Education.co.keJoin Our Telegram Group In summary: 50 percent of teachers have mental health-related problems. These teachers’ mental health problems have a considerable effect on student’s academic progress. Huge ‘workloads’ and underpay coupled with increasing financial obligations are the main cause of the problems. A recent research study has shown that more than 50 percent of … Read more
Join Our Telegram Group Visa Oshwal Academy Muslim students will be allowed to continue holding prayers within the school compound pending a final court decision. One of the parents and the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM), had filed a case against the school – located in Nairobi’s Parklands – for imposing policies contravening their … Read more
Join Our Telegram Group A secondary school business studies teacher has been suspended for hardly being able to read and write. Mr. Faisal Ahmed was sent off from st Thomas More Catholic School, a top class, outstanding, mixed, and independent Academy in Glendale Avenue, Wood Green, London. Teacher had Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) He secured a … Read more
A history and geography teacher at Sosio secondary school in Ololchan Location of Kilgoris Constituency, Narok County has passed on. Mr. Francis Kimurgor Kemboi alias ‘Franco’ died today morning following a road accident in Narok. Mr. Kimurgor was headed to Nairobi for the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) examiners training exercise. He was scheduled to attend the exercise at St. George’s high school, which officially starts tomorrow Monday. Mr. Kimurgor hailed from Kebulonik location, Kabiyet settlement in Nandi County. He was an alumnus of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) class of 2013. He attended Kebulonik and Kosirai high school before joining his university. He was a lover of Volleyball, social mobilizer, a rising star in leadership, and above all a … Read more
Tumu Tumu Girls High School is on the Spot for harassing, Physically Assaulting and Bullying 32 Girls on suspicion of being lesbians. Located in Kirimukuyu location in Nyeri County, Tumu Tumu Girls high school is on the spot for allegedly assaulting, harassing and bullying 32 of its girls. Located in Kirimukuyu location in Nyeri County, Tumu Tumu Girls high school is on … Read more
We have heard of numerous mysterious deaths of students in Kenya. Most of which have occurred either in school dorms or just within the general school compound. The deaths have hit the headlines so hard leaving the teachers and parents to blame. Do you know that some of these deaths are from phobia effects? Let’s … Read more
Want Better Grades? Add these 18 Tricks to your Lecture Method when Teaching Kenyan Students. Today, I will discuss the 17 best tricks to employ when using the lecture method in teaching Kenyan secondary and primary students. I intend to help teachers in timely syllabus coverage, better student understanding, improved content retention and finally, better … Read more
Schools and Colleges Close due to Teachers Strike Teachers have downed their tools, driving schools to an early close or open late. Hundreds of teachers joined other fellow public sector workers to a stop-work rally in Hobart’s City Hall and Launceston, Burnie in Tasmania State in Australia. The workers included parks officers, firefighters, wildlife officers … Read more
A teacher has been detained after allegedly poisoning 23 pupils in China, according to the state media reports. The teacher identified as Mr. Wang of a school in Jiaozuo City in Henan province was arrested after 23 children were hospitalised due to poisoning, Xinhua news agency said. Jiaozuo police said the teacher is believed to have poisoned the children’s food with sodium nitrate, which can be toxic and possibly fatal when overexposed. The children started fainting and vomiting after eating their breakfast porridge. The News Agency stated that one child remains seriously ill in hospital while seven others are still being … Read more
Why Most Kenyan Girls Do Not Take Physics as a Subject The number of girls taking physics in secondary schools is very low – but it doesn’t have to be that way This article looks at the measures we can take to correct things. In a class of 120 students, 22 were taking physics of which only 4 were girls. This is New Kisumu high school’s class of 2006, of … Read more