This is an inspiring story of Priscilla Sitienei who shocked the nation by going back to school at her age.She grew up in Kenya under colonial rule, when women didn't get an education.Now in her 90s, Priscilla Sitienei is changing that, attending elementary school -- and inspiring a gener
Read MoreThe Global Monitoring Report — Education for All 2000-2015 — indicates that more than 40,000 of the 200,000 primary school teachers in public schools (or 20 per cent) do not teach when they are required to. Worse still, the report reveals that some teachers do not understand the c
Read MoreFor everyone everywhere, literacy is...a basic human right. This are the infamous words spoken by the former UN Secretary-General to emphasize the importance of education world over especially here in Africa where; More than 1 in 3 adults cannot read,176 million adults are unable to r
Read MoreIt’s unfathomable that of Africa's nearly 128 million school-aged children, 17 million will never attend school. Perhaps even more shocking is the fact that another 37 million African children will learn so little while in they are in school that they will not be much be
Read MoreEducation Cabinet Secretary Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi and Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion Thursday clashed before Parliament’s Delegated Legislation Committee over the controversial Basic Education Regulations rules published by the Ministry of Edu
Read MoreIf the quote, “the size and efficiency of an organisation are inversely proportional magnitudes”, holds true, it stands to reason that the education sector in Kenya can never be efficient, yet it is the most over-managed in the country. We have the Ministry of Education, the Tea
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 MoreWith the change in the education sector some new laws have been drafted and some old ones scrapped,one such law is the banning of school tution during the hlolidays for school going children. This is due to the fact that experts have recommended that children need time to be children - play and take
Read MoreIt is customary for schools in different parts of the country to start classes as early as 6 am. But now learners are prohibited from arriving in school before 7.15am under new rules from the Education ministry. The rules, enacted this year, also state that public and private schools will run
Read MoreSeven out of eight university campuses that were facing closure got a reprieve after they were given more time to legalise their location. The campuses now have 12 months, from July 31, to move from bus parks and set up libraries, as required by the universities law. Commission for U
Read MoreThe Catholic Church has criticised suggestions that religious education be abolished in schools this is after the Commission for Education and Religious Education chairman Maurice Muhatia said the Catholic Church fully supports the continued teaching of religious education in all educational
Read MoreThe youth have been facing have been facing a lot of challenges in the past years hence barring them from achieving their full potential in the society. This are but a few of their problems. i. Employment creation There are about 500,000 youth who graduate from various tertiary institutions
Read MoreThere can scarcely be no two words in Kenya that cause more resentment than “school fees”. It is now more than ten years since charges for state primary schools in east Africa's biggest economy were abolished by law. Yet it is an open secret that education is not truly free. In
Read MoreColleges will no longer offer degrees in collaboration with universities, a regulator has said. The Commission for University Education said the two institutions have until next month to end the partnership. The move follows the coming into effect last year of new universities regulati
Read MoreSome professional courses in public universities failed to attract more than two students in the just concluded second and final revision of course choices ahead of the September admission date. This forced the Kenya Universities and Colleges central Placement Service (KUCCPS) — the b
Read MoreTeachers were on Tuesday awarded a massive pay raise by the Industrial Court, handing a major victory to unions in their fight with the government over salaries. Those in the lower grades will get a salary raise of 60% while those in higher grades will get a 50% increase. The
Read MoreEducation Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has been asked to disband rival parents' associations for creating confusion in the sector. Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the association for secondary schools heads want an immediat
Read MorePerceived poor quality of university education in Kenya could be pushing students out of the country. A recent survey conducted by Synovate -a consumer research firm, revealed that most Kenyans would prefer to study abroad than here in Kenya since they believe universities abroad guarantee qual
Read MoreA group of senators want some education functions to be devolved to enable governors expand schools. Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale said this would help promote equitable access of education. “Infrastructure development should be the preserve of the county governments. This would
Read MoreTeachers have been warned against signing forms from the Teachers Service Commission for a proposed medical scheme. The scheme was procured irregularly to fleece teachers, said Mombasa County Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers Secretary Linnet Kamadi. “From tomorrow,
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