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Canadian couple cycles across Africa to fund youth empowerment and education projects
The couple said bicycles became the natural choice because cycling allows them to experience communities at a slower pace
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Education and Career
Parents push back against proposed Secondary School fee increase
The association says that by the second term of 2026, schools had received only 56 per cent of the funds expected for the year, leaving institutions with a funding gap equivalent to 24 per cent of the annual allocation per learner. The government currently provides Sh22,244 per student each year.
Education and Career
KNEC opens recruitment for 2026 KCSE oral and practical examiners
The recruitment is intended to strengthen the pool of trained assessors responsible for evaluating candidates' performance in practical and oral examinations
Entertainment
Radio Generation's Hanifa Adan among BAKE award winners as Kenya's top creators honoured
Hanifa, who co-hosts Generation Report on Radio Generation, won the Social Issues and Active Citizenship category during the awards.
Education and Career
Ruto urges discipline and community role amid rising school unrest
Speaking on Sunday during the 60th anniversary celebrations of Burieruri Boys High School in Maua, Meru County, President Ruto said recent incidents of unrest in schools across the country should prompt national reflection on the role of parents, teachers and communities in nurturing responsible young people.
Education and Career
Muslim leaders back Ruto’s directive on integrating Duksi, Madrasa into formal education
The Muslim leaders emphasized that the proposal is not a new initiative but one that has been discussed and recommended in various education policies, commissions, and reform reports over several decades.
News
Matatu, chang’aa, bongo flava among 2,000 new Oxford Dictionary entries
Oxford University Press East Africa said the additions are intended to ensure learners have access to language that reflects the realities of today's world, from everyday conversations to developments in technology and business.
Education and Career
Principals push back against plan for common school uniforms
The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (Kessha) said school uniforms are an important part of a school's character and should not be replaced with a standard national design.
Education and Career
Experts link growing school unrest to mental health strain
The Ministry of Health estimates that one in four Kenyans will face a mental health condition in their lifetime.
Education and Career
MPs raise alarm over ethnic imbalance in TVET staff recruitment
The findings pointed to repeated breaches of the rule requiring that no more than one-third of staff in any public institution should come from the same ethnic community.
News
Mombasa shifts to direct school feeding to cut education costs, Governor Nassir says
Nassir said Mombasa county government reached an agreement with education stakeholders to take over the school feeding programme, which directly reduced school fees, noting that the intervention—driven by economies of scale—had lowered the overall burden to about 12,000 shillings in some schools
Education and Career
MPs unlock Sh1.5 billion to pay delayed exam duty allowances for teachers
Earlier, Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairperson Sam Atandi confirmed that the supplementary budget had included funds meant to address the backlog in payments to teachers involved in exam administration.