5 things to know about this year’s KPSEA exams
The Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) has kicked off today, marking a significant event in the educational calendar for Grade 6 learners across the country. As students prepare for this assessment, here are five key points to note: 1.3 million candidates This year’s KPSEA will see 1,313,913 candidates participating from 35,573 examination centres nationwide. […]
Hillside Endarasha Academy owner reveals plans to shield students from trauma after fire incident
The Hillside Endarasha Academy owner, David Kinyua, has announced a raft of measures to protect the pupils following the fire incident that claimed 21 lives. Addressing the media on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Kinyua revealed plans to relocate the dormitory from where the previous one was situated before it was reduced to ashes. Besides relocating […]
Omtatah terms new university funding model ill-conceived, calls for return to old model
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has criticized the government’s new university funding model, describing it as premature and ill-conceived. In a statement on his X account on Saturday, July 20, 2024, Omtatah expressed concerns over the financial burden now placed on students, particularly the high tuition fees and soaring accommodation and living expenses. “A number of […]
Gov’t extends deadline for student loans, scholarship applications
The Ministry of Education has extended the universities and TVETs loan and scholarship application period to October 7. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu announced the extension of the application deadline, which was originally set to lapse on September 7, by an additional month. According to the CS, a total of 156,532 students had applied for […]
9,673 students who qualified for degree courses have chosen to be placed in TVET institutions
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu has revealed that nearly 10,000 students who qualified to join universities opted to join Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. Speaking on Monday, July 31, 2023, while releasing the placement results for students who sat for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2022, Machogu […]
Boys school students torch dormitory after they were barred from praying with girls
Students at Eor Ekule Secondary school in Narok East, Narok County on Sunday, September 11, burnt down a dormitory after they were barred from holding a Christian Union function with counterparts from a nearby girls’ school. What started as mere joke turned tragic when the students opted to set one of the school dormitories on […]