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Kenya: Form one students to report on August 2nd 2021

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Africa/Kenya/18-06-2021/Author: Muraya Kamunde/Source: www.kbc.co.ke

Candidates who sat for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams 2020 will join Form One on August 2nd, 2021.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha disclosed the new dates Tuesday as he launched the Form One 2021 selection exercise at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).

During the launch, Education CS George Magoha said that a total of 585,942 girls compared to 585,323 boys joining Form one.

“We have 17,406 girls and 18,848 joining national schools this year,” he said.

“We have strictly applied the principles of equity, fairness, merit, transparency, inclusiveness and affirmative action in the form one selection and that is why the placement has taken longer,” he added.

The Education CS also noted that 53,000 KCPE 2020 candidates applied for the Elimu Scholarship Programme under the Education Ministry.

National schools have admitted 17,406 girls and boys 18, 848 summing up to 36,254.

The extra county schools have admitted girls 95,646 and boys 105,431 and the total is 201,077. County schools have taken 115,325 girls and 98,266 boys and the total 213,591.

Students who scored 400 marks and above were placed in National and extra county schools of their choice.

“Special needs candidates were also placed in regular schools of their preference. We have opened up opportunities for children from slums,” said CS Magoha.

Source and Image: https://www.kbc.co.ke/form-one-students-to-report-on-august-2nd-2021/

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Kenya: Shortage of professors a concern at Kenyatta university says VC

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Africa/Kenya/04-06-2021/Author and Source: www.kbc.co.ke

Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor, Paul Wainaina, has raised concern over few number of professors in the institution, saying it might affect the quality of future education and research.

He said the University has not had a full professor for the past four years to replace those who retire or leave through other causes pointing out that Department of Education has only four full and two associate professors.

Prof. Wanaina observed that most of the remaining professors will be all gone in the coming years, leaving the university at cross roads in terms of education quality and research.

“The future of every university lies with its think tanks who are the professors. There used to be a time when we used to be like eight full professors and several associates. Now it is worrying because I have just a few years left before I leave and I have not seen anyone close to a professor level,” he said.

He said it may seem like dark days in the education industry since the mainstay of quality education is evidence-based knowledge brought by professors.

The Don called on lecturers to further their studies through doing more research and attain the prof. stature, in order to save the future of the departments and the quality of education in the country.

“Professors are the apex of scholarship in any university. We need to get more lecturers promoted into professors to save the quality of education starting with teaching, doing research for solving problems of this nation,” said Wainaina.

He was speaking as one of the lecturers, Dr. Rubai Mandela, launched a book, Before Two Become One, at a Ruiru hotel.

He said the university would support those in the field of research to attain those high education accolades to ensure they bring out qualified scholars, who will hold up the university in future.

Source and Image: https://www.kbc.co.ke/shortage-of-professors-a-concern-at-kenyatta-university-says-vc/
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Kenya: University slots exceed qualified KCSE candidates

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Africa/Kenya/28-05-2021/Author and Source: www.kbc.co.ke

Candidates who sat the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) will know the universities and colleges they have been selected to by the end of July 2021.

Education CS Prof George Magoha announced that 160,160 slots were up for grabs in public and private universities under the government-sponsored programme and 331,045 spaces in Technical and TVET institutions.

This means that all the 143,140 candidates who scored C+ and above will be absorbed in universities of their choice.

Magoha was speaking at Joseph Kangethe primary school in Nairobi where he launched the university placement process by Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS).

KUCCPS has consequently opened its online portal for application and revision of degrees and college choices for the 2020 KCSE Candidates.

“I am pleased to note that KUCCPS is ready to proceed with university and college placement for the 2020 KCSE candidates. Accordingly, I wish to announce that the Revision of Choices for Placement to Degree, Diploma, Artisan and Craft Courses will commence today, May 24th, 2021” said Magoha.

“Consequently, I have directed KUCCPS to open its system for the 2020 KCSE cohort to review and, if they so wish, make changes to the courses that they selected through their schools. Candidates who were not able to apply in school will use the opportunity to submit their choices” he added.

A total of 893 candidates who sat the exam and whose results were released early this month attained a mean grade of A Plain while 143,140 scored C+.

The 2020 exam was the first ever to be conducted under the Covid-19 pandemic that disrupted the school calendar.

However, the students defied the odds to record a sterling performance. An additional 17,393 candidates qualified for admission to university compared to 2019’s 125,747 candidates who attained C+ and above.

The higher education institutions will admit the students in the new academic year beginning September 2021.

