TSC has improved maternity terms for its employees under the current CBA. Agreement extended the number of maternity leave period to four months while paternity leave is three weeks.
“Most parents drop their children here before proceeding to work but today it was a no show. Some teachers also reported but left afterwards,” Nyongesa told The Standard.
The girl child in junior and senior schools will have a reason to smile if the government adopts a proposal to include them in the sanitary pads programme.
The reform team recommends that the government ceases creation of new universities in 30 counties suggesting merging of non-viable universities.
The auditing of the academic programme was set at the cost of Sh320,000 and the campus accreditation audit of Sh150,000 according to the new rates.
In 2022, CUE cautioned vice-chancellors against engaging other professional bodies in regard to the approval of university courses.
Primary school learners will lose 14 hours while those in secondary school will waste about 20 hours of teaching and learning.
Out of 1.08 million tablets distributed, only 835,981 can be accounted for, according to an audit by the Education Ministry. Bungoma and Kakamega lead with 32,000 devices missing
Prior to 2016, the self-sponsored programmes were a cash cow for universities.
A document by TSC reveals that only 8,367 teachers from primary school had moved to teach in the newly established Junior Secondary Schools.
Survey indicates continued physical violence despite canning being outlawed in 2010. It also compares factors such as married and unmarried men and women.
The government did not disburse the full capitation amount to schools in the 2021/22 financial year stripping the institution of about Sh5,000.
Education CS Machogu says 130,485 students secured slots in public universities and 9,622 in private schools; 80.9pc of candidates qualified for degree programs
CS Machogu said the trends in admission captured in the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement (KUCCPS) data is worrying.
This decision disqualifies them from accessing government scholarships but they will be eligible to get a study loan from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB).
Currently, according to a report by the Ministry of Education, certificate and diploma graduates make up the majority of teachers in primary schools.
Under the new funding formula, 95,000 students who sat 2022 KCSE examination will majorly depend on student loans to finance their university education.
The University of Nairobi has written to its over 8,000 staff, notifying them of salary delay for the month of July.
President William Ruto announced that the cost of the six pioneer programmes at the new university will cost half the fees charged in other public universities.
The Presidential Working Party for Education Reform proposes that grading of KCSE should use two compulsory subjects in determining the learners’ final scores.
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