Presidential Working Party On Education Reforms Final Report, Recommendations

FINAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL WORKING PARTY ON EDUCATION REFORM The key recommendations include: 1. Ministry of Education to adopt a Comprehensive School system (PP1 — Grade 9) comprising Pre-Primary, Primary school and Junior School managed as one institution. The term “Secondary” be dropped from the current Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary School. 2. Kenya … Read more

CS Magoha releases 2021 school fees and national exams guidelines

CS MAGOHA says reopening of schools will be guided by Health situation; asks parents to prepare to stay with their children longer adding the government will not rush into a decision on reopening the schools.

The Ministry of education has released fees guidelines for the year 2021. These guidelines come as schools fully reopen following a closure of about 10 months. The Ministry has at the same time outlined how candidates for the 2020 KCPE and KCSE examinations will be handled. Via a circular dated Sunday January 3, 2021, Education … Read more

CS Magoha orders for re-introduction of PE lessons, as teachers get more responsibilities

Education CS George Magoha inspects a past KCSE practical examination.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has ordered all schools to re-introduce Physical Education (PE) lessons. The CS who was speaking during the launch of the inaugural Physical Education and Sports Policy at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development said strengthening of PE will promote the Government’s push for realization of national goals of education. “The … Read more

Absentee KCSE, KCPE candidates get new orders from the Education Ministry

Students sitting an exam. Some KCSE 2019 students are crying foul after being placed in TVETs even after attaining university minimum entry grade of a C+

Tana River County Director of Education Khalif Hassan has urged students who have registered for KCSE and are out of school to return before the start of the examinations. The Director said many students have developed the culture of registering for national exams and then fail to attend classes. Tana River has 1063 candidates in … Read more

Kuppet now has reservations on use of Secondary Schools as Covid-19 isolation Centres; Give demands

Kuppet Secretary General Akello Misori.

Secondary schools teachers have now developed reservations over the use of schools as Covid-19 quarantine centres. Through their representatives the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, Kuppet, the tutors are demanding for ‘a review on the use of learning institutions as quarantine centres.’ “The government’s recent announcement that secondary schools around the country would … Read more

Feeding Program For Primary School Learners Launched

St Peters Cape View Primary School in Siaya that produced one of the 2019 KCPE top candidates in the County.

Taita-Taveta County Government has launched a Sh 12.5 million school-feeding program for over 11,000 learners in Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDEs) across the region to offer nutritional support for children in the targeted institutions. The feeding program is also intended to cushion learners from poor families against malnutrition as a spillover adverse effect of Covid-19. … Read more

The Ministry of Education Kenya; Latest News

The Ministry of Education derives its mandate from the Constitution of Kenya, Chapter Four Articles 43, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 59 which  provides for children’s right to free and compulsory basic education, including quality services, and to access education institutions and facilities for persons with disabilities. There are also provisions on access for … Read more

Reopening of schools- Learners to receive free masks as Rivatex is contracted to produce 24 million masks

Education CS George Magoha. He has said the government will give finer details on schools' reopening dates.

The government has contracted Rivatex East Africa for the production of 24 million face mask to be given to learners ahead of schools’ reopening in September. Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha who spoke today at Rivatex said plans are underway to ensure that masks are delivered to all schools by August. The masks will … Read more

School calendar 2024-25

The Ministry of Education has released the revised and final term dates for Pre-Primary, Primary and Secondary Schools. In the new term dates, term one 2024 will commence on 8th January to 5th April, 2024 and will last for 13 weeks. 2024 TERM DATES FOR ALL LEARNERS Opening Dates Closing Dates Duration Term 1 8th … Read more