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Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny
August 20, 2026August 20, 2026
Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project
August 20, 2026
Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?
August 20, 2026
Beyond the degree: How fresh graduates can break the experience paradox in today’s job market
August 20, 2026
Turkana directs vocational institutions to align training with local economic opportunities
August 20, 2026
Understanding compounding learning deficits: The small gaps that become big barriers
August 20, 2026

Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

TSC commissioner nominee Antonina Lentojoni wants teachers to advance professionally without abandoning classroom instruction. Her proposal would recognise teaching expertise alongside the traditional administrative route to career advancement. The debate renews scrutiny of the 2018 Career Progression Guidelines and prolonged teacher stagnation. A fresh debate over the future of teacher promotions has emerged after Teachers…

Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

August 20, 2026

Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

Three learning institutions constructed under the dam project are about 99 per cent complete. The facilities will serve communities affected by the multibillion-shilling water infrastructure project. Solar power systems have been installed to reduce operating costs and provide reliable electricity. The national government plans to operationalise newly constructed schools under the Mwache Multipurpose Dam Project…

Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

August 20, 2026

Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

Yabesh Onwonga questions whether Kenya’s high transition rates are masking serious weaknesses in foundational learning. He argues that moving learners through grades without ensuring mastery of literacy and numeracy amounts to progression without learning. Onwonga calls for regular diagnostic assessments, targeted interventions and greater accountability for actual learning outcomes. Kenya’s education system has perfected the…

Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

Beyond the degree: How fresh graduates can break the experience paradox in today’s job market

Turkana directs vocational institutions to align training with local economic opportunities

Understanding compounding learning deficits: The small gaps that become big barriers

Enock Okong’o: How journalism led me to help a struggling university student — then the demands began

CSOs cry foul over pay: Are they Kenya’s forgotten education heroes?

How schools can run holistic homestretch programmes while preparing for KCSE exams

Egerton’s Parents’ Portal: Universities can no longer hide behind silence

Sossion tells MPs he will defend both TSC and teachers if approved as commissioner

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Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

TSC commissioner nominee Antonina Lentojoni wants teachers to advance professionally without abandoning classroom instruction. Her proposal would recognise teaching expertise alongside the traditional administrative route to career advancement. The debate renews scrutiny of the 2018 Career Progression Guidelines and prolonged teacher stagnation. A fresh debate over the future of teacher promotions has emerged after Teachers…

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Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

August 20, 2026

Three learning institutions constructed under the dam project are about 99 per cent complete. The facilities will serve communities affected by the multibillion-shilling water infrastructure project. Solar power systems have been installed to reduce operating costs and provide reliable electricity. The national government plans to operationalise newly constructed schools under the Mwache Multipurpose Dam Project…

Read More

Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

August 20, 2026

Yabesh Onwonga questions whether Kenya’s high transition rates are masking serious weaknesses in foundational learning. He argues that moving learners through grades without ensuring mastery of literacy and numeracy amounts to progression without learning. Onwonga calls for regular diagnostic assessments, targeted interventions and greater accountability for actual learning outcomes. Kenya’s education system has perfected the…

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Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

Lentojoni pushes for new teacher career pathway as promotion stagnation comes under scrutiny

August 20, 2026August 20, 20269 mins

TSC commissioner nominee Antonina Lentojoni wants teachers to…

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Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

Kwale learners to benefit from three new learning facilities constructed under Mwache Dam project

August 20, 20264 mins

Three learning institutions constructed under the dam project…

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Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

Kenya boasts transition rates while a third of learners can’t read – when will we measure what matters?

August 20, 202613 mins

Yabesh Onwonga questions whether Kenya’s high transition rates…

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Beyond the degree: How fresh graduates can break the experience paradox in today’s job market

Beyond the degree: How fresh graduates can break the experience paradox in today’s job market

August 20, 202613 mins

Hillary Muhalya examines why academic qualifications alone are…

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Turkana directs vocational institutions to align training with local economic opportunities

Turkana directs vocational institutions to align training with local economic opportunities

August 20, 20268 mins

Turkana County wants vocational institutions to equip young…

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Understanding compounding learning deficits: The small gaps that become big barriers

Understanding compounding learning deficits: The small gaps that become big barriers

August 20, 202610 mins

Ashford Kimani explains how seemingly small learning gaps…

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Enock Okong’o: How journalism led me to help a struggling university student — then the demands began

Enock Okong’o: How journalism led me to help a struggling university student — then the demands began

August 20, 20268 mins

Enock Okong’o reflects on how a simple act…

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CSOs cry foul over pay: Are they Kenya’s forgotten education heroes?

CSOs cry foul over pay: Are they Kenya’s forgotten education heroes?

August 20, 2026August 20, 20264 mins

A concerned Kenyan argues that Curriculum Support Officers…

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How schools can run holistic homestretch programmes while preparing for KCSE exams

How schools can run holistic homestretch programmes while preparing for KCSE exams

August 20, 202622 mins

Schools entering the KCSE homestretch require intensive revision…

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Egerton’s Parents’ Portal: Universities can no longer hide behind silence

Egerton’s Parents’ Portal: Universities can no longer hide behind silence

August 20, 20266 mins

Egerton’s Parents’ Portal opens a wider debate about…

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Sossion tells MPs he will defend both TSC and teachers if approved as commissioner

Sossion tells MPs he will defend both TSC and teachers if approved as commissioner

August 20, 202614 mins

Former KNUT boss Wilson Sossion says his union…

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Parliament moves to strengthen borrower protections amid scrutiny of lending practices

Parliament moves to strengthen borrower protections amid scrutiny of lending practices

August 20, 20269 mins

Lawmakers are turning attention to interest rates, loan…

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Before you wave goodbye: Is your child’s school vehicle really safe?

Before you wave goodbye: Is your child’s school vehicle really safe?

August 20, 20268 mins

Third Term reopening will put thousands of learners…

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Why learner safety must come before rigid school timetables as CS Ogamba answers Parliament

Why learner safety must come before rigid school timetables as CS Ogamba answers Parliament

August 20, 202611 mins

CS Julius Ogamba’s appearance before Parliament has renewed…

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Tragedy hits Vokoli Girls as Form Three student dies in night attack

Tragedy hits Vokoli Girls as Form Three student dies in night attack

August 20, 20263 mins

Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding…

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Church leaders call for ceasefire as tensions grip Kisii–Transmara border

Church leaders call for ceasefire as tensions grip Kisii–Transmara border

August 20, 20266 mins

Church leaders and elders are calling for dialogue…

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Court orders UoN To Pay Sh3 million to graduate over last-minute exclusion from graduation list

Court orders UoN To Pay Sh3 million to graduate over last-minute exclusion from graduation list

August 20, 2026August 20, 20266 mins

The High Court has ordered the University of…

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Kivutha Kibwana installed as new ILU Chancellor

Kivutha Kibwana installed as new ILU Chancellor

August 20, 20266 mins

Professor Kivutha Kibwana has taken over as the…

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Kenya’s football sides bow out of FEASSA 2026 as regional rivals battle for glory

Kenya’s football sides bow out of FEASSA 2026 as regional rivals battle for glory

August 20, 20264 mins

All four Kenyan football teams have been eliminated…

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Data protection office orders Mukumu girls board to pay Ksh 300,000 over privacy breach

Data protection office orders Mukumu girls board to pay Ksh 300,000 over privacy breach

August 20, 20267 mins

The ODPC has found Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls’…

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