Tag: Nancy Macharia

Four suspects who have been conning teachers millions for TSC jobs arrested

Four suspects believed to be part of a wider cartel that has been swindling unsuspecting teachers millions of shillings in exchange for an employment offer from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) have been arrested. The four Japheth Kyalo Kioko, the mastermind of the fraud, Jeremiah Musyoka Talu who is the commission’s principal accountant, Lawrence Mutunga […]

Like doctors, teachers to spend more time in universities as CS Magoha lauds proposal to phase out Bachelor of Education program

Education CS George Magoha at a past function. [PHOTO | FILE]

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has lauded the phasing out of the Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree program, which would qualify teachers to teach in Secondary schools. Speaking to journalists after unveiling a three-classroom block at Sagam Secondary School in Siaya Gem sub-county, Magoha said the move by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will […]

State now insists enough teachers trained for CBC

Reuben Mwambingu @reubenmwambingu More than 113,000 teachers from both public and private schools have so far been trained on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Teachers Service Commission  (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia says 90,806 tutors are from public schools and 22,417 from private schools. “A total of 113,223 teachers were trained in April 2019 in Early […]

Government to hire interns as teacher shortage bites

Reuben Mwambingu  The government will employ intern teachers to address the shortage occasioned by the increased student enrolment. Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha yesterday said teachers have been overwhelmed following the government’s  introduction of 100 per cent transition policy. He spoke during the 44th Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (Kessha) annual  conference in Mombasa, yesterday. Magoha assured the […]