Day: January 26, 2025
KESSHA Advocates for Increased School Capitation Funds
Murang’a: The chairperson of the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA), Mr. Willy Kuria, has called for an upward review of the funds allocated to schools as capitation. Kuria, who spoke to KNA in Murang’a County, highlighted the diminishing value of the annual capitation per student in light of rising costs of school supplies. According to Kenya News Agency, Kuria
National Industrial Training Board Launches 3rd Sector Training Committees
Nairobi: The National Industrial Training Board (NITB) has held its 3rd inauguration ceremony for the new members of the Board’s Sector Training Committees (STCs) which brought together key stakeholders in the agenda to foster collaboration and advance skills development through sector leadership. The Principal Secretary for Labour and Skills Development, Shadrack Mwadime, urged all stakeholders to continually work together towards
A Shift to Competence Training Qualifies Kenyans for Foreign Jobs
Nairobi: The system shift from theory-based to Competence Based Educational Training (CBET) is enabling Technical Vocational Education and Training institutions in Kenya to produce skills needed for international jobs. The Principal of Kaiboi National Polytechnic in Nandi County, Abdi Tiony, emphasized the importance of this shift, stating that Kenya had to align itself with CBET to ensure that its nationals
Government Urged to Retool P1 Teachers to Handle JSS Crisis
Amagoro: The government, through the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), has been urged to retool P1 teachers in the primary section to address the ongoing teacher shortage crisis in junior secondary schools (JSS), which remains a significant hurdle in the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) program. Speaking at Amagoro after the induction of Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) school