Students Breakdown in Assembly as they Mourned their departed Principal's. The 2020 Form 4 class at Oyugi Ogango Girls' Secondary School in Rongo, Migori county has been thrown into mourning following the death of their principal. The Form 4 students cried hysterically and could not hold back their tears after learning [...]
The Ministry of Education has finally released the 2021 academic calendar that will require all learners in primary and secondary schools to report back from January 4. Education minister George Magoha announced Monday that Pre-Primary One and Two, Standard One to Three, Standard Five to Seven and Form One to [...]
68 students have tested positive for COVID -19 at Bahati Girls Secondary School in Nakuru County. Nakuru County Health CEC Kariuki Gichuki confirmed the outbreak through a press statement released on Thursday, November 5, 2020. Five teachers also tested positive. The patients were immediately placed under mandatory isolation. 115 other students were further [...]
Sixty people among them 52 students, six teachers and two support staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at Salvation Army Kolanya Boys High School in Busia County. The 60 positive cases were confirmed from 100 samples that were randomly picked for testing at the school. Addressing the press on Tuesday, Busia [...]
The Government has received a Sh1.1 billion boost towards preparations for schools reopening. The grant by Global Partnership for Education (GPE) will help facilitate a smooth transition in the return-to-school plans for targeted vulnerable students. Of the money, Sh365 million will go towards supporting access and delivery of online content to [...]
President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday launched the Shs 1.9 billion school furniture project that will see jua kali artisans supply 650,000 locally assembled desks. Besides equipping secondary and primary schools, the project which is part of the Government’s post-Covid-19 economic stimulus program, is aimed at boosting the jua kali sector. Speaking during [...]
With COVID-19 causing widespread school closures, children across the country are being given alternate resources, some online, to study outside of the classroom. Temporary solutions being devised for remote education range from online classroom tools like Google Classroom, to Zoom and podcasts by teachers. While parents are adjusting to [...]