“All applicants will know the universities and colleges they have been selected to by the end of July 2021. This will enable our higher education institutions to admit the students in the new academic year beginning September 2021. The students and their parents will also have ample time to prepare adequately” said Magoha as he affirmed government’s commitment to providing an opportunity for every child to pursue a career of their choice.

“I wish to reiterate that all the 143,140 candidates who scored a mean grade of C+ and above will be absorbed by our universities and TVET institutions by choice. Further, the remaining 600,159 are eligible to apply for TVET programmes offered in our National Polytechnics and other Technical Training Institutions” he said.

747,161 candidates sat the examination across the 10,565 centres in the country.

Source and Image: https://www.kbc.co.ke/university-slots-exceed-qualified-kcse-candidates/

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Kenia comunica a ACNUR que cerrará en junio de 2022 los campamentos de refugiados de Dadaab y Kakuma

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El Gobierno de Kenia ha trasladado al Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) que cerrará en junio de 2022 los campamentos de refugiados de Dadaab y Kakuma, que acogen a más de 430.000 personas, según han indicado ambas partes a través de un comunicado conjunto.

El anuncio ha sido realizado tras una reunión entre el presidente de Kenia, Uhuru Kenyatta, y el Alto Comisionado para los Refugiados, Filippo Grandi, a raíz del plazo de catorce días dado en marzo por las autoridades del país africano para el cierre de los campamentos, paralizado por los tribunales kenianos.

«Somos serios respecto a completar el programa de repatriación que se inició en 2016, respetando nuestras obligaciones internacionales y nuestra responsabilidad nacional», ha indicado el ministro del Interior de Kenia, Fred Matiangi.

«Reiteramos nuestra posición previa de cerrar los campamentos de Dadaab y Kakuma el 30 de junio de 2022», ha recalcado. La ‘hoja de ruta’ presentada incluye un retorno voluntario de los refugiados, con seguridad y dignidad, y su traslado a terceros países a través de varios acuerdos.

Matiangi ha reseñado que «los países de países de África oriental tendrán la opción de que se les emita un permiso de trabajo de forma gratuita para que puedan integrarse en las comunidades kenianas o volver a su país de origen».

Asimismo, la ministra de Exteriores keniana, Raychelle Omamo, ha hecho hincapié en que «el cierre de los campamentos debe ser visto como una aspiración». «No estamos expulsando a la gente, pero un campamento no es algo permanente. Es un limbo», ha argüido.

«Nadie debe vivir en un lugar de incertidumbre e indignidad generación tras generación», ha apuntado. «Ahora estamos trabajando en cómo lograr esto a través de una cooperación que vaya en línea con el Pacto Gloabl sobre Refugiados (GCR)», ha destacado Omamo.

Nairobi y ACNUR han destacado que los campamentos «no son una solución a largo plazo al desplazamiento forzoso» y han mostrado su compromiso a la hora de «trabajar juntos para encontrar soluciones alternativas que vayan en línea con los principios de responsabilidad y los objetivos del GCR.

«Creo que el Gobierno y el pueblo de Kenia seguirán mostrando su generosa hospitalidad hacia los refugiados, como han hecho durante casi tres décadas, mientras mantenemos discusiones sobre una estrategia para encontrar las soluciones más duraderas, apropiadas y fundamentadas en los derechos para los refugiados y solicitantes de asilo que viven en los campamentos de Dadaab y Kakuma», ha manifestado Grandi.

En esta línea, ha aplaudido el «continado compromiso» de Kenia con el GCR. «Tengo tranquilidad por las garantías del Gobierno de que seguirán dando protección y servicios a los solicitantes de asilo y refugiados en Kenia mientras se buscan soluciones», ha explicado.

El Gobierno de Kenia y ACNUR han asegurado además que «la verificación digital de los kenianos registrados como refugiados arrancará en su debido momento» para lograr su retirada de las bases de datos sobre refugiados.

Por último, han destacado que «Kenia ha soportado la carga de acoger a refugiados desde hace casi tres décadas», en las que los campamentos «han saturado su capacidad para acoger población», al tiempo que han recordado que el Gobierno ha expresado además «graves preocupaciones» por motivos de seguridad.

El Ejecutivo de Kenia ha pedido en varias ocasiones el cierre de Dadaab argumentando que en el mismo había infiltrados miembros del grupo yihadista Al Shabaab, que opera principalmente en Somalia y mantiene lazos con Al Qaeda, si bien el Tribunal Supremo impidió en 2017 su cierre.

