Join Our Telegram Group Last week Friday, July 24, Kenyan Kiswahili and history teacher, Abdikadir Ismail was selected in a group of 11 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize finalists from around the world in launching ‘Class of Covid-19’. The group was selected to investigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on schoolchildren and young people … Read more
Join Our Telegram Group NAIROBI, PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, July 07, 2020 REOPENING OF LEARNING INSTIUTIONS IN KENYA On Monday July 6th 2020, His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta directed the Ministry of Education to jointly, with all the stakeholders in the sector, notify the public on the resumption of learning for Basic Education and Tertiary … Read more
Join Our Telegram Group It has been months since the COVID outbreak. Given the prevailing conditions, a lot of time has gone to waste. For the education sector, currently, the amount of time lost is equivalent to a third of the schools’ calendar. Policymakers are recommending that schools re-open soon with debate raging on whether … Read more
Kenya teachers under the umbrella of the Kenya Teachers Service Commission (TSC) have raised over Ksh. 10 Million to support the National Covid-19 Education Response Committee (NCERC) to fight Coronavirus. In a letter signed by TSC CEO, Dr. Nancy Macharia addressed to Dr. Sara Ruto, the National Covid-19 Education Response Committee (NCERC), the Commission sent … Read more
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has disowned the circular posted earlier concerning the stoppage of April salaries of over 3,500 teachers and commission staff due to wealth declaration non-compliance. TSC sent short text messages (SMS) to the affected teachers telling them to ignore the information circulating on the internet. “Please ignore posts circulating on social … Read more
In the middle of the coronavirus global pandemic, the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has said that it will not pay over 3,500 teachers and secretariat staff who by the 14th of January 2020 failed to file their wealth declaration. The commission released the sad news through a circular dated the 14th of April 2020. In … Read more
The Teachers Service Commission TSC has slammed a report by the Standard Media posted online and also printed on the hardcopy edition of Friday the 27th March 2020, about the commission hiring 8141 intern teachers on permanent terms. TSC’s head of Communications, Beatrice Wababu, through the commission’s official social media platforms Twitter and Facebook, said … Read more
The Teachers Service Commission TSC has today assured Kenyan teachers that they will be paid their March 2020 Salaries in time. Beatrice Wababu, the Teachers Service Commission head of communications, notified the public via a post on the TSC’s Twitter handle. TSC March 2020 Salary Being Processed “March 2020 Salaries are being processed and will … Read more
Linah Anyango teaches Biology and Chemistry at Changamwe Secondary School in Mombasa and she is now 11 years in the teaching profession. She has been shortlisted in the top 50 in the Sh. 100 million annual Global Teacher Prize. She was shortlisted among the top 50 from over 12, 000 nominations worldwide that included applications … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered all schools in Kenya to be closed from Monday the 16th March 2020 to help curb the spread of Corona (Covid-19) Virus. Through a press statement to the country, the President clearly stipulated that he has suspended learning in all education institutions. “Consequently and to facilitate a phased approach, primary … Read more