President Uhuru Kenyatta has today unveiled the Shs 2.2bn Empowering Novel Agribusiness-led Employment (ENABLE Kenya) program, a youth capacity building initiative aimed at creating employment, generating income and bridging succession gap in agribusiness. At the same event, the President unveiled the rebranded 4-K Clubs with a call to County Governments and stakeholders in the agriculture … Read more
Education Cabinet Secretary, Professor George Magoha, has banned a number of events within schools compounds. Magoha says schools have allowed a number of meetings to be carried out in their compounds, against the Ministry’s directives. “It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Education that various groups of people are targeting schools as … Read more
Since 2018, the government embarked on a programme to ensure that henceforth all class 8 candidates transit to secondary school, KCPE results notwithstanding. The programme known as the 100 per cent transition to high schools has not been a walk in the park though due to many challenges facing it. Kisumu County Director of Education … Read more
An early morning fire today gutted a dormitory at Al Maktoum Girls High School in Kajiado town. The fire which broke out at around 5am Wednesday, destroyed beddings and students’ personal belongings leaving 56 students without a place to sleep. Villagers rushed to the scene to help put out the fire but it had already … Read more
Garissa Township MP Aden Duale has defended education CS Prof. George Magoha on compelling parents to pay third term fees by sending children home. Magoha had last week told parents to pay third term school fees arrears for their children, warning that those who fail to do so will have their children sent home. The … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday called on rich nations to support the education of children in low income countries by backing the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) initiative. GPE is a multilateral platform that seeks to raise 5 billion USD to support the education of 175 million children in … Read more
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has dismissed claims that the competency Based Curriculum (CBC) is expensive, as the government procures books for learning in public institutions. Responding to claims that parents are being asked to purchase a lot of learning materials for the new CBC curriculum, the KICD Chief Executive Officer, Prof Charles … Read more
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has instructed school principals not to allow students who have fees arrears back to school as they report from their mid-term break. Prof. Magoha said the Ministry is aware that majority of parents who are yet to clear school fees arrears for their children are indeed capable, but were … Read more
