PRIME STEM tops pathway for learners in first CBC exam The performance is set to pile pressure on senior schools to reinforce laboratories and technical capacity.
PRIME Lobby warns Kakamega gold belt standoff risks pushing away investors Senior school capacity currently stands at 2.2 million spaces across 9,540 institutions, giving the country a comfortable buffer for the full junior to senior school transition.
Equity to chip in for Africa education prize The prize seeks to reward an innovation with the best learning outcomes for the most students and at the lowest cost, yet scalable and can enable young learners to achieve literacy and numeracy...
PRIME Printers to halt production of Grade 10 textbooks over Sh11bn State debt The debt is owed to publishers, who are contracted by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to develop textbooks and supply them to schools.
PRIME Makini Schools owner eyes varsity in expansion bid Establishment of a university in Kenya will give ADvTECH a presence across all the education stages starting from junior school.
PRIME Cash-starved schools warn of exams crisis Schools are also struggling to complete the syllabus amid limited resources.
PRIME The rising threat of professors shortage in Kenyan universities The CUE data indicate that full professors accounted for 3.6 percent or 551 of the 15,383 academic staff attached to both private and public universities last year.
PRIME How policy shift exposed Nova school at Tatu City to hefty tax demand An enterprise licence was granted to Nova Pioneer Tatu City Primary School Property SEZ Limited, but its renewal has been declined.
PRIME Public varsities’ debt grows 10pc to Sh76bn in a year Auditor General Nancy Gathungu reports public universities owe Sh10.96 billion in long-term and Sh68.4 billion in current liabilities.
PRIME Logistics firms escalate fight for lucrative Knec exam distribution deal The dispute comes at a time when the Council is preparing for the national exams.
PRIME Eyes on MPs as committee pushes for ‘CDF-model’ in county revenue allocation Under the CDF model, 75 percent of the money budgeted for the kitty is shared equally among the 290 constituencies, while the remaining 25 percent is shared based on a constituency’s population...
PRIME Higher education funding model is faulty, says auditor The model uses a Means Testing Instrument (MTI) to assess the financial needs of students who are then categorised in five bands.
PRIME UoN slips off top 1,000 institutions in latest world universities ranking The UoN continues to underperform in global engagement metrics such as attracting international faculty and students, and it does not feature in the top 500 globally in these categories.
PRIME TSC on the spot as five tribes dominate hiring of junior school tutors Figures suggest 67 percent of the 68,313 JSS teachers hired under the Kenya Kwanza regime went to individuals from the five communities alone with the Kalenjin taking the lion’s share at 15.7...
PRIME Moi University to sack nearly 900 employees in cost cutting measures The university management has in the past defended the impending staff redundancy arguing that it has been necessitated by a reduction in revenue as a result of decline in student enrolment and...
PRIME Concern as Treasury cuts school feeding funds by Sh600m The reduction in the allocation negates the spirit of President Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza regime’s election manifesto, which had promised to double the budget to raise the number of beneficiaries.
PRIME UoN council reinstated by court, summoned by EACC The EACC has now written to the acting vice chancellor of the university asking her to appear before the commission for interrogation and recording of statements.
PRIME Bill seeks predictable allowances for teachers Among key proposals in the Bill is the insertion of a new Section 32A, which outlines a structured process for appointing teachers in acting capacities.
PRIME Our teacher promotion criteria was fair, insists TSC Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) acting Secretary General Moses Nthurima asked for transparency in teacher promotions.
PRIME Konza-based virtual varsity appoints VC The Konza Technopolis-based institution, which rides on the country’s digital infrastructure, admitted its first batch of students in November 2023.
PRIME Treasury wired Sh500m emergency funding to Moi University The funding helped ease a biting cash crunch, months before the institution issued a redundancy notice to staff.
PRIME TSC needs Sh35.5bn to promote more than 178,000 teachers Teacher promotions were one of the grievances when secondary school teachers went on strike last August in 2024.
PRIME Education CS now warns ‘rogue’ school officials He said co-curriculum activities should be based on the ministry’s policies, guidelines and regulations.
PRIME Over half of varsity qualifiers yet to apply on Kuccps portal The KUCCPS extended the application window to April 30 from April 21, to allow more candidates to apply.
PRIME Moi University now issues notice to lay off employees The employees affected by the layoff will receive severance pay, salary in lieu of notice, payment for accrued leave days, and any other unpaid benefits.
