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Stakeholders are pushing for solutions to challenges in junior secondary schools, confirmation of intern teachers, and clarity on the transition to senior secondary school.
Details have emerged on a proposal to split Junior School into two in a move that would effectively revert Kenya’s education system to the scrapped 8-4-4 model.
The placement of the first cohort of learners to senior school has exposed deep flaws in the new system, leaving parents frustrated and raising questions about the process.
Parents continue to grapple with frustration in search of a senior school admission slot after it emerged that principals are asking for up to Sh150,000 in kickbacks.
Parents can now report school heads demanding a commitment fee or a bribe to secure a senior school admission, after the Ministry of Education declared such payments unlawful.
The 2025 KCSE results have exposed subjects girls are keeping off in secondary schools.
It has now emerged that thousands of students are increasingly sitting the Form Four national exams while still very young.
Candidates in the 2025 KCSE have posted better scores compared to the previous two years, even as bottom grades declined.
National schools recorded 100 per cent turnout, while sub-county and county schools struggled with low enrolment.
As a result, most schools are yet to commence lessons as they wait for late-reporting learners.
Ministry says the deadline for reporting to school lapsed yesterday.
Principals have also been told to optimise the use of capitation funds, while giving parents and guardians flexibility to settle household contributions without disrupting learning
At least 1,600 secondary schools across the country lack functional laboratories as teaching and learning for the first cohort of Grade 10 students under CBC begins on Monday.
From purchasing school uniforms, paying fees, and even securing admission slots, parents are shouldering an increasing load.
The tightly contested battle features seasoned education administrators and politically connected figures.
Parents nationwide are paying the price for weak education enforcement as rogue school heads continue to flout government rules with impunity.
High Court issued conservatory orders halting the recruitment of TSC CEO following a petition challenging legality of the exercise.
It has now emerged that fees at public TVET Institutions have nearly doubled over the last year.
It has now emerged that at least 87,000 ghost learners were embedded in official education records, exposing deep systemic failures in enrollment data management.
Some 26 public schools were shut but their closure was never reported to the Education Ministry with an audit unearthing 230 schools having 10 or fewer learners still in thefunding portal.
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