Kenia / 26 de julio de 2017 / Por: WINNIE ATIENO / Fuente: http://www.nation.co.ke Pupils have been warned against using technological tools to check spellings. The Education ministry said due to advancement in technology, learners had resorted to the use of spellcheckers to autocorrect their mistakes, eroding their mastery of the English language. Education Principal Secretary Belio […]
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Kenia: Lecturers’ strike set to end as Sh5.2m is released
Kenia / 19 de julio de 2017 / Por: KENNEDY KIMANTHI – FAITH NYAMAI / Fuente: http://www.nation.co.ke Striking university workers are set to resume duty after the Education ministry on Tuesday released the second and final tranche of Sh5.2 billion for their Sh10 billion collective bargaining agreement. The staff have been on a two-week job boycott that paralysed […]
Kenia: Fred Matiang’i orders officers to inspect schools thrice a week
Kenia / 19 de julio de 2017 / Por: VALENTINE OBARA / Fuente: http://www.nation.co.ke Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has ordered education officers to carry out inspection of schools three times a week. Dr Matiang’i said the strict measure targeting basic education institutions will help the government to assess the quality of teaching and learning and the […]
Kenia: School reopens as parents assure teachers of protection
Kenia / 18 de julio de 2017 / Por: GODFREY OUNDOH / Fuente: http://www.nation.co.ke The school in Samburu West where pupils attacked teachers three weeks ago has been reopened. Kirimon Primary had been closed indefinitely as the fate of around 756 pupils was left hanging in the balance after teachers in the institution vowed not to […]
Kenyan Govt Agrees to Pay Lecturers Their Wage Balance
Kenia/17 de Julio de 2017/Allafrica Resumen: El gobierno se ha inclinado ante la presión y accedió a pagar a los profesores sorprendentes 10.000 millones de shillings que han estado exigiendo. The state has bowed to pressure and agreed to pay-up striking lecturers U.S.$50 million owed to them on top of the U.S.$46 million it has already […]
Kenia: Teachers oppose deductions to new pension scheme
Kenia / 12 de julio de 2017 / Por: OUMA WANZALA / Fuente: http://www.nation.co.ke Teachers have rejected deduction of 7.5 per cent of their salaries towards their new pension scheme starting this month, saying they had not been consulted. Other civil servants said even though they support the idea, it should be implemented with caution as no […]
Sexuality education for Kenya’s youth: When the evidence is on the wall, but politics gets in the way
Kenya/July 11, 2017/By: Diana Warira* /Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke The need to provide sexuality education for Kenya’s youth has been the subject of discussion in Kenya’s development circles for decades. Whether sexuality education has a critical role in improving the sexual and reproductive health outcomes of youth, or not, is no longer the debate. Why? One may […]
