Teachers' unions will today (Wednesday) appear before the Court of Appeal to defend a judgment which directed the government to increase their basic salary. The TSC filed the appeal two weeks ago alleging that Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Nduma Nderi erred in his June 30 ju
Read MoreApplication Forms for Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology University (JKUAT) Interested in pursuing a course at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology University but don't know where to obtain application forms? You have come to the right place. You
Read MoreUntil recently Grace Wambui, a 14-year-old pupil in Nairobi, had never touched a tablet computer. But it took her about “one minute”, she says, to work out how to use one when such devices arrived at her school, a tin shack in Kawangware, a slum in the Kenyan capital. Other students
Read MoreLast week Kenya shut more than 100 unaccredited colleges, sending shock waves through the country's academic community as the government delivered on its promise of cleaning up the higher education sector. The major operation to take illegal colleges out of business started on Tuesday, as M
Read MoreApplication Form for Adventist University of Africa Interested in pursuing a course at Adventist University of Africa but don't know where to obtain application forms? You have come to the right place. You can download the application form from the link below, then fill it in then dr
Read MoreKenya has about 500 youth polytechnics in total and is ambitiously pursuing a policy that will see setting up of at least one polytechnic in each county in an effort to train more artisans. While it is ambitious the policy might well be misguided as the Technical Vocational Educational T
Read MoreSince time in immemorial there have been claims of satanism in schools and the presence of demons. This has hence led to fear in both students,teachers and parents of the concerned schools and also other schools. This has been experienced in various counties in the country and various remedies have
Read MoreThe fate of thousands of students pursuing engineering courses or who have graduated hangs in the balance after the professional body charged with offering practicing certificates made a fresh push to disown degrees from some universities. The Engineers Board of Kenya (ERB) on Friday releas
Read MoreEvery time I pass by the suitcase vendors in Nairobi town, I am reminded of that time when I was shopping for a suitcase for my freshman year in college in Kenya. I was admitted to one of the public universities. My first choice had of course been The University of Nairobi or at the very w
Read MoreKaimosi Teachers Training College have been crowned the overall winners in the colleges’ category at the national drama festivals in Nakuru. It was song and dance for the trainee teachers as they lifted the trophy at Nakuru Town’s Melvin Jones Hall on Sunday night. Performa
Read MoreMost of us are nostalgic about campus because of the fun we had back when we ruled the world, or at least felt like we did. Our parents catered for everything so we had no major cares, and the parties were endless. College parties are defined by alcohol, snacks- hardly any food, glass-shattering
Read MoreApplication Forms for Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) Interested in pursuing a course at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology but don't know where to obtain application forms? You have come to the right place. You
Read MoreSchools in Kenya have been urged to instil leadership and governance skills in students. This is due to the fact that the children are the hope of the future generation and are indeed future leaders of the nation. If children or the young generation are not properly guided into handling leadership
Read MoreAn estimated 500,000 disabled children are being excluded from South Africa's education system, US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report. HRW says the government has discriminated against disabled children in its allocation of school places. Children are excluded from mai
Read MoreAll urban universities have much in common, but also they have significant differences. Because urban universities are responsive and connected to their communities, each develops unique features and characteristics, reflecting the nature and composition of these communities. Additionally, urban
Read MoreSBS is now accepting applications for the Safaricom Business Journalists Fellowship Programs 2014-2015 Eligibility/ Requirements The Fellowship Program is open to full-time editorial employees of newspapers, magazines and broadcast news organisations and freelance journalists. Applicants
Read MoreInformation, Communication and Technology Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has assured Kenyans that the laptop project for primary school learners will be realised by 2017. The CS said the government will launch the digital learning programme in April next year and subsequently have it
Read MoreEntrepreneurs will often have amazing business ideas, but they put them on hold due to a lack of capital. They assume that their idea will never get far off the ground unless they have major funding behind them. The truth of the matter is; if your idea and plan of execution aren’t well thou
Read MoreWhile most people think that he is not educated, Lil Wayne has earned a degree and is currently attending college and has acknowledged his years in school as an element of his musical success. Lil Wayne attended the University of Houston (UH) for part of 2005 until he was forced to drop o
Read MoreFor several years now,the government of Kenya has banned tution for school children during the April,August and December holidays siting no play time among other issues. Public primary schools are using tricks to ensure they hold holiday tuition despite a government ban. At the same ti
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