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Inside the proposed University Funding Formula Geoffrey Monari, CEO Universities Fund Kenya (UFK).

Universities Fund Kenya (UFK), has come up with a new proposal for universities funding that will ensure equity, transparency and sustainability in apportioning funds.The draft copy of the proposal obtained by Education News has broken down funding into various components which are grants for teaching and learning, research grants, capital grants for development of infrastructure and strategic grants for support of areas deemed to be critical for national development. »» Page 2

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Minimum and Maximum Salary arrears Salary the teachers are supposed receive Minimum and Maximum arrears per to Grade in the Two Phases of the 2017-2021 CBA.

on implementation of the 2017-2021 CBA.

Grade

Min (Ksh)

2019 (CBA Phase Three)

B5 to C1

5,439

Total Ksh Max Total Ksh (Annuall (Ksh) (Annually) y) 65,268 6,799 81,588

C2 to C3

7,289

87,468

C1 to C2

4,047

C3 to C4

6,758

C4 to C5

6,352

C5 to D1

23,071

48,564

9,700

116,400

81,096

318

4,572

76,224

276,852

8,233 9,964

98,796

119,568

20,445 245,340

Min (Ksh)

2020 (CBA Phase Four)

Total Ksh (Annually)

Max (Ksh)

Total Ksh (Annually)

5,443

65,316

6,799

81,588

8,199

98,388

10,249

122,988

7,760 9,154 9,964

93,120

9,700

109,848

1,661

119,568

9,027

15,568 186,816

20,638

116,400 19,932

108,324 247,656

Funding woes jolt TVET online rollout plan Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) were the least Technical and Vocational Educaion and Training (TVET) institutions to embrace online learning after the emergence of Covid-19 .

Margaret Mwakima, PS state department for TVET. Photo/Asa Maina

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he Ministry of Education has released new guidelines on the registration of basic education institutions, 16 months before the pioneer Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) class joins Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) at Grade 7.

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Dr. Mary Gaturu, Director Quality Assurance and Standards

KNQA’s new policy to recognise prior skills

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Finer details of teachers new CBA Nancy Macharia, TSC CEO.

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Schools fire sports managers over cash crunch »» Page 15 NEWS FEATURE

Thogoto: The home to Kenya’s best schools »» Page 32

Obote’s transfer is cancelled after a sendoff party »» Page 17

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It is not gloom and doom for teachers in new CBA “In promotion of family values provided for under Article 45 of the Constitution of Kenya, the Commission shall consider transfer requests for married couples to appropriate stations/locations,” reads the CBA in part.

By Roy Hezron It was not gloom and doom for teachers in the new 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) even without a monetary value in the agreement.

According to the CBA which was signed on July 13, 2021 teachers could have a reason to smile that the contentious delocalization policy has been reconsidered and now married couples have a chance to be re-united with their families.

“In promotion of family values provided for under Article 45 of the Constitution of Kenya, the Commission shall consider transfer requests for married couples to appropriate stations/locations,” reads the CBA in part.

This means that the Commission will transfer couples to schools near each other if they are teachers, hence teachers will no longer suffer from long distance relationships.

However, this will be subject to availability of vacancies in the proposed station, the need for a suitable replacement, need for equitable distribution and optimal utilization of teachers, existing staffing norms, and proof of marriage as per the new 2021-2025 CBA. Delocalization of teaching staff started in January 2018, with massive transfers being witnessed in April and August of the same year.

This saw deterioration of the relationship between the then Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary General Wilson

Sossion and the Commission Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Nancy Macharia over impending massive transfers of head teachers working in their home schools.

Most recently at the stakeholders forum and release of survey results on teacher preparedness on school reopening at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) on July 26, 2021, the Commission CEO stated that they have put on hold all annual transfers.

“On our part as TSC, we have ensured teachers remain stable at their work places by putting on hold annual transfers. Only those transfers that are forced upon us by natural attrition will be effected,” noted Dr. Macharia.

Annual Increment Despite the fact that there were no any increments on the basic salary in the new 2021-2025 CBA, teachers will continue to enjoy annual increments.

“Parties mutually agree that the employer shall continue to pay annual increments to members to compensate them from annual inflation,” reads the CBA document, which was registered in the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) on August 27, 2021.

The annual increment ranges between Sh 3,000 and Sh 10,000 annually depending on the teachers respective Grade and TSC-Scale; for instance Chief Principals who are at Grade D5 T- Scale 15, who head National and Extra County Schools with over 1000 students; effective

TSC Chairman, Jamleck Muturi consulting with CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia during the signing of the teachers’ 20212025 CBA. Photo/Daniel Ogendo.

July 1, 2020, they got a salary increment of up to Sh9, 496; to a current earnings of Sh. 131, 380 on the lowest and Sh.157, 656 per month on the highest.

Disability Guide Allowance up It will be a big win to teachers living with disability after the Disability Guide Allowance was increased by Sh5000 in the new CBA to a flat rate of Sh20,000 across all Grades from B5-D5 and T-Scales 5-15; from the previous Sh 15,000.

“Disability Guide Allowance shall be payable at the rate of Kenya Shillings Twenty Thousand (20, 000) per Month to members who are blind, deaf and those confined to wheelchairs by virtue of their disability,” reads the CBA. Initially, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) effective September 15, 2019 reviewed

the Personal Guide Allowance for Public Officers living with disability to a flat rate of Sh. 20,000 per moth payable as part of the monthly remuneration to the beneficiary (Public Officers Living with Disability) ranging from Deaf, Blind and Physically Disabled-Wheel Chair Users.

Other key benefits On promotion of teachers holding administrative positions and serving in Arid and Semi-arid Land (ASAL) areas, the Commission promised to fast track their promotions.

“The employer shall endeavor to promote members serving in ASAL and hard to staff areas holding administrative positions progressively until they attain grades that are commensurate to their respective positions. Meanwhile, they shall be retained in their current stations/areas until attainment of the substantive

grades,” reads the CBA. Most recently, the request for transfers in these areas for non-locals has been very high notably in Garissa County due to some of the non-local teaching staff being attacked.

The ASAL and hard to staff areas are Baringo County covering sub-counties of Baringo North, Tiaty East, West and Marigat; Garissa County; Homa-Bay County which include Suba and Mbita subcounties.

Isiolo County; Kajiado County with Mashuuru, Loitoktok and Kajiado West sub-counties; Kwale County; Kilifi County with Magarini and Ganze sub-counties; Counties of Lamu, Mandera and Marsabit.

Kitui County with Mumoni, Mutito North and Tseikuru subcounties; Narok County with Narok South and Norok North sub-counties, Counties of Samburu, TaitaTaveta, Tana River, Turkana, Wajir, and West Pokot.

According to the CBA, a member who is injured or dies while and in the course of employment will be compensated as per the provisions of the Work Injury Benefits Act. Female teachers will now enjoy an enhanced maternity leave of 120 days up from the current 90 days with full salary while, Male teachers will now proceed on a 21 days’ paternity leave up from the current 14 days with full salary paid once a year.

The Commission has at the same time offered a pre-adoptive leave for teachers of 45 days with full salary pay from the date of adoption.

Teachers will be promoted continuously basing on the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) and continue to undertake the Professional Teacher Development (PTD) programmes after which they will be awarded with certificates by the commission as evidence of compliance.

Kenyatta University, Riara University, Mount Kenya University and Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI) were selected as institutions to offer the PTD training programmes.

Inside the proposed Universities Funding Framework

By Staff Reporter Universities Fund Kenya (UFK), has come up with a new proposal for universities funding that will ensure equity, transparency and sustainability in apportioning funds.

The draft copy of the proposal obtained by Education News has broken down funding into various components which are grants for teaching and learning, research grants, capital grants for development of infrastructure and strategic grants for support of areas deemed to be critical for national development.

The complimentary parameters proposed for consideration are postgraduate training to enhance the number of quality trainers and researchers in universities, national priority areas to support national priority areas as set from time to time, institutional factor and special needs education.

According to the new model, the base allocation will account for

Sh. 29,335,194,152 .The funds will allow an institution to perform its basic functions such as teaching and learning.

Students enrolment will be used to ensure that cost per student is the same in all universities and the indicators to be used on student enrollment will be programmes and instruction level .

The formula used to tabulate base allocation will be programme clusters that range from cluster 10 to 14, number of students enrolled in each programme cluster and Maximum Differentiated Unit Cost (MDUC) for each of the clusters.

Students placed by Kenya University and College Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) in accredited universities for Bachelors programs will be considered for funding at a proportion of the unit cost of their respective degree programmes as determined by the available financial resources in the Fund in the financial year under consideration. Those placed through alternative pathways will be funded

Geoffrey Monari, CEO Universities Fund Kenya (UFK). at the prevailing rates for the duration of the programme. In 2020 KCSE, 134,960 students out of the 152,540 who qualified for degree programmes were placed by KUCCPS for various courses in universities.

All the 70 public and private universities declared 167,046 vacancies for degree courses.

From the 134,960 candidates, 128,073 candidates were placed in degree programmes and 6,617 to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) programmes.

The draft framework also proposes the parameter of special needs education be allocated Sh. 576 Million of the total budget to specifically support students with special needs in universities.

According to UF, it is assumed that universities have the capacity to train and accommodate students with special needs and that all students living with disabilities can be absorbed into any university and their desired programmes.

UF wants to mitigate on these assumptions by ensuring that students placed under the special needs affirmative action are considered for full government scholarship.

In the placement report of 2020 KCSE, 2,225 applicants benefited under affirmative action which considers criteria for gender, disability and applicants from marginalized regions.

Institutional Factor,has been allocated Sh. 1,350,791,000). Institutional Factor are grants given to universities that are seemingly disadvantaged when funds are distributed according to student numbers.

Postgraduate training has been allocated Sh. 3,456,000,000) while National Priority has been allocated Sh. 7,189,435,064.

The new funding framework will focus on promotion of Centres of Excellence in Universities to enable universities attract more students in their niche areas and to have a complementary relationship amongst universities.

UF also seeks to mitigate the assumptions that universities have the capacity to develop and maintain centres of excellence and that students are aware of the centres of excellence when choosing careers.

Other mitigation measures include promoting established universities to be research universities and universities partnering regionally or continentally

KNQA’s new policy to recognize prior skills in award of certificates “Candidates will apply for and be prepared and counseled to be assessed in Qualifications accredited recommended by the KNQA. They will be required to prepare a profile of themselves and their work and be certified by QAIs (Qualifying Awarding Institutions)”, noted the policy.

By Roy Hezron

Kenya National Qualification Authority (KNQA) has come up with a policy that will see Kenyans who possess knowledge, understanding, skills and competencies in various fields being recognized and awarded certificates. This will see them secure employment just like those with formal education.

The policy titled Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy Framework in Kenya focuses on the outcomes rather than how, when or where the learning occurred. It will see those not in position of reading English or Kiswahili progress through the pathway after recognition and attaining Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in various fields. All persons with acquired skills are eligible to apply for the certification.

The RPL is aligned with the African Continental Qualifications Framework, a concept developed by the African Union with the support of the European Union hence allows for free mobility, meaning that upon recognition and getting the certificate, one can work anywhere in East African countries and within Africa.

Under the new policy, the assessor or moderator gives recommendations in addressing various gaps in skills identified during the assessment.

The pilot policy was launched on May 19, 2021 in an event held virtually and organized by KNQA where Education Cabinet Secretary Prof.

George Magoha was the Chief guest.

The policy will give a person credit for skills and knowledge acquired at school, at work, at home, jua kali sector or through clubs, hobbies and work experience.

