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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has convened a broad team of education stakeholders to plan for World Teachers’ Day (WTD) 2025. WTD will be celebrated on Sunday, October 5, 2025, under the theme “Recasting Teaching as a Collaborative Profession.” A memo dated September 30, 2025, shows that more than 40 officials have been invited to…
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Real self-care is one of the most misunderstood concepts in our modern culture. Many people equate it with indulgence, pampering, or temporary relief from stress. When life gets hard, the first impulse is often to reach for comfort food, take a long nap, binge on shows, scroll endlessly through social media, or shop for something…
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KMTC students at the official handover of the Safe Phlebotomy Course. The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) has officially taken full ownership of the Safe Phlebotomy Course, marking a significant shift from a partner-supported initiative to a sustainable, institutionally led program aimed at strengthening Kenya’s health workforce. The handover ceremony, held at KMTC Headquarters in…
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The slain Prof. Thomas Tonny Onyango Mboya/ Photo Courtesy A university don was on Tuesday morning brutally murdered in his Waware village, Suba North Sub-county, Homabay County following an alleged land dispute. Prof. Thomas Tonny Onyango Mboya, who was an Associate Professor and Director of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the Technical University…
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Dear reader, it has been a sad season in some secondary schools in Kenya. I am writing about the spate of unrest and strikes; where ferocious flames of fire have razed down some schools. We hope the schools will get some bold Nehemiahs to re-build the walls and gates brought down by rude and riotous…
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Police have arrested a teacher in Kilifi County after a 15-year-old pupil died days after she was allegedly assaulted during severe punishment at Gongoni Primary School. According to police reports, the teacher, Ian Tembo, on Friday, September 19, 2025, during the final lesson before games, instructed Grade 8 pupils to kneel before punishing them. Some…
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Officials planting trees to Commemorate World Teachers Day in Baringo/Photo By Alfred Kimosop Hundreds of students and teachers from schools within Baringo Central gathered to plant trees to commemorate World Teachers Day. The exercise presided over by Agriculture Chief Officer Dr. Milka Toromo, Sub County Director of Education, Baringo Central Thomas Mukabi and Kenya National…
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A classroom built by the Safaricom Foundation/Photo Courtesy Parents of Riangabi DEB Primary School in Gesusu Ward of Nyaribari Masaba Constituency, in Kisii have raised alarm over the declining standards of education in the school over the delay of commissioning of new classrooms to provide conducive learning environment to the learners. Speaking to Education News…
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VTC instructor pose for a photo with Koima Prathan during the training session/Photo by Philemon Kiprop The County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet, in partnership with Pratham International, an Indian organization, has concluded a refresher course for Vocational Training Centre (VTC) instructors on the new training methods. The training, which took place in Iten, aimed at…
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Loads of nutritious seeds delivered to boost school feeding programme in Bomet County. Photo by Philip Koech Bomet County has flagged off a major nutrition and food security boost for schools following the donation of 3,000 kilograms of Nyota bean seeds and 1,500 kilograms of green gram (ndengu) seeds from Harvest Plus. The consignment received…