Category: Education


  • Parents raise alarm over poor internet access affecting CBE learning in Subukia

    Teacher guiding learners/ Photo Courtesy Parents from Tachasis village in Subukia in Nakuru County have raised concerns over the lack of internet connectivity in the area, saying it is severely hindering learning under the Competency-Based Education (CBE). Led by Wilfrida Chebet, the parents lamented that the digital gap is affecting their children’s ability to complete…

  • Education Stakeholders appeal for students’ upgrade for TTC diploma

    Education CS Julius Ogamba/Photo File The education stakeholders drawn from the Education Ministry, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Kenya Post-Primary Education Teachers, (KUPPET), Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and University Lecturers have called for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE grades for students enrolling in Teachers Training Colleges. Speaking during the Education Conference…

  • Kericho’s Tulwet Boys High School building goes up in flame as school fires intensify

    A building in Tulwet High School on fire. Photo Courtesy A fire broke out at Tulwet Boys High School in Bureti Constituency in Kericho County on the evening of Wednesday, September 24, consumed the school’s main building sending chills across the community and County. In a widely circulated images and videos of the inferno showed…

  • Teachers medical cover staggers as Unions remain skeptical of SHA

    KNUT and KUPPET officials during the State House teachers visit/ Photo Courtesy Teachers across the country are feeling cold in the feet after the government announced to provide them with medical health insurance through the Social Health Authority (SHA) a move which has faced fierce resistance from the education stakeholders who argue that this might…

  • MoE grills teachers over Kenana school girls’ humiliation amid probe

    Kenana Priamary School in Njoro Nakuru County/ Photo Courtesy The Ministry of Education, (MoE) has grilled teachers at Kenana Primary School in Njoro, Nakuru County launched after the alleged of two schoolgirls humiliation by their teacher over claims of not wearing undergarments. According to the report, the sisters, aged 16 and 11, were allegedly paraded…

  • Litein Boys students to reappear in court to take plea over arson case

    The burnt and vandalized bulidings at Litein Boys High School/ Photo File Eight students from Litein High School accused of participating in an arson attack during the last week’s unrest at the institution will on Friday reappear before a Kericho court to take plea. Their reappearance, alongside four other accused persons, follows the prosecution’s successful…

  • MPs slam TSC over decade-long teacher joblessness

    MP Melly, chair National Assembly Education Committee./Photo file Members of Parliament have criticized the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for perpetuating unfair recruitment practices that have left thousands of teachers trained more than a decade ago jobless, while recent graduates secure employment. MPs, while engaging with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) officials before the National Assembly…

  • MP Tongoyo commissions 20 Mobile digital labs to boost digital skills in Narok

    Narok West MP Gabriel Tongoyo during the commission of the mobile digital labs/ Photo by Kimutai Langat Narok West Member of Parliament, MP Gabriel Tongoyo has commissioned twenty mobile digital labs to various local schools to boost the technological and digital skills in the constituency. Speaking during the commissioning of the equipment at a colourful…

  • TSC P1 upgrade verification deadline passes as sector awaits next steps

    The September 24, 2025 deadline set by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for verifying P1 teachers shortlisted for the proposed upgrading programme has elapsed, leaving the education sector waiting for the next course of action. The exercise targeted 38,849 teachers and was carried out by Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) across the country. During the verification,…

  • Nairobi Senator raises concern over fee increment in TVET colleges

    Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna/Photo Courtesy Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has raised a disturbing concern over the sudden fee increments in Technical, Vocational Education and Training, (TVET) and the Technical Vocational Colleges (TVCs) across the country. Speaking in the Senate Sifuna noted that whereas the government has indicated a pullback in University education fees, the same…