National
The curriculum developer’s budget has been slashed by Sh100 million. The reduction is expected to hurt rollout of the new curriculum set to start in January. Kenya Institute of …
National
Next year’s education calendar will run for 38 weeks. The school year usually begins in January and ends in end of October or beginning of November, just before the …
Delocalized
The Kenya Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) on Thursday threw its weight behind massive transfer of teachers, breaking ranks with their Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) colleagues. Kuppet …
Exams news
Four thousand primary schools are set for closer scrutiny over their performance in next month’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) after the government’s heavy financial expenditure to boost …
TPAD
The teachers’ employer is rushing to assess the effectiveness of the contentious performance appraisal tools ahead of a planned retreat with a union. The Standard has established that top …
Sacco
Savings and credit co-operative societies have gone to court to challenge a Government plan to increase the tax levied on cash deposits. The Kenya Union of Savings and Credit …
National
Court has stopped the transfer of some 4,000 teachers from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) payroll to Public Service Commission (PSC). Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Onesmus Makau …
Insecurity
A number of schools in clash-hit areas of Nessuit and Mauche in Njoro, Nakuru County, have re-opened as calm slowly returns to the region. This comes after the government …
Universities
Universities have been asked teach skills that will enable students create jobs for themselves. “Universities must get away from academic theories and give graduates skills that will help them …
Universities
About 30 students from South Eastern Kenya University (Seku) sustained multiple injuries Sunday when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned. The hired matatu, christened Mwende Safaris and belonging to Namak Sacco, …
Universities
Educational institutions are on the government radar in a move aimed at ensuring they honour their social security obligations to workers. In an audit to be carried out by …
