More than 50,000 students joining university this year will go for nearly two months without government sponsorship following delays in disbursing higher education loan funds by the Treasury. Higher Education Loans Board (Helb), the agency charged with disbursing the loans to students, Thursday s
Read MoreThings will never be the same for 25-year old Felix Mwirigi, a third year student at the University of Nairobi's Kikuyu campus who cradled his dying colleague from the campus to Karen Hospital. His friend Francis Maina, a third year Bachelor of Education student died after jumping from th
Read MoreThe ongoing primary school heads conference in Mombasa was on Tuesday marred by protests as teachers demanded implementation of their pay increase. Teachers Service Commission (TSC) chairwoman Lydia Nzomo was under fire as the agitated teachers shouted her down for not implementing their
Read MoreThe Teachers Service Commission is in crisis talks with senior secretariat staff over the employment of 800 personnel. The 600 teachers and 200 secretariat personnel were hired at the tail-end of the tenure of former commission CEO Gabriel Longoboini. TSC last month appointed Nancy Macha
Read MoreThey say every good deed has a good payment,this is after sixteen secondary school teachers have been promoted due to their distinguished service in and out of the classroom. The eight secondary teachers and eight principals were the finalists of a competition ran by the Kenya Secondary Sch
Read MoreThe Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has ruled out talks on teachers’ basic salary and said the commission will challenge the court decision. In a letter dated July 7 to Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary general Wilson Sossion , TSC Chief executive officer Nancy Macha
Read MoreThe Teachers Service Commission in Embu County has embarked on an ambitious programme to rehabilitate teachers hooked by alcoholism. TSC county director Lillian Mwangi said her office had already taken six teachers suffering from severe drunkenness for rehabilitation at Mathare hospital whi
Read MoreThe Teachers Service Commission (TSC) wants a case challenging its authority to appoint head teachers dismissed. A TSC lawyer told the court on Tuesday that the commission was mandated by the constitution to manage teachers and engage in teaching service. Accordingly, TSC said its pr
Read MoreThs in Kenya is unheard of and maybe will never be but in England Budding DJs will be able to use their turntable talents to impress examiners following an overhaul of the country's music curriculum. The booming popularity of electronic music has forced officials to recognise the m
Read MoreTeachers' 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 MoreMostly we are used to hearing cases of students cheating in Exams all over the world but a court in the US has sentenced 8 former Atlanta school teachers to jail for between one and seven years for cheating in exams. The teachers were found guilty of conspiring to cheat in exams in one of the l
Read MoreFormer United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has challenged African countries to stop armed and political conflicts and embark on strategies to improve higher education in order to pave way for economic development and social progress.Annan was addressing the African Higher Education Summit, t
Read MoreNine senior officials at the University of Eldoret have been suspended to pave the way for investigations into frequent strikes. The University Council, chaired by Prof Sarone ole Sena, met on Friday and made the decision. Those suspended are Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration and F
Read MoreBetween the year 2012 and 2013, 17 girls dropped out of Nyajanja Secondary School in Kochia, Homa Bay County. This alarmed Mr Samuel Odhiambo Okelo, the school’s principal, who had worked there for hardly two years. He realised the strategy used to discourage girls from teenage s
Read MoreExcellent Question. In a nutshell, we are about all things Higher Education in Kenya. I am writing this as though I am speaking it to you so for a better read, speak the words out loud (but not too loud to mistaken as one of the Mathare 40) So here goes. Every year, thousands of students wh
Read MoreAbout ten days ago, a court in Kenya confirmed an earlier decision commanding the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to award a 60 per cent wage increment to all teachers. This court decision and its confirmation on first appeal illustrate a number of facts regarding wage setting i
Read MoreI believe we have all heard about the xenophobic attacks in South Africa which has been marred by ousting of foreigners in the country. This has led to confrontations and even death of some foreign citizens. Different countries have pulled out their citizens and Kenya is planning to follow suit so t
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