Tag: Education CS George Magoha

Pupils consider committing suicide, others hide in househelp jobs over govt’s 100% primary to high school transition call

As the government intensifies its move to ensure one hundred per cent transition of class eight pupils who sat for their KCPE exams to high schools, some parents and students have faulted the move saying they do not have school fees and other requirements needed for their children’s admission to form one. Speaking to the press at […]

Webuye family in confusion after their son received admission letter from Nyeri girls’ school in ongoing Form One selections

A family in Webuye West Constituency has been thrown into confusion after their son was called to a girls’ school in the ongoing Form One selection. Spencer Wangila, who aspired to join Kimilili boys, was shocked to learn that he was selected to join Narumoru Girls School in Nyeri County. Wangila, who sat for his […]

Concern in Kericho after Form Three student attempts suicide over lack of fees

A form three student at AIC Litein Girls Secondary School has worried friends and family after she attempted suicide by ingesting poison over unpaid school fee balance. According to a local TV station, the learner who is receiving treatment at Kapkatet Hospital in Kericho first wrote a suicide note and uploaded it on her social […]

KCSE 2020: Top candidate Simiyu Wanjala speaks

When Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha was announcing the 2020 KCSE results, the family of the top candidate Simiyu Robinson Wanjala had their eyes glued on TV. Their lunch-hour was cut short by the feeling of anxiety that came with thoughts of how the results would be like for their son. For Wanjala and […]

KCSE 2020: Top 15 candidates and their schools in the just-released results

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha on Monday afternoon released the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. The announcement ceremony was held at Mitihani House in Caledonia, off Dennis Pritt Road, Nairobi. Over 700,000 candidates sat for the exams that began in March and ended in April. 380,327 (50.9 per cent) of the candidates who sat […]

Magoha’s response after he was asked to explain why payment of BoM teachers delayed

Magoha in late July 2020 said the ministry had released funds to pay BoM teachers, who, at the time, had gone for 3 months without salaries.

Media has made me look like a fool, says Magoha as he communicates ‘with finality’ the schools’ reopening date

Magoha stated that the Government’s position on learning resumption date has not changed, and that it remains to be January 2021.