“The process acknowledges the skills, knowledge, performance outcomes and learning achieved outside the formal education and training system such as employer-provided training, learning and assessment pathways (Credit Transfer) and informal or experimental learning,” reads the policy in part.

The RPL target group will be people from informal and nonformal sectors who wish to acquire qualifications, upskill their

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credentials or migrate to a different job or increase productivity at the workplace.

The learner centered RPL process will offer clear guidance to those seeking credit by RPL and encourage those with formal and non-formal education to present evidence of their learning.

It will help those seeking recognition gain credits towards a qualification, progress into learning programmes and seeking admission into colleges.

Dr Juma Mukhwana, KNQA CEO.

Under the policy, those seeking recognition will be required to identify their prior learning needs as proof that they match the learning outcomes for the desired qualification, apply for recognition of prior learning through completion of their profile and products in the RPL Management Information System (MIS) and further accept coresponsibility as an equal partner in the RPL process.

“Candidates will apply for and be prepared and counseled to be assessed in Qualifications accredited recommended by the KNQA. They will be required to prepare a profile of themselves and their work and be certified

by QAIs (Qualifying Awarding Institutions)”, noted the policy.

Evidence for Assessment and Portfolio The assessment will be done by assessors of QAIs in collaboration with moderators appointed by QAIs. Submitted evidence shall include interviews or professional conversation, observation and questioning which will include workplace visits, portfolio of work which may include completed assessment items from previous study and uploading of

photos of their products onto the RPL online system.

Other contents in the submitted evidence include supplementary assessment tasks, oral, written or practical challenge tests, assessment where no training is involved, trade tests and authentication of evidence by supervisor or employer.

The evidence shall fall within four years from the date of request of RPL. The portfolio, which is a collection of information and documentation which supports the application and provides evidence of learning, shall contain academic report (s), training certificate(s), contract on applicant exchange, job description (s), Curriculum Vitae and analysis of what has been learned from professional experience.

Other contents include language passport, letters of recommendation where applicable, sample(s) of candidate’s work and products, videos and or photographs of work activities, skill logbooks; details of formal training, records of seminars, conferences and workshops attended, resume and performance appraisals and testimonials from current or previous employers and customers.

To be awarded a qualification on Kenya National Qualification Framework (KNQF), a candidate must accumulate a certain number of credit points where provisionally, one credit point represents 10 notion hours of learning in class, practical lesson or self-study.

In June this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta gave KNQA a 30-day ultimatum to issue a policy framework for recognition of informal-sector skills. The agency was to come up with a comprehensive plan under which youths in the Jua Kali sector can be awarded certificates based on the skills they have acquired at work and without having to seek formal education.

The President said the policy would address the unfairness in the process of awarding tenders for contracts, which often locks out Jua Kali artisans and craftsmen due to lack of papers.

Through the RPL, the government seeks to promote employability, mobility, progression and fair chances in education to the disadvantaged, discouraged and traditionally marginalized groups.

Query raised over State preparedness to create Junior Secondary Schools

By Staff Reporter

The Ministry of Education has released new guidelines on the registration of basic education institutions, 16 months before the pioneer Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) class joins Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) at Grade 7.

The new guidelines prepared by the Ministry’s Director of Quality Assurance and Standards (QAS) Dr. Mary Gaturu are a review of the existing guidelines on registration of basic education institutions that were developed in 2010.

The reviews have been made in line with Basic Education Act of 2013 and Basic Education Curriculum Framework of 2017 at a momentous time when the country is transforming its education and training from 8-4-4 system to 2-6-6-3 system.

The new guidelines will seek to ensure that in densely populated areas, the distance between 2 day primary or secondary schools and 2 boarding primary or secondary schools is not less than 600m.

To establish a new public primary institution in densely populated areas, the nearest existing public primary school should have at least two (2) streams with a minimum population of 480 learners. For a new public secondary school, the nearest existing public secondary school should have attained three streams with a minimum population of 540 learners.

Tuition facilities in Junior Secondary According to the new guidelines, classrooms in JSSs will accommodate a maximum of 45 learners while for learners in Special Schools taking regular curriculum with adaptations, the total number of learners per class shall be a maximum of 12 for Hearing Impaired, 10 Visually Impaired, 20 Physically Impaired, 10 Cerebral Palsy and 5 Mild Autism. Learners with severe disabilities should be between 1 to 5 per class.

The schools will be required to have relevantly equipped science laboratories, workshops, Art and Craft room, libraries ,a computer laboratory, a Home Science room, a language room, a music room and an Agriculture workshop each accommodating a maximum of 45 learners.

One agriculture demonstration plot should measure at least 4metres by 3metres per group of 15 learners.

The schools will also be required to have playgrounds for ball games which include soccer, rugby, netball, handball, hockey, basketball and volleyball; Racket Games which include lawn tennis, badminton, table tennis; and Athletics, whose dimensions may vary at the international level and which will apply in all Physical Education (PE) facilities.

They will also be required to have a games storage room and a water point whereby only one tap will be required to serve only 25 learners.

Other sports facilities like swimming pools and gymnastic rooms will be

optional for schools.

With only 16 months left before the pioneer class of CBC joins JSSs, concerns have been raised concerning whether or not the guidelines set will be followed while setting up the JSSs. The level of preparedness for secondary schools transiting from 8-4-4 has also been questioned.

According to CBC report on Enhancing Access, Relevance, Transition, Equity and Quality for Effective Curriculum Reforms Implementation released by the President early this year, the CBC taskforce recommended that JSSs (Grades 7, 8 and 9) be included in the secondary education level.

This decision was informed by the fact that learners can only deepen their understanding of CBC in JSSs and choose pathways and tracks to follow in Senior Secondary Schools since primary schools lack the human resource and infrastructural capacity to facilitate the expected depth of engagement with the JSS CBC content.

The move to incorporate

Prof. George Magoha.

Education CS.

Grades7-9 at secondary level will also optimize teacher utilization as they will teach at both junior and senior secondary school levels The taskforce also recommended that primary schools with enough infrastructure should be converted to JSSs. Primary schools that are in close proximity and which have few students will also be merged and the vacant primary school converted to a JSS. The incorporation of JSSs into secondary levels will see a 27% increase in the number of secondary school students from 4,381,701 to 6,029,168 as Grade 5 pupils in CBC and class 7 pupils in 8-4-4 system will be joining secondary schools.

Schools will require significant preparation in terms of infrastructure, teacher training and development of teaching and learning content as well as re-assessment for purposes of reregistration.

Already, principals have warned that the current congestion in secondary schools will reach crisis levels unless urgent measures are taken.

Shs 1 billion has been allocated to CBC implementation to train teachers and Shs 4.2 billion has been allocated to improve infrastructure in primary and secondary schools.

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Salary boom for 16,000 teachers who missed CBA According to our arrangement with the TSC, they were to deal with Phase Four first then get into Phase Three. What teachers have received so far is the Phase Four payouts - Oyuu.

By Roy Hezron About 16, 000 teachers who stuck with the giant teachers union, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) while it was going through troubles have a reason to smile after their employer, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) honoured the promise of paying their arrears backdated to two years they missed out in the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

velopment saying about 16, 000 teachers have started receiving their salaries arrears this August .The disbursement has started with Phase Four of the 2017-2021 CBA and phase three will follow thereafter.

He added that the arrears will be backdated two years (2019 and 2020) to the affected teachers who are drawn from Grade C1 to Grade D1.

“According to our arrangement with the TSC, they were to deal with Phase Four first then get into Phase

achievement for teachers.

“It is very true I got the arrears.

TSC have paid that money in arrears, and the amount paid depends on the individuals’ grade,” said Musere, who is also the KNUT Rift Valley Regional Chairman.

KNUT Bomet Branch Executive Secretary Malel Lang’at ,who is also a member of the union’s National Executive Council representing Rift Valley, also confirmed the good news.

“At last KNUT is breathing,

Teachers during a previous KNUT Annual Delegates Conference in Nairobi. Some of these teachers have been rewarded with a payrise File/photo Education News has learnt that the employer has started with Phase Four of the 2017-2021 CBA this August, in an effort to settle the arrears of the teachers whose pay has been backdated to two years to cover phase three and Four (2019 and 2020) of the Sh 54 billion worth of CBA. As a result of this decision, teachers who benefited took home between Sh 81,588 to Sh 247,656 in arrears included in the August this year pay depending on the teacher’s salary points.

For instance, teachers at Grade B5 as at July 1, 2018 and who were supposed to be promoted to C1 were awarded a salary increment of between Sh 65,316 to Sh 81,588 in arrears as per Phase Four of the CBA, while those who benefited at the highest Grade at C5 will receive between Sh 119,568 to Sh 108,324 in arrears.

KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu who spoke to Education News on phone, confirmed the de-

Three. What teachers have received so far is the Phase Four payouts,” said Oyuu.

He added that: “I want to encourage our teachers to be patient and run away from other incitements from any other quarters. Whoever is trying to incite teachers and is not a member of the union and not even a teacher by profession should desist from such behaviour.”

The signing of the new 20212025 CBA on July 13, 2021, which required the union to review its ageold 1968 Recognition Agreement, seems to have thawed relations between the union and the teachers’ employer thus culminating in the unlocking of the payments that had been a source of bad blood between the two institutions.

One of the beneficiaries John Musere, who spoke Education News, said they were excited to receive the arrears this August, adding that the good working relationship reinstated between KNUT and TSC was a great

teachers who remained steadfast in the union are smiling all the way to the bank. All arrears paid. Kudos new KNUT team,” said Lang’at.

According to the new CBA which has now been registered by the Employment and Labour Relation Court (ELRC) on August 27, 2021, KNUT finally agreed that union members will now be promoted in-line with Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) replacing the Scheme of Service (SoS) which was a major source of conflict between the union’s then Secretary General Wilson Sossion and TSC. “To standardize the terms and conditions of service and align the grading structure with the Job Evaluation results of 2016, parties hereby mutually agree to replace the Scheme of Service for Teachers and to formally adopt the provisions of the Career Progression Guidelines as per employer’s Circular No.7 of 2018 dated May 2, 2018,” reads the new 2021-2025 CBA document in part.

At the same time, some of the teachers will also be promoted according to the CPG after they missed out on the opportunity when the rest of their colleagues were moved up during the implementation of the CBA. KNUT members will now enjoy a monthly pay rise of between Sh 8,000 and Sh 15,000 depending on a teacher’s grade which will be backdated to cover the last two years (2019 and 2020) they missed out.

The court case, filed by the TSC marked the beginning of the pay discrepancies and though the ruling on July 12, 2019 by Labour Relations Judge Justice Bryam Ongaya in the ELRC largely favoured KNUT, TSC tactically implemented the verdict in order to disadvantage KNUT members by then.

In a TSC communiqué dated August 2, 2019, the Commission explained the benefits of CPG in teacher promotion, the impact of the court ruling on teacher promotion and implications of the judgment on the Payroll.

According to the Commission, the judgment of the ELRC necessitated preparation of two parallel payrolls within very tight timeliness in order to comply with the Court ruling without disadvantaging teachers who are not KNUT members.

The payroll for teachers who were not members of KNUT factored in the implementation of Phase Three of the CBA which fell due on July 1, 2019 whereby their July payslips reflected the payrise as per the CBA. The payroll for KNUT members didn’t factor in Phase three of the CBA by the time because the Court ordered that their terms be based on the Schemes of Service and not CPG, which to a large extent affected some 103,624 teachers who included Head teachers, Deputy Head teachers and Senior teachers.

