JSS Stories
The 39 petitioners argue that the arrangement diminishes their professional status, noting that most are permanently employed and trained to teach sec...
The framework outlines how teachers will be selected, matched with suitable openings, and deployed through formal agreements between Kenya and foreign...
Only 14 per cent of low-income countries have policies mandating continuing professional development for primary school teachers.
As the financial dispute remains unresolved, the strike has amplified existing challenges in public universities, including crumbling infrastructure a...
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba said the reforms are aimed at strengthening independence, addressing staffing shortages and refining t...
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said the total number of teachers needed across basic education institutions is 137,500, despite large-scale...
Teachers’ unions and Junior Secondary School (JSS) tutors are intensifying calls for the government to grant JSS full autonomy, separate from both pri...
He warned that moving learners to separate institutions could expose them to greater risks, pointing to recent unrest in some secondary schools as an...
According to the Committee, many Nairobi schools in densely populated areas serve students from multiple constituencies, making joint planning essenti...
The meeting at State House, Nairobi, brought together more than 10,000 teachers, union leaders and school heads’ associations, who pressed the governm...
TSC has revealed that Junior Secondary Schools are operating at only 50 per cent of their required staffing levels, leaving millions of learners under...
The teachers further raised concerns over promotion policies, which they say have left many of them sidelined.
They want junior schools to be recognised as a stand-alone tier, separate from both primary and senior schools.
The combined recruitments offer over 45,000 positions, including over 21,000 teaching and leadership vacancies and 24,000 internship roles for junior...
Appearing before the National Assembly Education Committee on Thursday, CS Mbadi said it was now his responsibility to ensure the recruitment goes ahe...
In her audit report for the financial year ending June 2024, Gathungu disclosed that TSC had overpaid teachers Sh433.9 million, blaming the situation...
The crisis is even more pronounced in special needs schools, where learners with disabilities continue to struggle due to inadequate support and limit...
Kuppet is demanding salary increases of up to 70 per cent, enhanced allowances, and the elimination of unpaid acting roles.
They argued that in 1996, the Commission promoted untrained A-Level teachers while sidelining those who had undergone formal training, a move they des...
Recently, Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the government is targeting to recruit 24,000 more teachers by the end of the year.
MPs grilled officials from Medical Administrators Kenya Ltd and Bliss Healthcare after teachers reported widespread service complaints under a cover t...
The Kalenjin community had the highest number of recruits at 10,769, followed closely by Luhyas with 10,466, Kambas with 9,557 and Kikuyus with 8,799.
Appearing before the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Education, TSC Director of Finance Cheptumo Ayabei confirmed that the commission is...
Mainga was arraigned at the Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court and is currently being held at the Capitol Hill Police Station in Nairobi pending a bail...
The teachers are expressing frustration over being excluded from union activities, which they believe has hindered their ability to have their grievan...
From primary schools to universities, the year was punctuated by multiple strikes that disrupted learning and exposed deep-seated issues.
A primary challenge was the delayed release of capitation funds, which is critical for the operation of public schools.
While the internship is unpaid, participants will receive a monthly stipend of Sh20,000, minus statutory deductions.
The application period, which closed on October 8, 2024, reveals a growing concern over the number of jobless teachers despite staffing shortages in s...
Most JSS teachers are graduates who, under the 8-4-4 curriculum, should ideally be teaching in secondary schools.
