President William Ruto has directed the Ministry of Education to allocate Sh5 million to each school and institution that participated in the Kenya Music Festival State Concert held in Bungoma. The President said the funding would help participating institutions improve facilities and infrastructure needed to support music, arts and other …
Read More »Ruto Nominates Wilson Sossion to TSC
President William Ruto has nominated former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion and Antonina Lentoijoni to serve as commissioners at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The nominations, announced on Tuesday, have been submitted to Parliament for vetting and approval in line with constitutional and legal requirements. …
Read More »Why Parents Are Angry Over Utumishi Girls Reopening Plan
The phased reopening of Utumishi Girls Academy is set to start on Thursday after an eight-hour meeting involving parents, school administrators, and education officials to address safety concerns following a fatal dormitory fire that killed 16 students. The meeting, held at the school in Nakuru County, focused on both immediate …
Read More »TSC Introduces New Rule Every Teacher Must Follow
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is preparing to roll out a new licensing framework that will require teachers to renew their practising licences every five years, in what is expected to be one of the biggest reforms in Kenya’s education sector. Under the proposed policy, teachers will have to complete …
Read More »KUPPET Slams Parents Over School Lockouts
KUPPET Secretary General Akello Misori has urged parents to take more responsibility for their children’s academic performance instead of resorting to protests and school lockouts when results fall short. Speaking on a local TV station, Misori criticized the growing trend of parents demonstrating over poor exam results, emphasizing that guardians …
Read More »Fees Hike or Fake News? Education CS Sets Record Straight
As schools prepare to reopen in less than a week, uncertainty has emerged over the fees payable by day secondary school students, following mixed messages from the Ministry of Education and a senior lawmaker. Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has pointed to government guidelines on the implementation of senior school education …
Read More »MPs Push for Elderly Teachers’ Hiring Priority
Members of Parliament have voiced concern over the current teachers’ recruitment process, criticizing it for leaving behind older graduates who remain jobless even as they near retirement. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The National Assembly’s Education Committee called the system unfair, noting that it continues to favor recent …
Read More »TSC Opens Portal for P1 Teachers to Apply for JSS Jobs
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has opened its online application portal for qualified primary school teachers interested in being deployed to junior secondary schools (JSS). Applications should be submitted through the TSC portal at https://tsconline.tsc.go.ke/tsc-teacher/login. TSC has specified that only teachers who are permanently employed in public primary schools and …
Read More »Court Suspends KUPPET Teachers’ Strike Until September 5
The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has halted the secondary school teachers’ strike initiated by the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) until further notice on September 5. The court issued the injunction on Tuesday following an urgent request from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) filed on …
Read More »Special School Teachers to Receive New Allowances from TSC
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has rolled out allowances for educators in special schools to help attract and keep them in these institutions. Nancy Macharia, CEO of TSC, disclosed this development while speaking to the Cohesion and Equal Opportunities Committee. She also informed the Committee that there is a shortfall …
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