This led to KNUT members losing all the benefits embedded in the CPG as an implementation tool for the CBA. In addition, reversal of grades and full recovery of the previously enhanced salaries and allowances since July 1, 2017 was effected by the Commission.In search of a share of promotions and pay rise, the teachers started to move out of KNUT. In July last year, some 47,131 teachers who either belonged to KUPPET or were non-unionised and who were in job group B5 were promoted by the Commission to job group C1 using the TSC’s CPG. However, 32,556 missed out after the Commission’s human resource stated that they fell under the Schemes of Service proposed by KNUT.

Innovators to showcase their talents during Kenya Innovation Week

By Staff Reporter The Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) under its flagship innovation forum, The Kenya Innovation Week (KIW), will seek to showcase the innovativeness of Kenyans under which the national priorities of the Big 4 agenda, vision 2030 and the African Union Agenda 2063 will be advanced.

The innovation forum whose propose dates are December 6-10, 2021 will revolve around four thematic areas which are Skills for Innovation, Tech and Fourth Indus-

Dr. Tonny Omwansa, KeNIA CEO.

trial revolution, Research and Commercialization and the Startup Kenya track. Its running theme is ‘The Innovativeness of Kenyans’ KeNIA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Tonny Omwansa said that the skills for innovation track will explore sharing and disseminating information on how to enhance innovativeness of society through skills development from early childhood to career levels, strongly linking to the country’s Competence Based Curriculum’s (CBC) efforts as a pathway to transformation of societal minds.

He added that the track will try to amplify the focus on learners’ performance of skills and competencies that are observable which forms the basis of CBC. The innovative week will also focus on Commercialization of Innovations as an alternative revenue model for institutions of higher learning which have a growing need to generate alternative revenue to complement the Government allocations.

“Kenyan Institutions of Higher Learning therefore need to develop 2nd generation, robust IP policies which are critical in commercializing research that are produced from the institutions of higher learning,” noted Dr. Omwansa.

He added that Kenia has begun training innovation champions who will aid in maximizing commercialization of institutional research in the country.

This year’s KIW aims at championing relevant policy engagement on innovation within institutions and the country and strengthening the research and commercialization practices for greater socio-economic impact.

It will further aim to showcase innovations by researchers, startups and organizations, promote practical skills necessary to create innovations that truly impact people and societies in a meaningful way.

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Competency in skills training MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT QUALIFICATION DURATION COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES Welding and Fabrication Level 5 D (Plain) 3 Months in College3 Months Industry Mechanical Technology and Maintenance Level 6 C-(Minus) 3 Months in College3 Months Industry KNEC Examined Courses Artisan in Motor vehicle mechanics D- (minus) 1 Year Craft Certificate in Mechanical Engineering plant D (plain) 2 Years option (Module) Craft Certificate in Automotive Engineering (Module) D (plain) 2 Years Diploma in Mechanical Engineering plant option C- (minus) 3 Years (Module) Diploma in Automotive Engineering (Module) C- (minus) 3 Years ICT DEPARTMENT COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES ICT Technologist Level 5 D (Plain) 6 months in college 6 months industry KNEC EXAMINED COURSES Diploma in information communication technology C – (minus) 3 Years (Module) Craft Certificate In Information Communication D (Plain) 2 Years Technology (Module) Computer applications packages formal education Ksh 4,000 AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES Pig Production Level 4 D – (Minus) 3 months in college 3 months in industry Horticulture Nursery Management Level 4 D- (Minus) 3 months in college 3 months in industry KNEC EXAMINED COURSES Diploma in Agriculture (Module) C – (minus) 3 Years Craft certificate in Agriculture (TEP Programme) D (Plain) 2 Years Artisan Certificate in General Agriculture D – (minus) 1 year BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES Office Assistant Level 4 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months industry Front Office Operator Level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months industry Front office level 4 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months industry KNEC EXAMINED COURSES Diploma In Banking And Finance (TEP) C – (minus) 3 Years Diploma Social Work And Community Development C – (minus) 3 Years ( Module) Diploma In Human Resources Management (Module ) C – (minus) 3 Years Diploma In Computerized Secretarial Studies (module C – (Minus) 3 Years ) Certificate In Computerized Secretarial Studies (single D- (Minus) 2 Years & group) Diploma in Supply Chain Management (Procurement) C – (Minus) 3 Years Module Craft Certificate in Social Works & Community D (Plain) 2 Years Development ( TEP) Craft Certificate in Human Resource Management D (Plain) 2 Years (Module) Diploma in Accountancy (TEP) C – (Minus) 3 Years Diploma In Business Management (Module) C – (minus) 3 Years Diploma in Cooperative management (TEP C – (minus) 3 Years Programme) Diploma In Sales And Marketing (Module) C – (minus) 3 Years Craft Certificate in Business Management (Module) D (Plain) 2 Years Craft Certificate in Supplies Chain Management D (Plain) 2 Years (Module) Craft Certificate in Co-Operative Management D (Plain) 2 Years (Module) Craft Certificate in Sales And Marketing (Module) D (Plain) 2 Years Certificate in Clerical operations D (plain) 2 Years ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES Electrical Installation Level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months Industry KNEC Examined Courses Diploma In Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Power C – (minus) 3 Years Option)- (Module) Craft Certificate In Electrical & Electronics Engineering D (Plain) 2 Years (Power Option)- (Module) Artisan Certificate In Electrical Installation (TEP D - (minus) 1 Years Programme) BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES Masonry Level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months Industry Plumbing level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months Industry Masonry Level 4 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months industry Plumbing Level 4 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months industry KNEC EXAMINED COURSES Diploma in Building Construction Technology (Module) C –(Minus) 3 Years Diploma in Civil Engineering (Module) C – Minus 3 Years Diploma in Quantity Survey (Module) C – (Minus) 3 Years Craft Certificate in Building Technology (Module) D (Plain) 2 Years Craft Certificate in Plumbing(TEP) D (Plain) 2 Years Craft Certificate in Land Survey( TEP) D (Plain) 2 years Artisan Certificate in Plumbing D - (Minus) 1 Years Artisan certificate in Masonry D - (Minus) 1 Years HOSPITALITY DEPARTMENT COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CBET) COURSES Hair Dressing and Beauty Therapy Level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months Industry Beauty Therapy Level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months Industry Hair Dressing Level 3 KCSE 3 months in college 3 months Industry KNEC Examined Courses Certificate in Hair Design & Beauty Therapy(Module) KCSE 2 Years Diploma in Food and Beverage production and service C-(Minus) 3 years management Certificate in Food and Beverage production and D (Plain) 2 Years Service Management Artisan in Food & Beverage production and service D- (Minus) 1 Year management Diploma in Catering & Accommodation management C – (Minus) 3 Years` Certificate in Catering & Accommodation D (Plain) 2 Years Management Artisan in Catering & Accommodation Management D- (Plain) 1 Year COURSE NAME

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Mitunguu Technical Training Institute is a leading public TVET institution, registered and licensed by TVET Authority and a centre of excellence in ICT. The institute is located along Mati road, 1.5 Kilometres from Mitunguu market in Mitunguu Ward, Imenti South constituency, Meru County. It is 37 Kilometres from Meru Town, 17kms from Nkubu and currently governed by Board of Governors.

The institute sits on a 52 acre piece of land and boasts of postmodern infrastructure and highly qualified staff.

We offer a wide range of programmes and are open for those wishing to pursue Diploma, Craft, Artisan and CBET courses for the coming September 2021 intake.

COURSE LEVELS Artisan Certificate Diploma Higher National Diploma Degree Master’s Degree PhD Diploma Modular Courses Diploma Module courses are divided into three parts known as modules which, when a student finishes gets a result slip, and a student can take a break and continue the other modules later.

Students must pass one module to move to the next.

Diploma TEP Courses A student takes a Diploma course for the 8 terms, breaking for attachment and finally does the final exam.

Certificate Modular Courses Certicate Module courses are divided into two modules which, when a student finishes the first module gets a result slip, and a student can take a break and continue the other module later.

Student must pass one module to move to the next.

Certicate TEP Courses A student takes a course for the terms specied, breaking for attachment and finally does the final exam.

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COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KAJIADO

RIAT registers all-round growth P. O BOX 11 KAJIADO Email: treasury@kajiado.go.ke

COUNTY TREASURY

PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL KAJIADO COUNTY OWNERS Nairobi University.

Housekeeping, Clothing &RATEABLE textiles At one of their among other courses which are annual meetings, WAIVER geared toward self-employment.

ON INTEREST AND PENALTIES they resolved that an The institute aims at producing LAND RATES AND RENT institution of higher FOR responsible intellectuals as agents learning be started in of change through training with TH BETWEEN: AUGUST TO 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 thePERIOD Lake region.

The a 10 difference by using applied idea was strongly research, quality production andinterest and penalties outstanding has been waived.

Notice is hereby given to all land rate/rent defaulters that a 100% supported by payers the areinnovations which arein full thethecore All rate and rent therefore notified to clear total principal amount due within the waiver period. local community and values of the institute.

Property owners within the areas of adjudication sections defined by the new County Finance Act 2020 are also therequired nationtoatprodive large. details of their Thelandinstitution’s Principal, properties for tabulation and invoicing of their rates.

A taskforce Mrs Maren Omondi, says that the Further Information and Invoices can be obtained from our revenue Sub-County Offices listed below; formed to consider institution is keen on making even 1. proposal Kajiado Billing Office strides as the government 5. Kitengela Billing Office the greater 2. Ngong Billingcontinues Office in more details to emphasize on the need 6. Isinya Billing Office 7. Sultan Hamud Billing Office 3. Rongai recommended thatBillingtoOffice embrace TVET education. a new 4.technology “Our Building and Engineering 8. Oloitokitok Billing Office Kiserian Billing Office oriented institute, courses have become very popular On obtaining an invoice payments are made to KAJIADO COUNTY REVENUE ACCOUNT AT KCB BANK. Ramogi Institute with students. This is mostly The Principal, issued MUST attributed be from thetobank and legal actions shall be taken against any fake slip presented. of NB: SlipsAdvanced the fact that real estate, Mrs Maren Omondi.

Technology building and construction sectors ALAIS KISOTA be established in ANDhave been growing so fast in this The front section of Administration Block.

CECM- TREASURY ECONOMIC PLANNING

By Fredrick Odiero Kisumu.

Ramogi region,’ she explained. Omondi Website: www.kajiado.go.ke Institute of Advance Technology added that the feedback they get amogi Institute opened its doors to the first batch concerning their old students shows of Advanced of 34 students in 1976 in Building that the students have correctly Technology (RIAT) Construction course. aligned themselves to the job has in the recent Currently, the institution boasts market. years established itself as one of of a student population of over She added that the food and the fastest growing Technical and 5,000 and it is set to admit over beverage course is also very popular Vocational Educational Training 1,000 students in this new academic among students even though they (TVET) institutions in the country. calendar. do not have proper restaurants to The idea to establish the Institute RIAT is one of Kenya’s support the lucrative course. They was envisioned by the Luo Students pioneer institutions to offer have, therefore, been forced to League (University of East Africa), diploma courses in Automotive improvise and use tents instead. a social and cultural organisation Engineering, Electrical and The Principal added that in line that represented the past and then Electronics Engineering, Social with the changing environmental students of Makerere University, Work & Community Development, and technological policy trends, University of Dar-es-salaam and plumbing, Catering and the college was the first institution to come up with a green energy concept under the aegis of the RIAT Administration Block. green energy centre.

Omondi observed that the institution also offers courses in fisheries management like aquaculture because it lies in an area where the main economic activity is fishing.

Through the course, residents of the lake region will know how to manage ponds, cages and how to hatch fingerlings. It will also equip farmers with pre and post-harvest

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RIAT Main Gate.

