2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
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Education

Get the latest happenings in the educational institutions from early childhood to tertiary institutions both locally and nationally, also get insights from the ministry of education and other affiliated organizations

Why Nyang’acha is at ease with delocalization, four years on

When the Ministry of Education implemented a policy that delocalized school heads a few years back, some liked it while others did not. The move came at a time when most secondary school principals and...

Testing students for drugs gets more support from stakeholders

"Drug testing will be conducted in selected schools with long standing cases of unrest and destruction of school property," Education CS Prof George Magoha said recently. Prof Magoha said anyone suspected to have taken part...

Court pulls CS Magoha backwards over varsity job

The employment and labor relations court has quashed the appointment of Prof Francis Angawa Okere as the DVC Finance, Administration and Planning at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST). In a...

FEATURE: Manga Girls PAG High School ready to roar

The cool and calm Borabu Constituency in Nyamira County is often referred to by locals as "scheme". I identified a biker at Nyansiongo (Kijauri) bodaboda stage. On our way, the evidently proud rider slowed down...

Uganda reopens schools after two-year lull over Covid-19

Uganda reopened schools on 10th January 2022 after a long closure due to Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020. The country's Education and Sports Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni, unveiled the 2022 school calendar during the 28th...

Natembeya assures safety of North Rift schools

Rift Valley Regional Commissioner (RC) George Natembeya has promised schools facing insecurity challenges in the North Rift that the government shall provide safety for them. Natembeya gave the assurance on Monday during a peace meeting...

Moi Kapsowar Girls High School aims 9.1, Covid-19 notwithstanding

Located in Marakwet West Sub-county within Elgeyo Marakwet County, Moi Kapsowar Girls High School is among the schools which were elevated to national status in 2013. This was after the school posted stellar results in...

Accept whatever parents bring as school fee, Magoha tells School-heads

It has always been a headache when parents face the reality of schools re-opening as the need to pay fee confronts them.  Even though the larger number of parents in Kenya have been willing enough...

Why burning of schools aches stakeholders’ heads

Cases of unrest and arson in Kenyan schools have featured in the books of history for the last two decades. Reports agree that boarding secondary schools are the most affected, painting the larger portion of...

Uganda’s IUEA declared best private university in East Africa

International University of East Africa (IUEA) has been honored as the best private University in East Africa during the 2021 East Africa Brand Quality Awards (EABQA). IUEA is one of Uganda's youngest universities. It commenced operations...