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TSC News·1 week ago·3 min read

TSC Reopens the TPAD Portal: What Teachers and Heads Must Finish Now

TSC has briefly reopened its TPAD online system. Teachers with incomplete appraisals can now finish and submit them.

By Carolyn Mwende
KNEC News·1 week ago·3 min read

KJSEA 2026 Marking: Examiners Report on 9 November, With Pay Rates Confirmed

KNEC has begun sending invitations to teachers selected to mark the 2026 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA)

By Benson Wafula
KJSEA Marking: Examiners Report on 9 November, 2026. Pay Rates Confirmed
KNEC News·1 week ago·1 min read

Last Chance for Adults to Sit KCSE: Ministry Urges Enrolment

Adults who want a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) have one examination left under the 8-4-4 system.

By Agnes Kwamboka
KNEC News·1 week ago·1 min read

KCSE 2026: Impersonation Suspect Held in Nakuru, Ogamba Cites 13 Absent Candidates in Nairobi

Man Held in Nakuru for Allegedly Sitting KCSE in Place of a Registered Candidate

By Mutai Kiplagat
KCSE 2026 Updates: Impersonation Arrest, Absent Candidates
Ministry of Education·1 week ago·2 min read

UASU Tells MPs the KSh 20 Billion Lecturers’ CBA Must Be Paid in Full and on Schedule

UASU has told Parliament that the government must immediately and fully implement the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for lecturers and staff at public…

By John Kamau
UASU Secretary General Constantine Wesonga
Ministry of Education·1 week ago·2 min read

Ruto Announces Plan to Manufacture Leather Shoes for 14 Million Students

President William Ruto has announced that Kenya will manufacture leather shoes for all of its school going children.

By Hezron Rooy
President William Ruto
KNEC News·1 week ago·2 min read

KUPPET Raises Concerns Over Delayed, Low Payments for KCSE Examination Duties

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) in Vihiga County says teachers who administer the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)…

By Carolyn Mwende
KUPPET Raises Concerns Over Delayed, Low Payments for KCSE Examination Duties
Ministry of Education·1 week ago·5 min read

KCSE Exam Leaks: Ogamba Warns That Photographed Papers Can Be Traced

Anyone who photographs and shares a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) paper can be identified, and so can the officials who let it happen.

By Benson Wafula
KCSE Exam Leaks: Ogamba Warns That Photographed Papers Can Be Traced
Ministry of Education·1 week ago·4 min read

2027 Co-curricular Activities Calendar: Term 1 and Term 2 Games, Music Festival and Science Fair Dates

2027 school games calendar Kenya: Term 1 school games (Machakos), Kenya Music Festival (Kisii), Kenya Science and Engineering Fair, FEASSA 2027 Kigali, TTC games…

By Hezron Rooy
Julius Migos Ogamba, EBS
Ministry of Education·1 week ago·4 min read

2027 School Calendar Kenya: Term Dates, Half-Terms, Holidays and Exams

2027 School Calendar Kenya: Term Dates, Half-Terms, Holidays and Exams

By Carolyn Mwende
Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Education, Julius Migos Ogamba, EBS
Blog·1 week ago·3 min read

KUPPET demands immediate release of 20,000 deployed JSS teachers from KNUT restraint

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has demanded that more than 20,000 graduate teachers deployed to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) be released…

By Agnes Kwamboka
KUPPET officials addressing a press conference
TSC News·1 week ago·2 min read

Evaleen Mitei Among 5 Shortlisted for TSC CEO Position

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has shortlisted five candidates for the position of Secretary and Chief Executive Officer.

By Mutai Kiplagat
Acting TSC CEO Evaleen Mitei appearing before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education
Announcements·1 week ago·2 min read

KMTC Announces Key Dates, Requirements for December Graduation

The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) will hold its 95th graduation ceremony on Thursday, 3 December 2026, at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nairobi.

By Mercy Akinyi
KMTC, Nairobi Campus
KNEC News·1 week ago·2 min read

2026 KCSE Student Dies Moments After Sitting First Papers in Homa Bay

A 17 year old KCSE candidate in Homa Bay County died on Monday 2 November, soon after sitting her first national examination papers.

By John Kamau
Ministry of Education·1 week ago·3 min read

KCSE 2026: CS Ogamba Warns Phones and Cheating Threaten Exam Credibility

Education CS Julius Migos Ogamba issues a KCSE 2026 exam malpractice warning.

By Hezron Rooy