CS Magoha to close Schools with low enrollment- Education News

TSC Boss Dr Nancy Macharia (Left) with Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha.

Schools With Low Enrollment To Be Closed Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha said schools that have a low enrollment of students will be closed in a bid to save government resources. Magoha noted that there are some schools with so few students, some as low as 12 across all the classes receiving government funding. … Read more

2021 form one admission results and letters download guides

form one admission letter 2020

The Ministry of education has completed the placement exercise for the 2021 form one students. Candidates who sat for the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations can now check their placement results online and via SMS. The Education Cabinet Secretary has today announced the 2021 form one admission results for the 2020 KCPE … Read more

Babu Owino takes KCSE candidates through revision in Maths, promises to extend to Chemistry

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino during his Maths lesson on Facebook. He has promised to live stream more lessons in Mathematics and Chemistry in coming weeks.

Embakasi East Member of parliament Hon. Babu Owino on Friday evening held a mathematics lesson live on his Facebook page. In a live-stream, followed by over 8,000 users, the MP offered revision tips for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, candidates. Dressed in a smart navy blue suit and a white shirt, the Legislator tackled … Read more

Longhorn publishers offering free Online Learning materials for students and teachers- Details

Longhorn Publisher's Digital Content.

Giant Pan-African publishing house for educational materials, Longhorn, is offering free unlimited access to its digital content by all learners. This is in an effort to promote Home Schooling as a result of the ongoing shutdown of all learning institutions. This is good news to millions of learners who are at home as a measure … Read more

Edu Afya NHIF Medical Scheme for Secondary Students; Complete Guide

Parents, are you aware that your public secondary school child has a comprehensive medical cover courtesy of the government? I bet most of you don’t know. Edu Afya- Health Public Secondary Cover Your son or daughter has a comprehensive Health Cover for Public Secondary school Form 1- 4- by the Goverment of Kenya and NHIF … Read more

How schools are posing risks to learners’ lives

Learners walk home after schools were closed due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. The government is finding itaself within a hard place and a rock on making a decision whether to reopen schools soon or not.

A performance audit report on fire preparedness in secondary schools shows that most institutions were not constructed according to prescribed safety standards. The report that was prepared by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu was presented to the National Assembly on Tuesday raises eyebrows as most schools are congested. “School buildings did not adhere to these safety … Read more

Mistake leads to loss of form one data on Nemis

The Nemis portal that is used to capture data for all learners.

Data for some form ones on the National Education Management Information System, Nemis, has been erased by mistake. This is after a technical hitch was experienced at the portal that stores all primary school and secondary school learners’ information, in Kenya. The erasure does not only affect the 2020 form ones but also new comers … Read more

Edu Afya Full Details

HOW THE EDU AFYA SCHEME WORKS Registration of beneficiaries The EduAfya scheme offers comprehensive medical insurance coverage for students in public secondary schools registered with the National Educational Management Information Systems (NEMIS) The number of NEMIS registered students was estimated at 2.2 million by the NHIF as part of its EduAfya sensitization materials (NHIF and … Read more

Upper Primary (Grade 4-6) New CBC Learning Areas/ Subjects

Upper Primary (Grade 4-6) New CBC Learning Areas/ Subjects Compulsory subjects: (i)            English. (ii)           Kiswahili or Kenya Sign Language (for learners who are deaf). (iii)         Home Science. (iv)         Agriculture. (v)           Science and Technology. (vi)         Mathematics. (vii)        Religious Education (CRE/ IRE/ HRE). (viii)      Creative Arts. (ix)         Physical and Health Education. (x)           Social studies. Optional (xi)         Foreign … Read more

Education Ministry Unveils National Communication And Advocacy Strategy (NCAS)

President Uhuru Kenyatta asks CS MAgoha to convene a Stakeholders' meeting to come up with final reopening dates for schools, colleges and universities.

The Ministry of Education today launched the National Communications and Advocacy Strategy (NCAS) for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sub-sector to streamline communication in the vocational institutions. “It is our believe that the strategy will among other things create youth aspiration in TVET, change the narrative in contemporary society, create awareness on … Read more