Our Building and Engineering courses have become very popular with students.

This is mostly attributed to the fact that real estate, building and construction sectors have been growing so fast in this region - The Principal.

A section of lecture halls.

One of the vehicles used to train students in driving. techniques.

She says that aquaculture technology is meant to satisfy a growing market for fish and alleviate poverty in rural areas. She added that it is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture in the world because of its profitability.

The Institute is among the ten (10) institutions accredited by Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).

RIAT has partnered with a number of organisation in promotion of green energy amongst them Kenya Renewable Energy Association, Low Emission

Climate Resilient Development Programme (LECRED).

Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology (RIAT) Renewable Energy Center offers short courses in Solar PV installation and solar water heating. Apart from the short course, the center sensitizes the local community through schools, SMEs etc. on the benefits of green energy.

She says the trainings are based on Curriculum Development Assessment and Certificate Council (CDACC) and Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).

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RAMOGI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

P.O. Box 1738-40100, KISUMU, KENYA. Telephone: 0734 251 622 EDUCATION NEWS Email:riatcollege2015@gmail.com Website: ramogiinstitute.ac.ke

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COURSES OFFERED RIAT COURSES 1. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT S/N 1.

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COURSE NAME Artisan Motor Vehicle Mechanics – TEP Artisan Welding & Fabrication – Module I & II Artisan Refrigeration &Air Conditioning Automotive Mechanical Technician (Level 5) Motor Vehicle Mechanics Certificate - Module I & II Diploma in Automotive Engineering - Module I, II & III

COURSE DURATION 2 Years 2 Years 2 Years 6 Terms 1 Year Per Module 1 Year Per Module

INTAKE May/September May/September May/September January May/September May/September

EXAMINATION KNEC KNEC KNEC TVET/CDACC KNEC KNEC

COURSE DURATION 2 Years 2 Years 3 Terms 3 Terms 1 Year Per Module 2 Years 2 Years 1 Year Per Module 3 years 3 Years 3 Years

INTAKE May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/May May/May May/September

EXAMINATION KNEC KNEC TVET/CDACC TVET/CDACC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC

COURSE DURATION 6Terms 2 Year 3 Terms 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module

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EXAMINATION KNEC KNEC TVET/CDACC KNEC KNEC

COURSE DURATION 2 years 2 years 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module

INTAKE May/September May/September May/September May/September

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COURSE NAME Artisan in Plumbing (TEP) Artisan in Masonry (TEP) Masonry(Level 3)-CBET Plumbing(Level 3) Certificate in Building & Construction– Module I & II Land Surveying Craft Certificate/TEP Plumbing Craft Certificate TEP) Diploma in Building & Construction – Module I, II & III Diploma in Land Surveying (TEP) Diploma in Quantity Surveying (TEP) Diploma in Civil Engineering – Module I, II & III

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RIAT staffer demonstrating how the Refrigeration equipment works.

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COURSE NAME Basic/Intermediate Solar PV Training Artisan in Electrical Installation – TEP Electrical Installation (Level 3) Craft Certificate in Electrical & Electronics Technology -Module I & II Diploma in Electrical and Electronics (Power) - Module I & II& III

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COURSE NAME Fisheries Technology (TEP) Certificate in General Agriculture (TEP) Diploma in General Agriculture - Module I, II &III Diploma in Aquaculture (Level 6) – CBET

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FOOD AND BEVERAGE : COURSE NAME Artisan in Food and Beverage (TEP) Food Production Culinary Arts (Level 5) Craft in Food and Beverage Management (Production, Sales & Services) - Module I & II Diploma in Food and Beverage Management (Production & Sales) Module I, II&III

COURSE DURATION 2 years 3 Terms 1 Year Per module

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FASHION DESIGN: COURSE NAME Artisan in Fashion Design (TEP) Fashion Design Technology Level 4 Craft in Fashion Design - Module I & II Diploma in Fashion Design - Module I, II & III

COURSE DURATION 2 years 3 Terms 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module

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COURSE NAME Craft in Social Work and Community Development (TEP) Diploma Social Work and Community Development - Module I & II

COURSE DURATION 2 Years 1 Year Per module

INTAKE May/September May/September

EXAMINATION KNEC KNEC

COURSE DURATION 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 3 Terms

INTAKE May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September May/September January

EXAMINATION KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC KNEC TVET/CDACC

COURSE DURATION 1 Year Per module 1 Year Per module 3 Terms

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COURSE DURATION 1 Year Per module

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One of the ponds used by Fisheries and Aquaculture students.

6. LIBERAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

7. BUSINESS STUDIES DEPARTMENT

Well equipped Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Department.

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COURSE NAME Craft in Secretarial Studies – Module I & II Craft in Business Management – Module I & II Craft in Sales & Marketing – Module I & II Craft in Supply Chain Management – Module I & II Craft in Human Resource Management – Module I & II Diploma in Secretarial Studies – Module I, II & III Diploma in Business Management – Module I, II & III Diploma in Sales & Marketing – Module I, II & III Diploma in Supply Chain Management – Module I, II & III Diploma in Human Resource Management – Module I, II & III Diploma in Entrepreneurship Education – Module I & II Higher National Diploma Entrepreneurship Education Higher National Diploma Human Resource Management (TEP) Supply Chain Level 5

8 .ICT DEPARTMENT

For more details visit our website: www.ramogiinstitue.ac.ke OR Call: 0792970300.

PLEASE APPLY TO:

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Enclose copies of ID Card, Birth Certificate, Academic Certificates (Result Slip/Leaving Certificate).

Include your mobile number in your application letter.

COURSE NAME

Nutrition and Dietetics-Certificate Level

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The Principal Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology, P.O. Box 1738-40100, KISUMU.

COURSE NAME Craft in Information Communication Technology – Module I & II Diploma in Information Communication Technology – Module I, II & III ICT Level 5

PLEASE NOTE:

Mean Grade C- (Minus) and above for all Diploma Courses.

i. Meanii. Grade C- (Minus) and above for allCourses.

Diploma Courses.

Mean Grade D (Plain) and above for all Certificate iii. Grade Mean Grade D- (Minus)and 0r KCPE for Artisan ii. Mean D (Plain) above forCourses. all Certificate Courses. iv. Grade CBET LEVEL iii. Mean D-4 (Minus) 0r KCPE for Artisan Courses. v. CBET LEVEL5 Mean Grade D(PLAIN) iv. CBET LEVEL 4 vi. CBET LEVEL6 C- (Minus) and above . v. CBET Grade D(PLAIN) vii.LEVEL5 The minimumMean entry requirements for certificate in Nutrition and Dietetics are a mean aggregate grade of D (Plain) or its vi. CBET LEVEL6 (Minus) and above . equivalent as Cascertained by the Ministry of Education and KNDI.Mandatory subjects shall be D in English,Biology/Biological Sciences and Chemistry/Physical Sciences.Additional subjects shall bein a DNutrition in the following subjects,Physics,Mathematics,Home vii. The minimum entry requirements for certificate and Dietetics are a mean and General Science.Professional Upgrading Examination shall attract KES 10,000 per subject payable to KNDI aggregateScience,Agriculture grade of D (Plain) or its equivalent as ascertained by the Ministry of Educaviii. Courses are offered on full time. Part-time and school based are offered on request. tion and KNDI.Mandatory subjects shall be D in English,Biology/Biological Sciences and Please apply to: Chemistry/Physical Sciences.Additional subjects shall be a D in the following subjects,P The Principal Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology, hysics,Mathematics,Home Science,Agriculture and General Science.Professional UpgradP.O. Box 1738-40100, KISUMU. ing Examination shall attract KES 10,000 per subject payable to KNDI Enclose copies of ID Card, Birth Certificate, Academic Certificates (Result Slip/Leaving Certificate). viii. Courses are offered on full time. Part-time and school based are offered on request.

Include your mobile number in your application letter.

For more details visit our website www.ramogiinstitue.ac.ke OR Call 0792970300

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Advertising Feature

Nairobi TTI tops tertiary institutions in performance contracting evaluations

By Tindi Kuchio

N

airobi Technical Training Institute has been declared the best performing tertiary institution in Kenya during the 2019/2020 public service performance evaluations.

The evaluations were done by the Public Service Performance Management and Monitoring Unit (PSPMMU) through the Government Performance Contracting Information System (GPCIS) between November and December 2020.

Nairobi TTI led with a composite score of 2.7225.

Kabete National Polytechnic followed at the second position with a composite score of 2.

7756 while Thika Technical Training Institute came third with a composite score of 2. 8230.

Other tertiary institutions in the top ten positions were Mukurwe-ini TTI (2. 8248), Michuki TTI (2. 8333), Karumo TTI (2. 8404), Godoma TTI (2.

8683), Kaiboi TTI (2. 8894), and Siaya Institute of Technology (2.

9679).

Speaking to Education News in her office recently, Nairobi TTI’s Principal, Glory Mutungi attributed the impressive performance to the high level of self-drive, commitment and teamwork spirit among staff members.

She also singled out the leadership of the institution especially the Board of Governors which she described as very supportive, dedicated and focused.

She revealed that her administration had put up a storey tuition block which has nine lecture rooms, two computer laboratories, a workshop and a conference room.

“We have refurbished all the buildings within the institution including tiling all workshops, laboratories and classrooms.

We’ve landscaped and paved the entire college compound including the graduation pavilion using cabro blocks,” added the Principal.

She noted that all the ablution facilities within the institution have also been renovated giving the entire institution a new look right from the main entrance.

The college head noted that her administration had also constructed an electricity powerhouse and installed solar lighting system around the institution.

“We’ve installed a biometric verification device at the main entrance to enable us distinguish staff and students from strangers or visitors. We’ve also mounted

institution.

The availability of the internet has enabled the institution to integrate Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in learning across all departments. It has also enabled students to access library materials even when they are away from college.

Nairobi TTI is a member of Kenya Library Information Service Consortium, a platform that has enabled the trainees and trainers to access reading materials from all over the world.

The institution has automated most of its Glory Mutungi, services ranging from Chief Principal, Nairobi TTI. student application and admission, fees payment Closed Circuit Television and access to examination cameras around the college to results. increase surveillance and enhance Nairobi TTI has for a security,” stated Mutungi. long time been recognized In the last financial year, the as a Centre of Excellence in institution acquired 60 computers Health and Applied Sciences to be used across all departments (Pharmaceutical Technology and an additional 40 laptops and Medical Laboratory which are currently being used by trainers and trainees in the Automotive-Mechatronics Engineering Department.

Since increasing its internet bandwidth from 60 Mbps to 100 Mbps, Wi-Fi is available in each and every corner of the

In September last year, the institute introduced a Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) course in AutomotiveMechatronics Engineering. The new model of training allows students to alternate theory and practical training in the industry to enable them get the much-needed handson experience, skills and exposure to work environment.

Technology).

The Ministry of Education through the State Department for Vocational and Technical Education identified the institution as one of the three Centres of Excellence for Automotive-Mechatronics Engineering.

In September last year, the institute introduced a Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) course in Automotive-Mechatronics Engineering. The new model of training allows students to alternate theory and practical training in the industry to enable them get the much-needed

hands-on experience, skills and exposure to work environment.

According to the college head, the new model (Co-operative training) has seen students learn at the institution for one semester and then proceed to the industry for hands-on experience for another semester. The cycle is expected to keep on alternating until students complete their training.

Mutungi revealed that the new approach to training was part of the far-reaching reforms that had been introduced by the State Department for Vocational and Technical Training in collaboration with GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GmbH (German Society for International Co-operation).

