The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has ordered teachers to report back to their schools. According to TSC Boss Dr. Nancy Macharia, all Primary and Secondary School teachers will be expected to report to their respective schools by Monday, September 28 to prepare for imminent re-opening. “We have deliberated as a committee and we are therefore […]
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Education cabinet secretary has lashed out at the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, for insisting that they ought to have been given a slot in the recently constituted national education covid-19 response committee. Knut’s secretary general Wilson Sossion has been vocal in the media over the exclusion. But prof. Magoha now says it is
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Senators now want Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha to rescind on his earlier plans of pushing reopening of schools to next year, 2021. According to recommendations from the Senate Education Committee, the CS should start a phased reopening of all primary and secondary schools in this year. Chairperson of Committee on Education in the
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The Kenyan government is finding itself in a tight spot over planned reopening of schools slated for this September. 8 petitioners have moved to the High court seeking answers on how the government is prepared ahead of schools’ reopening. Also of major concern, to the petitioners, is the unequal coverage and distribution of e-learning equipment
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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
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In preparation for re-opening, the Ministry of education has given an account of activities to be carried out by schools and teachers. Teachers return back to schools next week to prepare for learners’ reporting; expected in October 2020. See also; TSC recruitment schedules for all Counties- Updated interview dates and venues TSC says mass recruitment
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The Ministry of education has released finer details on schools’ reopening. Through a circular released by Basic Education Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, the Ministry says Co-curricular activities and school assemblies should be restricted, taking into account the social distancing protocols. Here is the full presser; RE: PHASED RESUMPTION OF FACE TO FACE LEARNING IN
The Ministry of Education has directed schools to clear monies owed to the Postal Corporation. The Ministry notes that most schools have not been paying for the postal boxes through which they receive mails and parcels. The Principal Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Bellio Kipsang, says the non payment prompted the Postal Corporation to formally
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Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has ordered for reopening of universities and colleges across the country. Through a press statement, the CS said the institutions of higher learning will have a phased reopening with effect from Monday, 5th October, 2020. Here is the full press statement from the CS; REOPENING OF UNIVERSITIES & TERTIARY
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