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Kuppet raises red flag over Sh115bn in pension scheme

Nairobi, April 15 -- The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has raised a red flag over the management of the Public Service Superannuation Scheme (PSSS) following a delay over app... Read More


How State neglect has led to squalor in public special needs schools

Nairobi, April 11 -- Schools for learners with special needs are grossly underfunded and cannot afford to hire enough caregivers as well as buy required assistive devices, affecting the quality of lif... Read More


Court quashes UoN senior management jobs advertisement

Nairobi, April 9 -- The management conflicts that have dogged the University of Nairobi (UoN) for the past two years have taken a new turn after the Labour Relations and Employment Court stopped the r... Read More


New school textbooks on the way in first CBC review

Nairobi, April 9 -- Learners in pre-primary and primary school will have new textbooks in January 2025 following the first review of the content of the competency-based curriculum (CBC). The process ... Read More


Neglect by State leaves education in private hands

Nairobi, April 8 -- Kenyans are spending billions of shillings to educate their children in private schools due to declining quality of learning in public ones despite paying huge taxes to finance bas... Read More


How to keep your child out of trouble during holidays

Nairobi, April 3 -- The ten-month school closure forced by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 remains one of the most challenging times for parents and the education sector in recent times. Hundreds of th... Read More


Education ministry on the spot over 'loss' of Sh800m

Nairobi, March 22 -- Members of the Public Investments Committee on Education and Governance were left unimpressed after Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu failed to appear before them to ans... Read More


Strike looms over schools' capitation funds

Nairobi, March 20 -- A teachers' union has demanded the release of all unremitted capitation funds owed to public schools and threatened to call a strike to paralyse operations at the beginning of the... Read More


Funding crisis: Education Ministry's big blunder delays cash to schools

Nairobi, March 16 -- Delayed government funding threatens to cripple basic and higher education countrywide, school managers and teachers unions now say. The Saturday Nation has established that some... Read More


University of Nairobi council 'illegal' but remains in place, court rules

Nairobi, March 15 -- Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel acted (ultra vires) beyond his powers when he revoked the appointment of the University of Nairobi Council and appointed another to run the ins... Read More