Dozens of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) pupils at Kakitetei Village in Napeitom are being forced to attend lessons under a tree due to a severe lack of classrooms. Photos shared by their teacher, Mr. Moses Ekaale, show the young learners sitting in the open, fully exposed to intense heat, dust, and strong winds that…
Students who took technical subjects in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination emerged among the country’s top performers, prompting the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) to call on universities to review admission requirements in line with the country’s evolving education system. Data released by KUCCPS during the announcement of…
More than 980,000 students who completed the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination and qualified for higher education placement are set to learn the universities, colleges and courses they have been admitted to on Wednesday, when the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) releases the 2026 placement results. The announcement is…
Thousands of teachers who served as supervisors, invigilators, and exam markers during Kenya’s 2025 national examinations have threatened to boycott all examination-related activities in 2026 unless the government settles their outstanding allowances, which have been delayed for more than eight months. Teachers’ unions have warned that they will advise their members not to attend training…
The High Court in Nairobi has imposed strict confidentiality measures in a case involving eight minors accused over the deadly fire at Utumishi Girls Academy that left 16 students dead. The accused, all students, appeared before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Kibera High Court where they denied 16 counts of murder linked to the tragic…
When Tullow Oil confirmed commercially viable crude beneath the sun-baked plains of South Lokichar in 2012, it rewrote Turkana’s story in a single announcement. For generations, the county had been known primarily for drought, food insecurity, and systemic marginalization. The discovery of Kenya’s first oil changed that narrative overnight, shifting local conversations to the promise…
A section of teachers has urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to formally confirm Evaleen Mitei as the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer, citing her exemplary leadership during her tenure in an acting capacity. Speaking during a press briefing on Monday, teachers drawn from the Nairobi Cosmopolitan Hub praised Mitei’s performance since assuming the role following…
Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir has ordered a comprehensive audit of the county’s school feeding programme for day secondary school students following concerns over its effectiveness in reducing the financial burden on parents. The decision comes after several parents complained that they are still being required to pay high school fees despite the county government’s intervention,…
