Category: Literacy

The Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) has asked the Kenya Law Society of Kenya to keep off teachers’ affairs after the society opposed the reappointment of Teachers Service Commissioner Nancy Macharia. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday last week extended the term of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nancy Macharia after her first term expired last month. The Law Society of Kenya through its president, Nelson Havi protested the renewal…

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has entered into a framework contract with the government to supply laptops to public primary schools under the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) for a period of three years. This follows the University’s successful bid after an open tender for “Supply, Deliver, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Goods and Services for the Digital Literacy Programme in Public Primary Schools in Kenya” that was floated on November 26, 2019. Unlike…

The Moi University, School of Medicine invites online applications from qualified candidates in the following programmes: 1. PhD in Medical Education 2. PhD in Immunology 3. Clinical Fellowship in Gynaecologic Oncology – (CFell.Gyn.Onc) 4. Clinical Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal (Cfell.Maternal – Fetal Medicine) 5. Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology (CFell Cardiology) 6. Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Oncology and Haematology (C.Fell.PHO) Program 7. Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy (MPharm Clin.Pharm) 8. Master of Science (Immunology) 9. Master…

Candidates waiting to sit for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in Kiharu constituency heaved a sigh of relief after they got revision books. The area MP Ndindi Nyoro on Friday gave out revision books to go to all 4, 443 candidates waiting to sit for KCPE. The revision book contains guiding questions and answers for five subject taught in primary education. Ndindi said the books will assist children especially at grassroots who cannot afford…

A young man, who has pulled out of poverty through the donation of a seedling bed by a kind neighbour and managed to pay his school fees from the sales, has acknowledged that it was possible for one to pull out of poverty by commitment to what they are doing. Speaking to KNA, Kelvin Cheruiyot said his mother abandoned them with his three siblings due to their father’s heavy drinking and irresponsibility. However, a kind…

The Government should not be in a hurry to re-open schools during this pandemic period in order to cushion children from getting coronavirus. Nyando Legio Maria Sect leader Simon Okwama has said opening of schools will put the lives of the children in danger and cases of the infectious disease were likely to increase. Okwama called on other church leaders to stand up and oppose the re-opening of schools but instead push for the deferment…