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Students Applying for HELB Loans Urged to Provide Accurate Details

Students applying for HELB loans have been advised to give a true account about their family backgrounds so that relevant authorities can assess them...

COTU Urges TSC to End ‘Bullying’ of Striking Teachers, Calls for Immediate Negotiations

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions waded in the dispute pitting the striking teachers and their employer, the Teachers Service Commission. On Wednesday, COTU...

KUPPET Maintains Strike Is On, Pleads With Parents To Support Them

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers, KUPPET, maintains that the strike will go on despite a High Court order suspending the same and...

TSC Issues 4 Additional Months Contracts To Intern Teachers

TSC has now extended the contract for the intern teachers who were recruited on a four-month basis in September 2024, whose contract was supposed...

Governor Sakaja’s School Meal Program Celebrates First Anniversary

In the past, nearly one out of every four children in Nairobi skipped school because of hunger. It is this sad fact that led...

Attorney General Dorcas Oduor Meets with Stakeholders to Address Law Students’ Concerns

On Wednesday, Attorney General Dorcas Oduor held a consultative meeting with key stakeholders in the legal education sector to help resolve protracted issues that...

Low Attendance as Schools Reopen in Central Region Amid Ongoing Teacher Protests

School attendance was desperately low on the first day of Third Term in schools within Kenya's Central region. According to Central Region Director of...

Secondary School Teachers’ Strike Continues, Disrupting Learning in Mombasa and Machakos

Secondary schools teachers took to the streets for the third day of the nationwide strike to press demands they had put forward. In Mombasa,...

Kisumu Teachers Defy Court Orders, Continue Strike Over Unmet Demands

Post Secondary School teachers in Kisumu have defied a court order that had suspended their strike and taken to the streets to protest against...

JSS Teacher Shortage in Kwale: A Growing Crisis

Kwale KUPPET branch Secretary Leonard Oronje bemoaned the acute shortage of JSS teachers in the region. He said that an overwhelming 40% JSS schools...

Court Halts Kuppet Strike Pending Hearing, Impact Felt in Schools

The Employment and Labour Relations Court has temporarily suspended the strike by the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, popularly known as Kuppet,...

Government to Settle Teacher Salary Increments Amidst Ongoing Strike

The Ministry of Education now says it will pay the salary increment for July and August to all teachers in public schools by Friday...

NEWS

Grade 9 Textbooks Distribution to Begin in Molo Sub-County

Starting next month, Grade 9 textbooks will be distributed to Junior Secondary Schools in Molo Sub-County, Nakuru County, up until January 31, 2025. This...

GENERAL

Butula High School and All Saints Embu Storm into Rugby 15s Semi-Finals at EASSSA

Butula High School and All Saints Embu, rugby powerhouses, have booked a ticket in the semi-finals of the EASSSA games rugby 15s currently going...

GUIDES

How to Appeal if You’re Placed in the ‘Wrong’ Funding Band: A Guide for First-Year University Students

A new funding model that was introduced by the government of Kenya, has expressed a lot of concern from first-year students and their families....