She noted that GIZ supports vocational education and training in the country with the objective of equipping Kenyan youths with appropriate skills to meet the demands of the labour market, especially the private sector.

Mutungi confirmed that the first and second cohorts under the new model at the institution were students pursuing Automotive-

Mechatronics Engineering.

Some of the companies where Nairobi TTI students have proceeded for practical training include; DT Dobie, Stantech Motors Ltd and Simba Corporation Ltd (Mitsubishi).

Others are Farmers Choice, Top Quality Motors Ltd, Daivin Auto Garage Ltd, Capwell Industries Ltd, CMC Motors and Plateau Motors along Mombasa Road.

Plans are underway to bring more companies on board.

The Principal hailed the new model saying it would address the existing gaps between the training offered in TVET institutions and the skills required in the industry.

She revealed that KfW Development Bank of the German Federal Government is supporting Centres of Excellence in Mechatronics Engineering at Nairobi TTI, Thika TTI and Kiambu Institute of Technology (KIST).

“KfW will fund the construction of an AutomotiveMechatronics Complex at Nairobi TTI, Autobody Technology Complex at Thika TTI and Industrial Mechatronics at KIST,” said Mutungi.

KfW has tasked two organisations with Nairobi implementing the above TTI Deputy projects. GIZ takes charge of Principal capacity building for trainers (Academic) Purity K.Mutea and developing the training (right) and Beth curriculum. It is also expected to link the institutions to W.Muriuki industries to enable trainees get (Perfomance practical experience.

Contracting The second organisation, Co-ordinator). is handling The two played NIRAS, infrastructural development a critical role in the above three institutions that saw to ensure that the three ultrathe college modern training workshops emerge the are fully equipped soon after best Tertiary construction.

Institution in The NIRAS group has the country already agreed with the trainers during the and leadership of Nairobi TTI 2019/2020 on the design of the complex Performance and the equipment to be Contracting installed. Construction work evaluations. is set to begin in the next few months.

Nairobi TTI’s new tuition block.

(Module 1) ICT Technician Level 6 (CBET)

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Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology

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Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology

Diploma in Applied Biology (Module 1) S/NO Diploma in Analytical Chemistry (Module 1) Diploma in Food Science Technology 1 and Processing Diploma in Entrepreneurship Development (Module KCSE Mean Grade C- (Minus) (Module 1) 2 Science (Module Diploma in Project Management Diploma in Environmental 1) KCSE Mean Grade C- (Minus) (Module 1) Certificate in Science Laboratory Technology (Module 1) KCSE Mean Grade D (Plain) 3 Certificate in Project Management (Module 1) Certificate in Food Science Technology (Module 1) KCSE Mean Grade D (Plain) Diploma in Community Health Level 6 (CBET) KCSE Mean Grade C(Plain) KCSE Mean Grade C (Plain) with C in English/Kiswahili and C- in Diploma in Health Records Level 6 (CBET) Biology, Maths and Chemistry/Physics

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School where answering a call of nature is a tall order

By Tony Wafula Teachers and pupils of Musa FYM primary school in Webuye East Constituency, Bungoma County are caught between a rock and a hard place as they have to endure humiliation while answering calls of nature. Half of the pupils have also been affected by jigger infestation.

The school also operates without a teacher’s staffroom as teachers use a muddy temporary A teacher conducting a lesson with grade one pupils under a building to serve them.

Kitangala Mutengo, deputy tree. Photo/Tony Wafula head teacher of the school told Service Commission (TSC). said that the ECDE class is using a the press that the school has He said that the school has muddy classroom risking the lives been neglected ,citing lack of co- less staffing making it difficult of pupils and their teachers. operation from parents and support for teachers to serve the large “The ECDE class is in a from the local community. population in the school. pathetic situation, it has a leaking Mutengo said that the school “TSC should consider giving roof and cracked walls which make has a population of over 600 us more teachers, the available ones some teachers scared, forcing them pupils, 4 teachers hired by Board cannot serve the current population to conduct lessons in the open with of Management (BOM) and 9 well,” he said. lower pupil concentration,” he teachers employed by Teachers Currently, the deputy teacher added.

He said that jiggers have affected the concentration of the pupils making them perform poorly. He added that the dilapidated latrines have greatly contributed to the problem besides jigger menace in the school .He asked area MP Alfred Sambu through NG-CDF to help the school build new latrines.

On KCPE performance, Mr Mutengo said that the school posted poor results last year as their first candidate scooped 304 marks with the school mean score of 199.0.

Speaking to Education News during an anti-jigger campaign, Pastor Abel Barasa of Agape Mission of Mercy Musikoma Bungoma said that he decided to focus on Musa FYM primary school to help combat jiggers among affected pupils.

Barasa urged the community around the school to embrace

cleanliness in their homes and ensure that pupils wear shoes while at school.

Dilapidated pit latrines in the school compound.

(Above), (Below) A section of jiggar infestation victims receiving treatment at Musa FYM primary school.

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EDITORIAL TSC payment of arrears to 16,000 KNUT teachers commendable For quite some time relationship between TSC and KNUT had been characterized by hostility and antagonism, so much so that no meaningful dialogue over teachers’ plight could take place. This though has changed with the new leadership at the helm of KNUT led by Secretary General Collins Oyuu who took over from Wilson Sossion.

For a start, besides signing of the new mainly non-monetary CBA, the TSC has announced payment of arrears to 16,000 teachers who are KNUT members who had been excluded from previous CBA awards.

We wish to applaud TSC and KNUT for coming to a ceasefire over the longrunning dispute on the system of promoting teachers. While the previous KNUT team advocated retention of the old Scheme of Service, the TSC on the other hand backed Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for entry requirements into the teaching service. The old system favoured by KNUT recognized experience and qualifications for promotions as opposed to the TSC approach that preferred performance based rating. This clash of opinions spawned a series industrial action by teachers which wasn’t labour relations friendly for the education sector. It is, therefore, reassuring that after three years of confrontations the parties have finally decided to solve disputes amicably. This new relationship has culminated in re-instatement of salaries and allowances to 16,000 teachers affiliated to KNUT who had missed out on promotions arising from the 2017 to 2021 CBA. The recent agreement for 2021 to 2025 has also opened doors to these teachers to get salary arrears of missed promotions going back to 2018. Unlike in the past when cases of strike threats led to unnecessary disruptions, it is exhilarating that parties have committed to come to a round table to thrush out issues for mutual gain.

As a result of the good gesture by the TSC to the unions, KNUT has committed to approach disputes arising in future with some level of civility. This move will minimize unnecessary strikes that disrupt normal teaching and learning in schools and colleges. TSC on its part has promised to listen carefully to grievances of teachers’ unions with regard to welfare of membership to reach agreeable solutions. This, indeed, is sweet news to the teachers and is the spirit expected between government agencies and unions representing government employees. We hope that this spirit is maintained now and in the future.

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OPINIONS & COMMENTARIES

Use group work to get best results in schools

Ability grouping is one way schools can achieve academic success. For things to become hunky-dory, practical strategies should be brought on board.

Candidates can be grouped based on their performances.

A school that is well-staffed should even know teachers who can handle different ilk of students based on abilities.

For in some sense, a staff or a particular department is like a football team. For the team to score and scoop victory, every team member should know whether s/he is a stupendous striker, middle-field star or a deft defender.

In a treasure trove titled Masterclass KCSE Blueprint, the brilliant author, Paul Wanyonyi, recommends four approaches to ability grouping.

1. General Ability Group In this model, the school can come up with streams based on the general academic ability of students in the candidate class. In a class of 150 students, the school can come up with three streams – top, middle and bottom class.

My knowledge of Introduction to Psychology and Psychology of Education points out that this is the best way to take care of individual differences in learners. It can help teachers push the head as they reduce the size of the tail.

Teachers can attest that there is nothing challenging like

Victor Ochieng' teaching people with mixed abilities. That’s why we praise achievers and raise strugglers.

In the whole scheme of things, teachers should be careful on how they introduce ability grouping to students so that they don’t balkanize and antagonize the class based on academic potential. If it is not well-thought-out, the bottom class may decide to engage in self-pity and weld themselves together as a caboodle of foolish candidates.

Teachers should have a riveting rehash of what they learnt in Sociology of Education.

There is a Sociological Theory called Labelling Theory which cautions tutors against labelling a class as weak, sick, average, middle, or bottom. Those who are at home with Selffulfilling prophesies (Golem and Pygmalion Effects) are also cognizant of the fact that this has a far-reaching effect on the psyche and psychology of

learners.

Just like in a family set up, children are not wired the same. Despite belonging to the same parent, some are made of cotton while others are made of silk. Therefore, a wise parent employs different parenting skills and styles. You cannot raise the last born the way you brought up the first born.

Change in climes and times, call for change of tact. After all, the sage said: You cannot use old maps to trace new cities.

2. Subject Ability Groups In this approach, subject teachers group students according to the performance in their subjects. They should go ahead and organize one-on-one incisive conferencing sessions with each group. The end result is that the bottom group should be able to score above a C(minus) in their subjects.

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Academic Villages In this case, students are put together based on their common targets or aspirations. This style can take care of repeaters, prefects and A students. Teachers should be mandated to take care of every village, and to push the group to operate at their ultimate best. Some schools have students who are high achievers who can feature in the top 15 or 100 in national ranking. This calibre of candidates should be pushed and be made to stretch beyond elastic limits lest they become complacent, settle for less and be prone to mediocrity:

being on top of the bottom, or at the bottom of the top.

4. Parenting Groups School can come up with group discussions, which can also act as family units. It entails all students being assigned to teacher-parents to help them set targets. There should be regular meetings to provide direction, focus and keep them on the right track. Candidates should never be left to operate on laissez faire. Teachers’ eternal vigilance and constant monitoring is of supreme importance.

5. Students pairing One of the stupendous strategies we have been sharing with weak candidates is that they should pair up with top achievers. As the high fliers commit themselves to help the struggling students through peer teaching, they attain marvellous mastery of content.

In the long run, this infusion and collation of abilities, legs up the poor performance of average students.

The writer talks to Form 1, 2 & 3 Students on Useful Study Skills. He Talks to Candidates about Content, Retention & Memory Enhancement and Exam Preparation Strategies.

He Trains Teachers on Effective Management of the Candidate Class. vochieng.90@gmail.com.

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Education should be the equalizer for all categories of students “The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior,” notes Marva Collins.

One distinguishing feature about the education system anywhere in the world is that it takes great care of the learning needs and expectations of all categories of students.

The care is found in the rigour and diversity of the curriculum, in the ideas and concepts that students ought to learn or cover from grade to grade within a curriculum.

In adherence to this principle, the Ministry of Education has prescribed a curriculum appreciative of the differences in students’ ability and motivation to learn. More importantly, it has also specified what it calls learning or class hours.

In educational jargon, learning hours refers to the hours of teaching and supervised assessment learners need in order to pass the qualification.

Section 84 of the Basic Education Regulations, 2015 specifies the activities learners should actually be engaged in between 7.15am and 4.45pm from Monday to Friday for all day schools.

The section stipulates that class hours should be between 8.00am and 3.30pm. This is the period the Ministry of Education stipulates as the pe-

riod of classroom time spent teaching students a particular body of knowledge, concepts and skills pertaining to school subjects in the curriculum.

Discounting the time for breaks before and during lunchtime, authorities in the education sector have mutually agreed that the total hours spent teaching students is actually four hours daily in secondary schools and a maximum of 20 hours weekly. Teaching hours in primary schools are less.

A maximum of four hours of teaching is of immense help to students of high ability as well as those of moderate and slow learners alike.

