Lecturers at Kenya University which is a government institution have gone on strike in protest at the way in which a pay rise agreement signed earlier this year was being implemented. “UASU has resolved that academic members of staff at all public universities proceed with the strike until CBA is fully implemented.” They say the […]
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With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum predicts that over a third of the most important workplace skills will change in the next five years. Educators the world over are faced with the daunting task of preparing students for the workplace of the future. A recent study by the IDC […]
A consignment of 5,000 laptops were yesterday flown into Kenya from China for distribution to 370 public primary schools across the country. The arrival of the gadgets came after the Ministry of ICT completed the pilot phase of the Digital Literacy Programme for Class One pupils in public schools, which involved testing laptops and tablets […]
Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Education Mr. Fred Matiang’i announced that schools will not be shut despite on going arson attacks. The communication came at a time when the teachers’ unions threatened to go on strike if they are not closed immediately. A meeting of head teachers, religious leaders and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission […]
The University of Nairobi will construct a KSh2 billion (UGX 70 billion) building that will serve as an institute for Chinese language and culture. The complex will be fianced by the government of China through the Confucius Institute. It will house lecture halls, offices and a hall of residence for students. The Confucius Institute is […]
On 08th June 2016, the Finance Ministers in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda delivered the respective budget speeches for their countries. The statements outlines the progress of fiscal expenditure and revenue collection for 2015/2016, and then outline the expenditure plan for the new fiscal year which begins on 01st July 2016. As the largest economy […]
The Cabinet Secretary for Education in the Kenya government gave a directive to St. Mary’s Shohome Girls High School in Kakamega to register 16 pregnant girls to sit for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. This follows allegations that the girls in question had been denied the right to register by the school […]
Kenya’s Jubilee administration (Uhuru Kenyatta’s coalition government) released their final budget, ahead of next year’s general election. Of the Kenya shillings 2 trillion (UGX 66 trillion) budget, shillings 124.4 billion (UGX 4.1 trillion) has been allocated to education. This amounts to 6.22 percent of the national budget. The allocation breakdown is as follows; Kshs32 billion […]