Así, el tribunal indicó que el Ministerio del Interior se había extralimitado en sus funciones al ordenar la clausura del campamento –que llegó a albergar a más de 580.000 refugiados en 2011– y declaró inconstitucional la repatriación a Somalia de los refugiados. Dadaab fue abierto en 1991, mientras que un año después fue abierto Kakuma.

Fuente: https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-kenia-comunica-acnur-cerrara-junio-2022-campamentos-refugiados-dadaab-kakuma-20210430093324.html

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Kenya: Young women urged to seek technology careers as world marks International Girls in ICT Day

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Africa/Kanya/Author :Prudence Wanza/Source: www.kbc.co.ke

The calls for Girls and women to embrace technology careers have dominated this year’s International Girls in ICT Day with stakeholders decrying a skills gap in the sector, rated one of the fastest growing globally.

According to the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) in the Ministry of ICT, Nadia Ahmed Abdalla, more young men are joining the ICT world than women because of stereotypes in the sector.

“I encourage young girls to join the ICT sector. A lot of times when people talk about ICT they talk about the young males who are there because it’s seen as a sector where only boys can thrive,” she stated

The CAS called upon young women to join the thriving sector especially during this period when the world is relying more on technology to stay connected and keep vital services and businesses ongoing due to the Corona virus pandemic.

“The covid-19 pandemic has shown us that the ICT world is the way forward, it is not the future any more, it is the present,” she said

According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), half the world is still offline and most of those who lack access to digital technology are women and girls in developing countries.

Additionally, there exists a 17 percent gender gap in internet use thus denying women and girls opportunities to access education, find better-paid jobs, and start new businesses.

“Making technologies available to all is an essential part of building back stronger communities and economies, and addressing many of the world’s most pressing challenges.” Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations stated

The International Girls in ICT Day is marked annually on the fourth Thursday in April.

This year’s theme is, ‘Connected Girls Creating Brighter Futures’

Source and Image: https://www.kbc.co.ke/young-women-urged-to-seek-technology-careers-as-world-marks-international-girls-in-ict-day/

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Kenya: KCPE exams to be released in two weeks time, CS Magoha says

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Africa/Kenya/09-04-2021/Authors: Hunja Macharia/Wycliffe Oketch/Source: www.kbc.co.ke

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha says KCPE examination results could be released in the next two weeks.

Magoha said KCPE examination marking is progressing well and the results should be out in a fortnight if everything falls into schedule.

He said the marking of KCPE 2020 multiple choices is complete, with only Insha and Composition marking remaining.

Magoha spoke in Kisumu County where he supervised the distribution of Day 6 KCSE 2020 examination materials.

He called for extra vigilance among school heads and security personnel saying they must ensure the integrity of the exams remain intact.

Magoha said candidates found cheating will be allowed to complete their exams but actions will be taken against them after due process is followed.

The CS also said that candidates should be allowed to sit for exams regardless of whether they have cleared school fees.

The education CS at the same time has put on notice individuals aiding in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations cheating saying stern action will be taken against them.

Source and Image: https://www.kbc.co.ke/kcpe-exams-to-be-released-in-two-weeks-time-cs-magoha-says/

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Kenya: 4 KCSE invigilators arrested for exam leakage arraigned in Court

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Africa/Kenya/02-04-2021/Authors: Hunja Macharia/Celestine Mwango/Source: www.kbc.co.ke

Four KCSE invigilators arrested in Migori yesterday for exam leakage have been arraigned in Rongo law courts Wednesday morning.

According to the charge sheet, one of the teachers who was supervising examination at a hospital where one student was doing the exams was found transporting the student’s papers alone.

The four who include the Rongo Centre manager, Supervisor and two invigilators have been remanded for ten days and their case will be heard on 9th April.

Early Learning and Basic Education PS Dr Julius Jwan said they are closely monitoring some schools in Nyanza region urging all schools principals to be keen with their deputies.

Following their arrest yesterday, Education CS George Magoha said the long arm of the Government’s security system will catch up with unscrupulous people who think they can breach the watertight security measures.

“We wish to inform the country that we unearthed a case of an early exposure of some papers during this examination. Under this circumstances, unprofessional examination officials manage to expose the examinations a little earlier than the scheduled time once the papers leave safely from the examinations container. The questions are then shared to the targeted candidates just before the examinations start,” Magoha said.

Source and Image: https://www.kbc.co.ke/4-kcse-invigilators-arrested-for-exam-leakage-arraigned-in-court/

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