Join Our Telegram Group A stunning 42% drop out rate of children before the completion of primary school was reported by UNESCO in 2012. Since then, things are not any better, right from the elementary schools to universities and colleges. However, it is highly anticipated that the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak will skyrocket the … Read more
Join Our Telegram Group In April this year, Peter Kiirya, a fine art teacher at St. Mary’s College, Jinja in Uganda committed suicide, a tragic event that sent shock waves in the spines of different teachers. It was highly speculated all over Facebook and WhatsApp teachers’ groups that it was due to the lockdown-induced effects, … Read more
Join Our Telegram Group In the wake of the novel corona-virus, many people have been rendered jobless. Many companies have tried to keep their employees on paid leave for a while only to cut down on the number of employees and eventually render a majority jobless. Many are now wondering what to do to make … Read more
There is a higher probability that Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions will reopen in shifts, as opposed to primary and secondary schools. This revelation was brought forth by Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha who pointed at infrastructural challenges and congestion being a huge obstacle in the opening of primary and secondary schools. Speaking … Read more
A total of 129 students who were stuck in Sudan due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have finally been evacuated. The group of lucky returnees aboard a Kenya Airways flight landed at Moi International Airport on Saturday evening and immediately went under a mandatory health check before they proceeded to the Kenya School … Read more
Home schooling was one of the most welcomed ideas when parents had their children sent back home from school, many of them being candidates. Thanks to the mass media and available websites for online courses, students that have had access to these have gained out of them. But here’s the thing; parents and children don’t … Read more
Education CS Prof George Magoha on Friday said COVID-19 will determine the reopening of schools in the country. This was after Education stakeholders met also on Friday to discuss the reopening of all learning institutions in September. The education ministry believes that new COVID-19 cases will peak and then relatively drop for a period of … Read more
Ever since the Covid–19 pandemic aggrandized itself, the world governments took measures that could save lives by allowing a few set backs in many industries. Among the most affected were the teachers, and since this kind of global system is unpredictable, teachers have to find a way to survive. Survival is possible if one possesses … Read more
After the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted, it will be business as unusual for the school administration and the teachers that have been impounded ever since the Covid–19 contagion became a global issue. Many things are anticipated, and many school administrators might even take loans so they van have enough to run the school. It might … Read more
I bet you’ve come across some predictive memes that children in the future shall only get to find hard copies of books in museums, and they’ll be amazed when they learn that we used to simply flip the pages, not scroll. Besides the numerous advantages of mobile gadgets in studying, there are a few challenges … Read more