The section also stipulates that there should be no active teaching of students before 8am and after 3.30pm.The period from 3.30 pm to 4.45pm every Monday to Friday has been designated for co-curriculum activities while 5.00 pm to 7.30pm within the same span is for self-directed activities. On Monday to Friday between 7.30pm to 9.30pm is allocated for preps, 9.30pm to 6.00am is for bedtime and 6.00am to 8.00am is for supervised routine activities.

There is logic behind this requirement. Firstly, students have varied intellectual abilities. They also join primary or secondary schools with varying depth and breadth of

Kennedy Buhere knowledge, skills, attitudes, motivations and readiness to learn.

The net effect of these differences in learners is that the school has the moral and professional responsibility to create equal learning opportunities for all students.

This responsibility begins with strict adherence to the stipulated school hours as provided for in section 84 of the Basic Education Regulations, 2015.

Teaching outside the stipulated time means that schools teach more materials in the curriculum than is prescribed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and as approved by the Ministry of Education.

What happens is that the curriculum units that ought to be taught to students for four years in the case of secondary

education curriculum is ‘finished’ six or so months before the stipulated time.

Fast paced syllabus coverage grossly disadvantages moderate and slow learners as they cannot remember curriculum units they learned much earlier to be able to use them to answer questions in national examinations.

All students moving through the course materials more slowly and as envisioned by the Ministry acquire or develop deep knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that are inherently embedded in the content covered.

Concepts are understood and retained in a long-term memory for application, interpretation and for solving problems if and when required. Hurried syllabus coverage means students have little time internalizing the material and, therefore, a lot of very crucial information and concepts are forgotten.

Underlying the prescribed maximum of four hours of teaching is a lot of knowledge about how human beings learn and learn optimally.

KICD and the Ministry take this into account in determining the content and pace of teaching and learning.

The slow-paced coverage of the syllabus actually gives

the high ability students time to enrich their learning experiences by taking up more challenging programmes like reading or indulging in more challenging books, writing, art, drama or other creative skills.

Students who need the teacher most are the moderate and slow learners. Caring administrators organise school programmes with the needs of moderate and slow learners.

High ability students, sometimes called gifted students are able, with little guidance, to educate themselves.

The 19th Century Great Secretary for Education in Massachusetts, Horace Mann, the architect of compulsory education said that education is “a great equalizer of conditions of men: the balance wheel of the social machinery.”

The great equalizer principle of education doesn’t end at getting all children into school but also organises the teaching and learning environment in such a manner that takes care of the different abilities, and needs of all categories of learners.

Kennedy Buhere is a Communications Officer at Ministry of Education. kbuhere@education.go.ke

TVET training is game changer in ensuring youth employment The guiding principles that are considered as major drivers of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector are: access, equity, quality, proficiency, and relevance.

Kenya National Qualification Authority (KNQA) as one of TVET agencies, commemorates World Youth Skills Day that advocates acquisition of skills by the youths. These skills will enhance their ability to make informed life choices .They will also work and empower them to gain access to changing labour markets and viable valuable and inclusive employment opportunities.

With the burgeoning challenge of youth unem-

ployment, it is important that the qualifications, skills, experiences and knowledge that the youth possess are made visible, transferable and acceptable nationally and internationally.

The need to ensure quality and genuine qualifications from local and foreign institutions cannot be over emphasized. Through implementation of the Kenya National Qualifications Framework(KNQF), KNQA ensures that qualifications obtained from learning institutions at all levels are relevant, in tandem with industry needs and that they are globally recognized and competitive. This improves the chances of the youth to obtain job op-

Kelins Randiek portunities both locally and internationally.

The Credit Accumulation and Transfer System (CATS) policy allows for seamless progression and transferability of skills, thus facilitates access to education, mobility and progression of the youth from one level of education to another.

Through implementation

of KNQF, KNQA addresses the past unfair discrimination in education and training opportunities.

Recognition of Prior Learning Policy which is currently being developed jointly by KNQA and other TVET agencies through the Ministry of Education with donor funding from International Labour Organisation will allow for visibility of competencies, skills and knowledge that one may have acquired informally or non-formally.

Despite the existence of the Covid-19 pandemic that has resulted in a major loss of jobs, the youth have shown their resilience by inno-

vatively using their skills and talents to make a living amidst the job losses and increased unemployment.

As a result of the Covid-19 impacts, it’s inevitable that national efforts are expedited to popularise TVET and ensure that those who graduate from TVET institutions secure decent employment focusing on skills and commensurate remuneration so that the youth can afford a reasonable quality life.

Kelins Randiek, is a Communication Officer at Kenya National Qualification Authority (KNQA), Nairobi. She can be reached through email at kelinsrandiek@ gmail.com

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Sanchawa Primary school anxiously waiting to receive books Congratulations for tirelessly working towards assisting children in fulfilling their dreams.

Sanchawa Primary school in Migori County is anxiously waiting to receive books and other benefits from you. Thanks for the concern team.

Neema Harun, Head Teacher Sanchawa primary school, Migori

P1 teachers upgrading to Diploma • Susan Robert: Is TSC number mandatory for P1 teachers upgrading to diploma?

Those who did their examinations have just received their certificates and it will take time to get the TSC number. Will it be possible for us to join without it? Please consider us.

Recruitment of Teachers

• Kipkemoi Betta: TSC should also consider the quality of the academic certificates.

How can you equalize diplomas and B.Ed.? How is it possible to equalize Second class honours, upper and lower? Give someone what he or she deserves.

Concern over low vaccination of teachers • Mugwe Chege: The vaccine is still a problem to some of the health centers near us, so I urge the TSC team in Lamu County to avail the vaccines in schools so as to ease the process.

Queries as retiring heads retained • Wilkista Oduk: Really, Kenya has shortage of teachers. Majority of the teachers are unemployed. Let them retire, promote the Deputies and employ more.

• Tanui Ezra: Teachers should retire when they reach 50 years, but the Commission should retain those who still want to teach after 50 years on contract up to 70 years thereafter, a teacher should retire. There are teachers who have achieved what they wanted at 50 years and just want to retire. Others are still struggling even past 60 years.

And again, the more years a teacher teaches, the more the content they deliver, just like University Lecturers.

School kids appeal for food in Mwingi North • Kioko Kiamba: The government has all the statistics in place.

Something should have been done.

Governors and county commissioners in these counties shouldn’t be sleeping.

• Monica Swamba: Why can’t the leaders from Ukambani come together and come up with a solution concerning food so that these children can get something to eat?

Dear readers: Kindly send your observations or views on topical education matters to editor@educationnews.co.ke. Note that the Editor reserves right to edit your articles for purposes of clarity and precision.

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EDUCATION NEWS FOCUS ON TOP SCHOOLS

Moi Girls Kapcherop sets high academic targets as it gives infrastructure facelift

Students with their bus driver and teachers pose for a group photo beside the school bus.

Mrs Sally Nabori, School Principal.

county status owing to its fast rising population, location and excellent academic performance.

Speaking to Education News in her office, the School Principal, Mrs Sally Nabori said that they are seeking to increase the number of students joining university from 24 in 2020 to 50 in 2021 and attain a mean of 6.0.

The Principal said that with her strong and

By Dennis Bett

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oi Girls High School Kapcherop based in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Marakwet West Sub-county is a school which has grown gradually to become one of the best performing girls schools in the county, cutting a niche both in academics and co-curricular activities.

The school was established in 1997 by the community through AIC Kapcherop with the sole purpose of providing quality education to the girl-child in the area.

The school has put in place an elaborate plan aimed at making it a regional and national academic giant by ensuring it gives a facelift to its entry behaviour and infrastructure.

Plans are already in place by the Ministry of Education to uplift the county school to an extra-

The school’s teaching staff.

Mrs Henrica Wanyonyi, Deputy Principal. professionally qualified teaching staff, they are set to increase extra learning hours through teacher’s heavy presence, early syllabus coverage and exposing candidates to quality revision materials.

“We are happy that our school is greatly rising and we want to make it the pride of the region. The

student population has seen a steady growth to 530 and we are targeting 800 students in the next two years to serve the girls from the entire country. As a way of improving the performance, we try to be closer to the girls through frequent open meetings so as to reach out to their problems and solve them as they arise,” stated the Principal, adding that she also enhances curriculum supervision and ensures that teachers attend all the lessons.

She said the school has a strong student council put in place through a voting process. Students exercise a democratic process which helps mould future leaders as well as ensure students are led by a team they like.

“The student council is a link between students and teachers which assists in handling major issues within the school,” she added.

The school has a welfare kitty run by teachers and education stakeholders where contributions are made to support students and teachers in the event of bereavement.

The Principal noted that the school is a sports hub with presence of all games which include athletics, volleyball, netball, handball, football, basketball and indoor games such as table tennis and badminton as well as drama and music.

She explained that they went up to the regions in athletics and up to the county levels in football, volleyball, handball and netball.

She said the school also participated up to the regions in drama and music festivals.

Mrs Nabori said that the school has made great strides in infrastructure with completion of four classrooms by the Ministry

of Education. The school has Mercy Toroitich working at the renovated the dining hall floor while Co-operative Bank, Edith Kipya a modern ablution blocks are nearing Pharmacist and Bernadette Kemboi completion. a Social Worker. Others are athletes She added that they have who have represented Kenya and completed a dormitory worth Sh2.3 the world in various championships. million hosting 100 girls and bought They include; Sally Kipyego 5000 a Sh1.4 million generator through metres Marathoner based in USA, savings from the fund account.

3000 metres champion Stella Ruto, The visionary Principal revealed 3000m and 5000m Champion that they have plans to put up a Gladys Chesir, 10,000m champion modern administration and tuition Purity Changwony also the winner block at a cost of Sh27 million and a of Standard Chartered Marathon, 200 capacity dormitory worth Sh10 Football star Everlyn Ruto playing million as captured in the school’s for Ulinzi stars, Sharon Chebet 4 year infrastructural blueprint. She athlete at Kenya Navy, 1500m mentioned that the school has two Champion Aurila Cherotich based buses bought by parents and another in Brazil and 3000m Champion one donated by the late Retired Lydia Rotich working for Kenya president Hon Daniel arap Moi. Police among others.

The leader singled out the strong Board of Management (BOM) team led by the Chairman Eng. Philemon Koech which has greatly assisted in motivating the girls as well as lobbying for infrastructural funds.

The school is running incomegenerating activities which include a diary unit and a tea estate which has significantly helped the school cut on costs and lower the amount of school fees paid by parents.

Some of the renowned alumnae who honed their skills at Moi Kapcherop Girls include; Regina Mr John Omega, the Kibor a civil engineer, Lilian Director of Studies (DOS).

Chebet a senior Tutor at KMTC,

Some of the students inside the new classrooms.

A section of students pose for a group photo with their teachers outside their classrooms.

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EDUCATION NEWS

CENTRAL NYERI

Inadequate facilities, drug abuse cited as causes of poor performance

By Asa Maina Drug abuse, child labour and lack of facilities in schools have been cited as the reasons for poor performance of schools in Nyeri in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).

Nyeri county director of education Sabina Aroni said that a keen analysis of the results revealed that sub county day schools performed poorly in the national exams.

Aroni named Kieni West sub-county as one of the areas where child labour is prevalent. Some of the school going children are used to provide human labour in the onions plantations in the area.

She called on teachers, national and county government administrators among other education stakeholders to work with education officials to curb the vice.

She also appealed to vil-

Nyeri County Education Director Sabina Aroni addresing the press.

lagers to notify the relevant authorities for action whenever they spot school children working in the farms when they should be in school.

