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Teachers face shrinking take-home pay, heavy deductions and widening pay gaps with other public servants, raising concerns over declining dignity and morale in the profession.
Teacher have protested against the Career Progression Guidelines, which they deem unfair.
The University of Nairobi has finally appointed Prof Ayub N Gitau as its substantive Vice-Chancellor after nearly two years of leadership turmoil.
The government plans to merge primary and junior secondary school funding under a single capitation model as part of reforms to create comprehensive schools under the CBE System.
A growing shortage of cybersecurity professionals with practical skills continues to hit the country despite more than 1,000 young people graduating under the Cyber Shujaa Programme.
Rising cases of missing school children, some ending in death or injury, are raising concerns over learner safety and mental wellbeing.
Under the initiative, refugee learners will undergo a structured learning and assessment programme designed to measure their actual abilities and potential
MPs have raised concerns over delayed funding that could disrupt printing and distribution of Grade 11 and 12 CBC textbooks.
A deadly pattern of recurring school dormitory fires in Kenya, including the latest tragedy at Utumishi Girls, highlights long-standing failures in enforcing safety regulations.
Pressure mounts on the government over the Utumishi Girls fire tragedy as leaders, unions and parents demand accountability over safety failures.
A 2017 government report linked most school unrest to second term exam pressure, warning that many reforms and safety recommendations remain unimplemented.
Billions allocated to absorb 20,000 interns and promote about 30,000 teachers.Free education programme suffers a deficit of more than Sh23 billion.
Teachers, lecturers and students are set for a major windfall in the 2026/2027 financial year after Treasury CS John Mbadi unveiled a record Sh784.5 billion allocation to the education sector.
Despite record education funding, Kenya’s sector faces underfunding, rising university debt, falling enrolment and escalating TVET costs.
Kenya’s teachers face a new promotion system that restores academic qualifications, merges job groups, and introduces a Teacher 9–1 grading structure.
At least 61 teachers in Nyandarua seek transfers over rising Ol Kalou by-election tensions, with Kuppet citing intimidation and safety concerns in schools.
According to official NPCC evaluation records, KICD has maintained a trajectory of institutional excellence over successive Performance Contracting cycles.
Already, 270,715 students have qualified for university placement under government sponsorship, up from 246,391 last year, an increase of 24,324 students.
Teachers and civil servants are set for a salary boost beginning July pay as the government rolls out the latest phase of public sector wage enhancements.
The pay agreement will see civil servants receive a basic salary increase, while the National Government Administration Officers will earn the long-sought security risk allowance.
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