Category: Breaking Education News
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Special Schools Benefit From University Partnership
Special schools in Thika have benefited from partnerships with the local education giant, Mount Kenya University, in areas of training and outreach programmes reducing students’ challenges and improving learning environment. Among the schools is the St. Patrick Special School where through joint partnership, is set to benefit from equipment, community outreach, training and research. MKU Vice…
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Education Stakeholders To Curb Unrest And Insecurity In Schools
The Education stakeholders in Murang’a have vowed to collaborate to avert school unrest and insecurity. Speaking during a consultative meeting at Technology primary school in Murang’a town, the County Commissioner (CC), Patrick Mukuria said that early detection and prevention was paramount in containing unrest and insecurity in schools. The CC who was chairing the meeting,…
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2020 KCPE candidates told to revise form one school choices
The Ministry of Education has asked the 2020 KCPE candidates to revise their 2021 secondary school choices. Learners will have an opportunity of making necessary changes to Sub County (Day school) choices before sitting their KCPE exams in March this year. “In order to enable the Ministry place all learners to secondary schools centrally, candidates…
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Education Ministry Releases All School Funds ahead of 2021 term one opening
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS), Professor George Magoha, has encouraged parents to take their children to school come, Monday, for first term, assuring that the government will have by then disbursed Sh76 billion to the institutions. Magoha said the Government has released the money to cater for tuition and food to ensure that no child either…
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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…
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Education Ministry to ensure CBC succeeds
The Ministry of Education is working with its partners in the education, ICT and infrastructure sector to ensure smooth transition of teachers from the P1 to the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) system in schools. Rift Valley Education Director John Olotua says the Ministry has heavily invested in ensuring proper training of teachers to implement CBC.…
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Application for joining Teacher Training Colleges extended by the Ministry of Education
Diploma Teacher Training Colleges Intake 2021/2022- The Ministry of education has extended the applications window for students wishing to join Diploma Teacher Training Colleges in 2021. According to a notice by the Education Ministry, those willing to apply for the course can do so between Tuesday April 6, and 20th April 2021. Early Learning and…
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Form One Selection 2022 portal online, Results
This is how to check online and download the Form one Selection 2022 and intake placement results of the secondary schools, the 2021 KCPE Candidates have been selected to join. You can also get an inquiry of Form 1, May 2022 intake, via SMS and online. March 28 2022: During the release of the KCPE Results 2021 at…
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How schools are posing risks to learners’ lives
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…
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Form one admission guidelines and procedure- 2021
The Ministry of Education has issued new guidelines on the 2021 form one admission process. According to the latest circular, all 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) students are supposed to report to form one by August 7, 2021. “As you are aware, the form one students selected to join various secondly schools are…
