government is demanding about Sh9,000 from every teacher who marked Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams last year out of the Sh30,000 pay they received. The 14,000 …
Textbooks
The government’s plan to distribute literature books to secondary school students is uncertain as a deal to commence printing has not been signed. The delay threatens affective syllabus delivery, …
TSC jobs
The Teachers Service Commission requires Sh82 billion to recruit teachers in the next five years. This will enable it to address the biting teacher shortage in schools, currently estimated …
National
Form One admissions this year hit record levels, while distribution of textbooks to primary schools has improved, the Ministry of Education has said. A 24-page report tabled in Parliament last …
Exams news
The examinations body has cancelled the registration of hundreds of thousands of candidates as it investigates possible collusion in use of fake birth certificates. It has been established that …
National
The successful administration of the national examinations was perhaps one of the most outstanding achievements of Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, who now takes up the Sports ministry. Appointed into …
