KUCCPS 2020/2021 first years joining instructions, admission letters and lists

2020/2021 KUCCPS ADMISSION LETTERS AND LISTS PER UNIVERSITY

Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha, has asked Universities and colleges to contact their respective 2020/2021 KUCCPS students and give them joining instructions and expedite start of their academic journey as most universities have continued with online learning during this era of COVID-19 restrictions. While noting that the current corona virus pandemic has affected learning in … Read more

CS Magoha issues new orders on pregnant school girls

Thousands of school girls said to be pregnant as CS Magoha orders for data collection.

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has issued new orders aimed at tracking school girls who may be pregnant or have just given birth. This follows a recent stern warning by President Uhuru Kenyatta, to Chiefs, over increased cases of teenage pregnancies in the country; more so during this covid-19 break. The head of State … Read more

CS Magoha sends this stern message to parents

Education CS Prof George Magoha at a past function.

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has implored parents and guardians to strengthen Parental Empowerment and Engagement with the children to encourage them in life. Speaking at a handover ceremony of  NG-CDF infrastructure worth 28 million shillings to the Government at Kiuu River Secondary school , the CS noted that Parental empowerment was the most … Read more

Education ministry implements a digital nationwide career guidance and support to students: Details

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha.

The ministry of education has launched a nationwide digital guidance and support programme to students and the youth. Dubbed ‘Digital nationwide career guidance and support to students, out of school youths and Kenyan workforce,’ the programme will see teachers gain knowledge that will assist them in guiding learners. The career support services will be available … Read more

What CS Magoha said when he received the report from the national covid-19 education response committee

CS MAGOHA speaks after receiving an interim report of the National cOVID-19 Education Response Committee at the KICD offices in Nairobi.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Friday received an interim report of the Education Covid-19 Response Committee at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD. While receiving the report CS Magoha said reopening of schools will not be a switch-on-switch off affair; it will be cautious, methodical and based on data, evidence from ⁦the Ministry … Read more

Egerton university to slash up to 40% of workers’ salaries

Egerton university. The varsities staff will face a pay cut as a result of the effects caused by the covid-19 pandemic

Egerton university staff face turbulent financial times after their salaries were slashed by the varsity. The pay cut is as a result of the current covid-19 pandemic that has paralyzed learning and other key operations not only in Kenya but also world over. The pandemic that has seen unprecedented job losses is now threatening to … Read more

Schools’ reopening: CS Magoha gives conditions

Education Cabinet secretary George Magoha. He says Kenyans must be ready to change their behaviour if schools are to be reopened in order to keep the covid-19 disease at bay.

Education cabinet secretary has lashed out at the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, for insisting that they ought to have been given a slot in the recently constituted national education covid-19 response committee. Knut’s secretary general Wilson Sossion has been vocal in the media over the exclusion. But prof. Magoha now says it is … Read more

What CS Magoha said concerning the status of reopening and closing of schools

Education CS George Magoha inspects a past KCSE practical examination.

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has said schools will remain open for class 8, form 4 and grade 4 learners. This is despite the rising numbers of new corona virus disease cases being recorded lately. The CS who was speaking in Kakamega County on Friday when he visited schools in the area to assess … Read more

Government sued over bid to reopen schools in September

Students learning in class. The government has been sued over disparities in the E-learning program.

The Kenyan government is finding itself in a tight spot over planned reopening of schools slated for this September. 8 petitioners have moved to the High court seeking answers on how the government is prepared ahead of schools’ reopening. Also of major concern, to the petitioners, is the unequal coverage and distribution of e-learning equipment … Read more