form one reporting date 2021

1,000 internship opportunities for graduates in ICT and education with ICT in the Ministry of education

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Job vacancies.

The Ministry of Education has advertised 1,000 internship opportunities for graduates in ICT and education with ICT. The interns will support digital learning in public schools across the country. Check full details below; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP FOR DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAMME (IIDLP) – 1000 POSTS The Ministry of Education, State Department for Early Learning and … Read more

Our educational programmes are not meant to replace teachers- KICD says

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A teacher in class. KICD says the work of teachers can not be substituted by its online educational programmes.

Teachers play a pivotal role in curriculum delivery and can not be replaced by online educational programmes. These are sentiments held by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD. This is relation to queries raised over the suitability of the online programmes and if they can indeed be a possible replacement of physical teaching at … Read more

CS Magoha in parliament, today: Full account of what he said

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Education PS Dr. Belio Kipsang

Emabakasi East Member of parliament, Hon. Babu Owino, has come under fire for ‘teaching’ with qualifications. The Law maker who has already run a mathematics lesson for KCSE students on his Facebook account has been warned that whatever he is doing is illegal. The warning shot was issued by the education Principal Secretary Dr. Belio … Read more

Private schools seek help from from government

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Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha. He has constituted a committee to come up with school reopening strategies.

Private Schools Investors in Kisumu County have pleaded with the government to come to their rescue following the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that have paralyzed operations in their institutions. The Kenya Private Schools Association National Secretary Mr Charles Ochome at the same time hailed the Ministry of Education for meeting the cost of … Read more

Here are the Schools’ reopening dates for continuation of Term one, 2020: Uganda’s Education Minister announces new dates

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School going children. Photo/ Courtesy.

The Minister for Education and Sports in Uganda, Janet Museveni, has announced the schools’ reopening dates for continuation of first term of 2020. This follows a directive to close all schools for 30 days (effective Friday March 20, 2020) by the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in order to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the … Read more

CS Magoha issues statement over 2021 form one selection results

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Education CS George Magoha. He has said the government will give finer details on schools' reopening dates.

Education Cabinet Secretary (CS), Prof. George Magoha, has told off parents causing uproar that the Form One placement was unfair to students who scored good marks in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), saying that all students were placed in secondary schools that they merit. Speaking in Thika where he oversaw interviews for students set to … Read more

Ministry of education releases a revised 2020/2021 school calendar

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Latest education news; Senators push for early reopening of schools.

The Ministry of education has revised the 2020 school calendar for all primary and secondary schools. In the new calendar learners in Grade 4, Class 8 and Form Four will begin their 2020 second term on Monday, 12th October, 2020. The term will last for 11 weeks and the closing date has been set to … Read more

2148 schools closed by Education Ministry, 2060 to be reassessed

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New list of all the Extra County Secondary Schools in Kenya; School Code, Type, Cluster, and Category

The Ministry of Education has said a total of 2,148 schools were closed countrywide for failing to meet basic registration requirements. This follows an audit that was conducted in term 3 of 2019. The audit came in light of the Precious talent school traged where a classroom collapsed on the morning of Monday September 23, … Read more

Gusii Mwalimu SACCO office closed for flouting Covid-19 guidelines

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Gusii Mwalimu SACCO Building in Kisii town.

The Gusii Mwalimu SACCO’s office has been closed for flouting the Ministry of Health’s guidelines on prevention of the deadly Coronavirus Disease (covi-19). The order to close the office, that is located in Kisii town at the Mwalimu Building, was issued by the Kisii County’s Department of Health and Sanitation. “Due to the outbreak of … Read more

CS Magoha says no one is perfect, defends his track record

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Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha.

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has defended his way of executing duties that have landed him in the hot soup, lately. The CS notes that the process of bringing reforms in the Education Sector is not easy as it may face unprecedented resistance. In his statement, he castigates his field officers for derailing the … Read more

Time table, time allocation and lesson distribution for all Primary schools in Grade 4-6 (Upper Primary School): Ministry of Education Guidelines

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Learners undertaking an activity under the new Competency Based Curriculum in Kenya.

The Ministry of Education has released guidelines to schools on how to implement the Competency Based Curriculum, CBC, for upper primary; Grades 4, 5 and 6. According to the circular dated November 7, 2019 and written by Dr Belio Kipsang (The Education Permanent Secretary), All schools will roll out CBC in Upper Primary in January … Read more

What CS Magoha said when he received the report from the national covid-19 education response committee

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CS MAGOHA speaks after receiving an interim report of the National cOVID-19 Education Response Committee at the KICD offices in Nairobi.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Friday received an interim report of the Education Covid-19 Response Committee at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD. While receiving the report CS Magoha said reopening of schools will not be a switch-on-switch off affair; it will be cautious, methodical and based on data, evidence from ⁦the Ministry … Read more

Science, maths teachers to be trained online

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Education CS George Magoha inspects a past KCSE practical examination.

Teachers handling mathematics and science based subjects (biology, chemistry and physics) will benefit from a training to be organized by the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA). The high school teachers will be trained in various pedagogical skills in sessions that will be carried online. This year’s training will be executed … Read more

Two activists file petition to have schools’ reopening suspended till January next year

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Education CS Prof George Magoha at a past function.

Plans by Education Cabinet Secretary, Professor George Magoha, to reopen schools have been opposed in the corridors of justice. This is after two Homa Bay based activists moved to court on Wednesday to block the reopening of all public and private schools. The activists, Evance Oloo and Michael Kojo, in their petition say many schools … Read more

School reopening- CS Magoha says calendar remains unchanged

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CS MAGOHA says reopening of schools will be guided by Health situation; asks parents to prepare to stay with their children longer adding the government will not rush into a decision on reopening the schools.

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has come out to array fears over uncertainty in schools’ reopening. Speaking in Kiambu County on Monday Monday, while supervising the opening of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams container, the CS said current data shows a decline in Covid-19 infections, thus there are no plans to further … Read more

Education ministry gives guidelines to schools on employment of teachers and support staff

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A Security officer. Schools have been ordered to trim excess support staff.

The Ministry of education has directed schools to trim their excess staff in order to reduce bloated wage bills. The ministry has at the same time released salaries that teachers (employed by boards of management) and other school workers should earn per month. These latest directives come in the backdrop of schools’ failing to pay … Read more