Aroni also revealed that cases of drug abuse and drug peddling n schools had been on

the rise.

She thanked the county’s department of health for handling the Covid -19 cases that had been reported from schools well and in the process eliminating panic and anxiety among learners and their parents.

She called on the county government officials and teachers to work with the national government to identify children who have not joined secondary schools so that they can be assisted.

“We still have vacancies in sub-county schools,” she said.

Governor Mutahi Kahiga pledged to work with the Ministry of Education to assist learners who haven’t joined secondary schools due to lack of school fees.

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha announced that Nyeri county had achieved over 100% transition to secondary schools.

KIAMBU

Ruiru NG-CDF constructs new school in Githurai

A teacher addresses pupils at Manguo Primary School.

Photo/Felix Njenga

By Felix Njenga

Parents and learners in Githurai, Ruiru sub-county, were all smiles after a new public primary school opened its doors for pupils.

Manguo Primary School in Kiuu ward was constructed by the national government in collaboration with the Ruiru National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF) and has already enrolled some 300 pupils.

The school, which sits on a three-acre piece of land, was meant to decongest the jam-packed Mwiki and Kwa Ng’ethe primary schools within Githurai area.

Speaking to Education News

during the official opening of the school, Ruiru Member of Parliament Simon King’ara noted that schools in the area especially Mwiki primary school are highly congested and grappling with shortage of infrastructure to effectively accommodate learners.

“The school is overstretched to a point where a single classroom accommodates 130 learners. This is against the Ministry of Education guidelines that require a classroom to accommodate 40 pupils. This new school will bring to an end congestion witnessed at Mwiki primary,” he noted.

King’ara said plans to expand the school by adding more classrooms as well as lavato-

ries are underway, noting that they are projecting to enrolover 1500 learners in the institution.

The MP said the school is among the five new schools that have been constructed by the government in Ruiru constituency.

He called on corporates within the sub-county to chip in and offer support to improve the region’s education sector.

King’ara noted with concern that lack of ownership documents for schools have created a leeway for land grabbers, who use fraudulent means to process sham documents, to encroach and to perpetrate their crimes.

“We must protect all public spaces because we wouldn’t have gotten the new school if we had given land grabbers a field day to grab the land,” he added.

Parents who spoke to journalists expressed their delight saying the new project had given Manguo area a new face.

“This place was notorious for chang’aa brewing and all sorts of crimes, but now we are happy that the vices have been wiped out by the authorities. We are happy that a school has been put up to enable our children access education with ease,” said Francis Nderitu, a resident. Mercy Wanjiku, a parent said that the new school will end the agony their children have endured for many years trekking for over five kilometres to nearby schools.

SEP 3 - SEP 18, 2021

MURANG’A

Murang’a TTI bounces to life, admits first students

The first Principal of newly opened Murang’a Technical Training Institute, Robin Wachira.

By Kage Njoroge

Murang’a Technical Training Institute (TTI) has opened its doors to students seeking to enrol for market driven courses which are in demand in workplaces.

The institute’s first principal Robin Wachira said that the institution will offer programmes that are realistic to the job market in a bid to address the growing need for new skills.

He disclosed that they had admitted the first lot of 200 students and that the institution has a capacity to enroll over 2,000 students.

He lauded the national gov-

ernment for heavily investing in the provision of training facilities with modern technologies.

The principal detailed that the institution’s workshops have been supplied with the latest machineries and built with emerging technologies to equip learners with technical skills sought in the market.

“Some of the programmes we offer include diploma in mechanical and automotive engineering, electrical and electronics, civil engineering ,ICT and computerized data secretarial, building technology among others,” he said.

The institute also offers training in business, entrepreneurship, hospitality and institutional management at diploma, certificate and craft grades.

Wachira urged form leavers to apply for courses at the institution pointing out that many students countrywide have shown interest in seeking training at the school located in Maragua town, Murang’a county.

He said their students are legible to access HELB loans and bursaries from various sponsors. The students are offered Shs 30,000 capitation by the government per academic year.

The school faces challenges like low students enrollment, lack of adequate power connection to run the heavy machineries, unreliable water supplies and accommodation issues.

NYERI

Nyeri County achieves over 100% transition to Form One

By Fredrick Odiero

Nyeri County has been lauded for achieving over 100% transition policy.

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha announced that the county recorded 102 percent transition, an indication that schools in the county absorbed even students from neighboring counties.

He hailed government agencies in Mandera, which is considered a hardship area, for attaining 100 percent transition.

The CS added that Nyamira and Bomet counties had also achieved 100 percent transition while Nyandarua, Kisii and Wajir counties achieved 99 percent.

He said the Ministry of Interior and that of Education have worked hard to ensure all children who sat for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams last year are enrolled in form one.

Speaking after flushing out children who failed to report to school in Kisumu, Magoha said he chose to come to Kisumu because its transition rate is low. He attributed the low transition to the slums in the city which harbor bright but needy students.

Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof. George Magoha.

Magoha directed that two girls with over 350 marks in KCPE be admitted at Kisumu Girls High School for their secondary education and a boy with 299 marks be admitted at Kisumu Boys High School.

He said the mop up exercise will continue after schools reopen after the half term break since all form ones must report to school.

The CS said the exercise is a concerted effort among government officials to fulfill the government’s directive on secondary education.

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EDUCATION NEWS

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FOCUS ON TOP SCHOOLS

Hobunaka Boys celebrates good KCSE results

School Principal, Mr William Sunguti.

By Shichangi Richard Students, teachers and the community around Hobunaka Boys High School took to the streets after the release of last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results to celebrate their excellent performance.

The school attained a mean score of 4.6 up from 4.2 in 2019 and one of the students scored the coveted A plain grade.

Master Brian Omuyindi defied odds to score the coveted grade and in doing so, broke the spell the school had endured for the last fifteen years.

Speaking to Education News, the School Principal, Mr William Sunguti expressed his pride in the boys and the entire teaching staff for the work they

had done.

Sunguti said that from the 213 candidates who sat the exams, 30 managed to get direct entry into universities.

He added that their current target is to achieve a mean score of 6 and to increase the number of quality grades to more than fifty.

The Principal observed that the school community is working hard to ensure that the it remains a force to reckon with in academic matters not only in Luanda subcounty but also in Vihiga county at large.

He reiterated that they had all it takes to emerge among the best and in doing so, exploit their full academic potential.

The school is sponsored by the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG) church. It was elevated to an extra county school and currently, it has a student population of more

his deputy John Bureza and the entire teaching and support staff for their support towards the school’s projects.

He expressed hope that with all the support the school has, it will continue shining academically and churning out boys who are holistically prepared.

New Twin Dormitory. than 900 boys.

The six streamed school has improved on its infrastructure by putting up twin dormitories, building 14 modern toilets, putting terrazzos in all classes and reroofing the school. It has also constructed 15 unit toilet

Boys Dormitories.

for the teachers.

Sunguti expressed his gratitude to the school’s Board of Management (BOM) led by the chair, Dr Rev Anthony Keyakisa and his Parents Association (PA) counterpart Obed Olenja. He also thanked

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The Principal observed that the school community is working hard to ensure that the it remains a force to reckon with in academic matters not only in Luanda subcounty but also in Vihiga county at large.

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Schools suspend sports teams due to cash crunch Africa Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES-Kenya), a society supporting the education of children from vulnerable households, welcomed the move to reduce fees saying parents are enjoying the spillover effect of a sport-less academic calendar.

By Douglas Dindi Scores of students on sports scholarships and sports managers have been pushed out of institutions due to budgetary constraints experienced in schools because of the government’s move to slash school fees.

Investigations by Education News reveal that majority of the students who heavily relied on their talents in sports so as to remain relevant in schools have been forced to drop out of school because of no school fees.

It is alleged that another reason for their departure from schools is because currently, there are no sporting activities in schools Kakamega School let go of its soccer coach and school janitor Mike Otieno. The

school also scrapped all sports activities, turned the school gym into a staff room and put some non-performing students on notice of expulsion if they didn’t improve academically.

St. Peters Mumias Boys Secondary School has disbanded the school’s sports team mainly made up of students on sports scholarship.

Musingu high school has reportedly asked players to pay fees so as to remain in school.

The School Principal Bernard Toili said schools cannot sustain the students in boarding after the reduction of fees by the government.

St Peter's Mumias Principal Cosmos Nabungolo said that the reduction of the academic calendar to 30 weeks gave no space for sporting activities.

"Sports scholarships were funded by activity funds paid

Gedion Liyayi, Kakamega County KNUT Secretary

by students. Scholarships were bound to be affected with the reduction of fees,"said Nabungolo.

The disruption of the education calendar by the

Covid-19 pandemic and the government’s push to normalize the academic calendar by December next year precipitated the need to scrap co-curricular activities, reduce learning time as well as reduce fees in public boarding secondary schools.

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha announced that fees in national schools would reduce to Sh45, 000 from Sh53,554 while extra county and county schools will charge Sh35, 000 from Sh40, 000. Fees in schools with special needs will reduce from Sh32,600 to Sh10,680.

Africa Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCESKenya), a society supporting the education of children from vulnerable households, welcomed the move to reduce fees saying parents are enjoying the spillover effect of a sport-

less academic calendar.

ACCES-Kenya programme officer Anthony Mutevani said the reduced weeks in the new academic calendar was largely spent on talent development, organising interschool competition, educational tours and excursions making parents incur huge costs.

Kakamega county Kenya National Union of Teachers' (KNUT) secretary Archadius Liyayi said it was obvious reduced fees would create a funds deficit and weigh down operations in the institutions.

"What is the rationale of reducing fees? Fees guidelines for public secondary schools have not been reviewed for close to a decade despite numerous calls. Prices of goods and services, which determine fees, have increased threefold over the period," he charged.

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EDUCATION NEWS

COAST Taita Taveta requires 500 teachers to curb shortage

40 students awarded Imarika Foundation scholarships He also said the foundation has a health education programme to mentor school girls on reproductive health to enable them avoid early pregnancies.

Angore revealed that the foundation also sponsors youths for short term courses in Technical and Vocational Training Centres to enable them acquire skills and be self-reliant in the future He appealed to Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs), well-wishers, charitable organisations and individuals to help needy students get education.

The Chief Guest, Imarika Sacco Limited Board of directors Chairman, Mr Renson Ndoro urged all the beneficiaries of the scholarship to concentrate on their studies so as to realize their education dreams. He further advised them to maintain high standards of discipline.

“The foundation will provide scholarships to needy students subject to availability of adequate funds”, Mr. Ndoro added.

He noted that the country’s rapid development needed educated people who will be charged with the responsibility of planning, designing and implementing community development projects.

By Tsozungu Kombe Mr Shadrack Mutungi, Taita Taveta County Secretary.

By Our Reporter At least 500 secondary school teachers are required in Taita Taveta county to end understaffing in the region, Education News has reliably learnt.

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Taita Taveta branch Executive Secretary, Mr Shadrack Mutungi said teacher shortage in the county has affected smooth teaching in schools.

He urged the government to recruit more teachers in the country and deploy them to the region so as to enhance effective teaching and learning.

He also asked the government to put up modern infrastructure in schools to ensure that social distance in schools is adhered to.

He urged education stakeholders to co-operate fully by ensuring that they make available the necessary learning facilities.

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TAITA TAVETA

Imarika Sacco Limited through Imarika Foundation has disbursed Sh909,877 to 40 bright but needy students in secondary schools.

The money is meant to cater for their first term of the 2021 academic calendar.

Through its first education scholarship programme, the foundation identified 28 bright but needy students drawn from all the coastal counties. The second education scholarship programme identified 12 additional students who scored 350 marks and above in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE).

