Education
The rollout of junior schools under the competency-based curriculum was meant to enhance learning. Yet, for many teachers, the experience has been marked by harassment, exploitation, and crushing workloads. In Kwale County, teachers complain that they are routinely assigned non-teaching…
Three years after the rollout of the junior school segment, teachers across the country are voicing strong concerns over their treatment and working conditions. Many feel unsettled, under-resourced, and overwhelmed by heavy workloads. Their main call: to be delinked from…
A sweeping Ministry of Education audit has uncovered a major capitation scandal, with more than 50,000 secondary school students flagged as “ghost learners.” The scheme, if unchecked, could have cost taxpayers more than Sh1.1 billion annually. The discovery was revealed…
The Ministry of Education has warned that Kenya’s student population may drop by nearly 10 percent after an ongoing audit revealed tens of thousands of ghost learners across schools. Early findings suggest secondary schools are the most affected, with over…
Kenya’s education sector has been rocked by a damning audit that found more than 50,000 ghost learners in secondary schools. The fraud could be draining the public purse of at least Sh1.1 billion annually, based on the capitation rate of…
A nationwide Ministry of Education audit has exposed a shocking trend in secondary schools: more than 50,000 students listed in official records cannot be traced. The anomaly has raised fears that taxpayers may have lost over Sh1.1 billion annually in…
Former Presidential Economic Adviser Moses Kuria has strongly backed the Ministry of Education’s ongoing reforms aimed at eliminating ghost schools and fake enrolment data from the national system. According to Kuria, Kenya has been losing an estimated Sh12 billion annually…
Former senior Economic Adviser to the President, Moses Kuria, has thrown his weight behind the Ministry of Education’s ongoing audit of school enrolment, describing it as a crucial step in safeguarding taxpayers’ money. Kuria alleged that Kenya has been losing…
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has granted students more time to apply for loans, following an order by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba. The move is expected to ease financial pressure on learners as universities and TVET institutions reopen.…
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has extended the deadline for both first-time and continuing loan applicants, providing relief to thousands of learners in universities and Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions. In a statement released on Tuesday, September…