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Senators demand probe into ECDE conditions in Wajir as children study under trees
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

Wajir Senator Abass Sheikh lamented that learners in the county are still forced to learn under trees or in overcrowded makeshift structures, conditio...

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: What’s behind the US move
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

The evidence suggests that the heads of household among the Afrikaner 49 are drawn not only from that minority of Afrikaners who are totally unreconci...

10 years ago Kenya set out to fix gender gaps in education – What’s working and what still needs to be done
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

Our study found that Kenya needs to review its teacher education curriculum to make it more gender responsive. Teachers also need more training to fol...

Sh5.9 billion reallocated to cover 2025 national exams amid education budget cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

The National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Education proposed this reallocation, which will draw from recurrent capitation funds allocated to j...

MPs demand Sh5.9 billion budget reallocation for national exams amid Treasury cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 27, 2025

The reallocation plan includes Sh3 billion from secondary schools, Sh2 billion from junior schools, and Sh900 million from primary schools.

Parents to start paying exam fees from next year as government ends decade-long waiver
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 25, 2025

Mbadi said starting next year, the Ministry of Education will introduce a differentiated model for charging examination fees, where only learners from...

KNEC rolls out online proficiency test for new CBC entrants ahead of junior school assessment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

The assessment will cover Mathematics, English, Integrated Science, and Kiswahili. According to the 2025 qualifying test timetable, all registered can...

ActionAid warns of crisis as austerity slashes African health, education workers’ pay
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 21, 2025

Across the six countries surveyed, an average of 40 per cent of teachers reported a reduction in income, while 34 per cent said the increased workload...

Relief for schools as government disburses Sh22 billion capitation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 21, 2025

Sh1.37 billion has been disbursed for Free Primary Education, Sh8.9 billion for Free Day Junior School Education, Sh118 million for Junior School Spec...

Teachers demand immediate reinstatement of Sh62bn education budget cut, warn of sector crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 19, 2025

Knut boss Oyuu warned that education reforms underway, particularly the transition to the Competency Based Education, risk collapsing without adequate...

State unveils 15-member team to roll out new KEMIS system to eliminate ghost learners
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 15, 2025

The new platform is expected to replace the current National Education Management Information System (NEMIS), which has faced heavy criticism over ine...

Law students caught in crossfire of policy conflicts, budget cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 15, 2025

At the centre of the storm is the Advocates Training Programme (ATP), the final step required to qualify as a lawyer in Kenya.

Budget cuts jeopardise education for millions as key programmes struggle with shortfalls
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 14, 2025

Members of Parliament resolved to summon Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo to explain the sharp budget cuts that have crippled critical progra...

Finland's President Alexander Stubb makes historic visit to Kenya as Nordic-Africa ties deepen
Mwangi Maina  |  May 12, 2025

The visit comes as the two countries commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations, underscoring a renewed Nordic interest in East Africa amid shifting...

Education Ministry nullifies UoN leadership shake-up over legal breaches, reinstates VC Hutchinson
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

On Thursday, the University of Nairobi Council announced Prof Bitange Ndemo as the next vice chancellor to succeed Prof Hutchinson after his diplomati...

Government unveils reforms to tackle financial woes, strikes in public universities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

The report lists Kenyatta University, the University of Nairobi, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology as having the highest debt...

Education spending to fall despite rising enrolment, more schools
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

Total funding for the education sector is expected to fall from Sh601.5 billion in 2023/24 to Sh594.2 billion in 2024/25, representing a 1.2 per cent...

Bitange Ndemo appointed University of Nairobi's vice chancellor
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 08, 2025

Prof Anangwe emphasised that the appointment aligns with the Universities Act 2012 and is intended to bring stability to an institution that has been...

Kenya’s basic education institutions surge by 39pc in 2024 as junior schools drive expansion
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 07, 2025

Pre-primary school enrolment increased to 2.91 million pupils in 2024, up from 2.88 million in 2023. Enrolment for boys grew by 1.5 per cent, surpassi...

Government allocates extra Sh45bn to KDF, teachers and police in 2025/26 budget
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

Education, military and aviation are among the major winners in the expenditure plan for the financial year starting July, even as recurrent spending...

Public schools to receive Sh21 billion capitation funds from Monday
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 01, 2025

Addressing education stakeholders, Ogamba attributed the delay to competition for limited government resources but confirmed that the Treasury had com...

National Assembly forms 17-member committee to review, unify education funds
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 01, 2025

Ultimately, the goal is to establish a National Education Fund to consolidate resources and ensure no child is denied access to education due to a lac...

Inside Sh39 billion new funding to boost refugees’ education in Africa
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 30, 2025

The funding seeks to support more than half a million refugees and displaced youth in completing their education by 2030.

Over 400,000 students in limbo as Kenya’s public universities face governance crisis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

CS Ogamba attributed the situation to political patronage and tribalism, which have been prevalent in the appointment of university vice chancellors a...

TSC: Over 360,000 teachers face healthcare uncertainty as SHA declines onboarding
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 24, 2025

Legislators have now urged the government to urgently restructure the scheme and explore feasible options to ensure teachers receive the medical care...

State makes Math mandatory for all CBC senior school learners after public outcry
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 24, 2025

Under the revised curriculum, STEM students will continue with advanced mathematics, while their peers in the other two pathways will engage with more...

National schools to offer all three CBC career pathways starting 2026
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 24, 2025

The CS also announced that the current categorisation of schools into national, extra-county, county, or sub-county will be abolished starting next ye...

UoN, KU among universities owing CUE Sh750 million debt in quality assurance fees
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 24, 2025

Appearing before the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee on Governance and Education, CUE Chief Executive Officer Mike Kuria said the comm...

HELB receives over 4,600 appeals from university students
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 18, 2025

HELB has processed over 109,000 funding requests from new students that had been delayed due to a High Court ruling in December 2024, which temporaril...

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