Principal raising John Osogo High School’s academic bar
John Osogo Boys High School, a lakeside learning institution in Port Victoria, Bunyala sub-county, Busia county, has been posting excellent Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results despite a mountain of challenges.
The school's outstanding...
‘Kenya One’ celebrates stellar results, vows to stay top
Nyambaria High School, a national school in Nyamira County, emerged top in the country in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations hence earning the prestigious name 'Kenya One'.
On Saturday, February...
Untrained teachers, scanty resources cripple JSS weeks after inception
Four weeks into the school term, teachers and students in Junior Secondary School (JSS) in Kenya are still grappling with the lack of proper resources required for successful studies.
Denis Opiyo is one of...
Reminiscing Thogoto, Kenya’s cradle of education
Thogoto, a quiet, cool and moderately populated village in the heart of the Kikuyu area, was not the original name of the village that now boasts tens of learning and other institutions distributed in...
Corporal punishment: Outlawed yet embraced – decoding the dilemma
Recently, posts of video clips and photos have been going viral on social media showing teachers inflicting disastrous corporal punishment on their learners.
The larger audience of concerned stakeholders and the government has criticized this.
Some...
Why government should invest in ECDE teachers, avert proposed pay cut
At least 13,000 Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) teachers are set to face a salary cut of more than half as the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) came up with a new salary...
Otiso, a young journalism student’s early career in media
Consistency and determination are always the key to greater success in life, and as Benjamin Franklin put it, "Energy and persistence conquer all things."
Some of the very successful people have grown through these critical...
Uphold shaving hair and other school rules or is change inevitable?
Unlike in the outside world where, somehow, some rules do not apply, schools, specifically primary and secondary, are centers where young children are groomed on diverse areas, inclusive of character, discipline and the need...
Ties strengthen as Minnesota University team visits Kisii University, environs
Kisii University, located in Kisii County, has continued to enjoy a fruitful partnership with the University of Minnesota for over a decade now.
A recent visit to the University by a team of three from...
Student battling Sickle Cell Anaemia beats odds, scores A in KCSE
Despite going through difficulties during her examinations, Lavendar Awuor beat insurmountable odds and scored an aggregate of A Grade in the recently-released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results of 2022.
Awuor has been battling...