Speaking during the scholarships disbursement event at Imarika Sacco conference hall in Kilifi town, Imarika Foundation Executive Director Peter Angore said 900 students applied for scholarships in July, but the foundation could not approve all the applications due to financial constraints.

He said the foundation will spend Sh2.4 million this year for bursaries for 40 bright but needy secondary school students.

He urged the students who are currently being sponsored by Imarika Foundation to put more effort in studies to score C+ and above every term.

The Executive director added that students who will score below C+ three times will automatically be disqualified from the education scholarship programme.

Leaders urged to mobilize resources for schools

By Tsozungu Kombe

By Our Reporter

Adult education stakeholders in Kwale county have been asked to co-operate fully and enrol illiterate people in the literacy centres in a bid to raise education levels in the region.

Kwale county Director of Adult education David Thengele said the government has put in place strategic plans to revive all dormant literacy centres in the county in order to bring adult education services closer to the local communities.

He advised adult education teachers in the county to attend public meetings organised by the provincial administration officials to publicize the adult education programmes to the county residents.

He revealed that the enrolment of adult learners could be increased through providing reading materials which are suitable for them.

The director urged teachers to encourage their learners to always read Kiswahili and English publications like Taifa Leo and English newspapers among others.

He also urged them to be dedicated to their work in order to make the Adult Education pogrammes a success in the region.

Leaders in Lamu County have been asked to cooperate fully and provide essential physical learning facilities in schools to improve academic standards in the region.

Speaking from Lamu town recently, Lamu county Director of Education, Mr Joshua Kaaga lamented that many schools in the region still lack physical learning facilities thus forcing pupils to learn under unhealthy environment.

He said urgent steps should be taken by education stakeholders in the county to equip schools with the necessary learning facilities to enable pupils and students learn under conducive environment.

He also decried the high consumption rate of illicit drugs among school children in the county and urged stakeholders to work as a team to address the prevailing situation.

He warned students against engaging in drug

David Thengele said the government has put in place strategic plans to revive all dormant literacy centres in the county in order to bring adult education services closer to the local communities.

By Tsozungu Kombe Education stakeholders in Coast region have been urged to put strategic plans in place to improve both academic standards and national examinations performance in the region.

Speaking to Education News from her office in Mombasa town recently, Coast regional Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Director, Mrs Victoria M. Muoka said that although schools in the region have been showing determination towards improving their performances in national exams, there was still room for improvement.

She further said that drastic measures should be taken urgently to improve the performance of schools in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.

She asked teachers, students, parents and other education stakeholders to redouble their efforts so as to raise the education stan-

LAMU

KWALE

Adults urged to enrol in literacy classes

Students currently being sponsored by Imarika Foundation should put more effort in studies in order score C+ and above every term.- Peter Angore

Improve performance in exams, Director urges schools

abuse saying they will be regarded as criminals and be charged like other offenders.

Mr Kaaga urged parents to counsel and guide their school children so that they maintain high standards of discipline both in school and at home.

He asked head teachers in the area to ensure that syllabuses are covered in good time.

dard in the region.

“High education standards can only be achieved if all education stakeholders are fully involved in the execution of various education plans’, the director explained.

Mrs. Muoka appealed to parents to assist teachers in instilling discipline among their school children, adding that discipline is a key factor towards success.

She urged teachers to ensure that syllabus in schools is covered in good time to pave way for thorough revision in all subjects.

TANA RIVER

Construction workers blamed for rising teen pregnancies

By Amoto Ndiewo

Joshua Kaaga, Lamu County Director of Education.

Victoria Muoka, Coast Regional TSC Director.

appealed to them to uphold good behaviour because it is a social obligation.

Sheikh Omar Kolombo in Mororo blamed the youth for engaging in early sex, noting that it is against the Muslim and traditional teachings.

A section of Wailuwana Council of Elders has blamed some construction workers for the rising cases of teenage pregnancies in Madogo Division, Tana River County.

Led by Hayu Babisani, the regional community king, the elders claimed that construction workers are the main agents of the vice in Madogo and Mororo townships.

They said the young men have ready cash which they use to entice innocent girls who fall into their sexual dragnet.

Hayu added that besides early pregnancies and venereal diseases, the sexual encounters can result in being Covid-19 master spreader in the townships and even villagers.

He added that the young girls ought to be Hayu Babisani of taught by their parents to Wailuwana community. avoid bad company. He

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Confusion as Obote’s transfer is cancelled after a sendoff party

T

he news about the transfer of our principal Obote to a neighbouring school was received with mixed reactions by the school community. However, majority of the teaching and non-teaching staff were unhappy about the transfer.

Despite his few weaknesses such as having a quick temper and being impatient, Obote is a good person who blended well with the school community. He had also managed to keep an impeccable record free of corruption and mismanagement of school resources.

Be that as it may, we arranged a fitting farewell party to Obote.

Napoleon, my agriculture teacher, was as mean as he has always been.

He insisted that instead of raising money to buy a goat, we should make do with a pig from the school farm.

“We don’t have to raise funds to buy a goat when we can slaughter one of the noisy pigs in our farm or slaughter three or four

chicken for the same purpose” Napoleon had suggested rather indifferently.

I reminded him that some of our staff members were Muslims and would not be comfortable eating pork since it’s against their religious beliefs.

“Mwalimu Ali Makonde is a Muslim and does not eat pork. We have to settle for something that will be palatable to all of us,” I insisted.

After scratching his somewhat disturbed head, he agreed with me.

By Pascal Mwandambo

We managed to raise Kshs 7,000 for a healthy goat and a further Kshs 20,000 for other items.

Marashi, the teacher of English was very excited about the idea of cooking since she is as good in that field as she is in the field of eating.

Without seeking Napoleon’s approval we invaded the school farm and harvested tomatoes, kales and onions. In any case, these are school property and he is just a custodian of the same by virtue of the fact that his field of study matches that obligation.

After slaughtering the goat, Napoleon collected the tripe hooves and the head claiming that he was taking the stuff to his dogs though it’s an open secret that he doesn’t keep any kind of canine. Your guess is as good as mine as to who the dogs being referred to was.

Obote was sitting there smiling sheepishly and saying very little. When Napoleon suggested that we include beer in the drinks category, Obote suggested that we should just dine and

leave for our homes as sober as judges, a statement Marashi seconded.

When all was done and the party animals were belching with satisfaction, Napoleon collected his booty, meaning food for his “dogs” and left.

Later in the evening, he called me when I was just emerging from taking a “bottom up shower”. For those not familiar with the hustler narrative, “a bottom up shower” means bathing with a basin or bucket.

“There are rumours that Obote’s transfer has been cancelled” Napoleon belched from the other end of the telephone.

“Could this have been a hoax of sorts?” I asked him.

“The government works in strange ways. Probably the teacher who was to replace him has been assigned to another school,” said Napoleon and his phone went off, most likely due to airtime depletion.

I didn’t feel like calling him back since his message had been delivered.

“Let’s wait and see, “I said to myself.

Teachers unhappy with health service provider

By Moses Nthurima While KUPPET has consistently decried the inefficiencies in the teachers’ medical scheme administered by Minet, a survey by the Teachers Service Commission has finally revealed the huge disappointment users feel about the services on offer.

Ahead of the full re-opening of schools last month, TSC conducted a survey to establish the level of teachers’ preparedness for the resumption of learning after a year of school closures. The survey report, Teacher Preparedness for Term 1, 2021-2022 School Opening, indicates that only 39 percent of those polled had benefitted from the health scheme.

60% of the teachers polled decried poor customer service, 29 % complained of health facilities being located far from them while 7% felt the money assured to them was too low. Others complained of lack of drugs and medical personnel in the facilities they visited.

The report didn’t cover the long pre authorization period demanded

by Minet, which has seen many

teachers succumb to their illnesses KUPPET welcomes Dr. Machwhile waiting for approval of their aria’s awareness of the untenable hospitalization at the participating situation regarding the teachers’ health centres. cover. We stand ready to play our Other challenges not mentioned part in ensuring a speedy improvewere the lack of chronic disease management, hospitalization for therapy, or the constant push and pull between Minet and NHIF in offsetting bills for surgeries. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) services are also very poor in ill-equipped Minet facilities.

Coupled with these is the undignified treatment teachers face upon discharge from Minet care.

More often than not, Minet takes very long periods to authorize payments, forcing unions to intervene before patients are released to go home.

During the launch of the report at the KICD on 26 July 2021, Moses Nthurima, KUPPET the TSC Secretary, Dr Nancy Deputy Secretary-General.

Macharia, was so irked by the findings that she threatened to revisit the contract with Minet unless ment of the services. the shortcomings were addressed It would be recalled that, at to TSC’s satisfaction. As to be ex- the inception of the scheme, our pected, Minet passed the buck from union strongly rejected the manthe scheme administrator to third ner in which the whole enterprise party service providers: the health was conceived. For instance, we providers. were against TSC’s unilateral with-

drawal of medical allowances from the teachers’ pay-slips. The process was marred by lack of teachers’ participation, a constitutional imperative that would have otherwise imperiled the entire scheme were it put into strict proof.

When the commission ignored our input, we moved to Court and obtained a judgement against the implementation of deductions for teachers under KUPPET membership. Vide Petition No. 49 of 2015, KUPPET Vs TSC and Another, it was held that the right to fair labour practice, right to freedom of association, the right to property and fair administrative action for the employees, had been violated.

Since the violations of rights protected under the Bill of Rights is an outright disregard to what is fundamental and protected, the contract between Minet and TSC was declared null and void.

The historical foundation of the scheme is water under the bridge but Minet’s failure to honour its promises under the contract calls for an urgent review of the scheme.

For instance, the limitless outpatient services in the wording of the contract has become a cropper.

Teachers are allowed only a number of visits per week, while outpatient services have countless caps.

TSC is bound to work with KUPPET in addressing the plight of teachers who are being deprived services they legitimately expect under the contract.

The scheme is founded under Section 34 of Employment Act 2007, which obligates employers across the board to take responsibility of the healthcare needs of their workers.

Under the ILO Convention No. C130 of 1969, reference is made to Medical Care and Sickness Benefits, within which the scope and the extent of coverage is addressed in terms of beneficiaries. Since Kenya has domesticated international conventions and treaties through Article 2 of the Constitution 2010, the ILO Conventions are part and parcel of Kenyan law, hence the critical importance of the said Convention in addressing the shortcomings of the scheme.

The writer is the Deputy Secretary General of KUPPET

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By Boniface Mulu Kitui County Adult and Continuing Education Office has registered 91 candidates for this year’s Kenya’s Teacher Certificate of Adult Education (TCAE) examination.

Kitui County Adult and Continuing Education Officer (CACEO), Stanley M. Kihara disclosed that they are 71 female and 20 male.

Kitui County Adult and Continuing Education Office is the TCAE examination’s centre for six counties namely Kitui, Garis- Kitui County Adult and Continusa, Machakos, Wajir, Mandera and ing Education Officer Stanley M. Kihara speaking at a past event.

Makueni.

Kihara disclosed that from Photo/Boniface Mulu the registered candidates, 57 were from Kitui County, 25 from Makueni Education Officers (SCACEOs) and County and 3 from Machakos Coun- nine community learning resource centres. ty.

The adult education programme He revealed that last year they had 39 candidates and this year’s was started in Kenya by the governrise in the registration is as a result of ment in 1978. more sensitization through the media, advocacy and seminars among This year’s rise in the others.

Kihara said Kitui has a total of registration is as a result 5,258 adult learners, 198 instructors, of more sensitization 29 self-help volunteers and that the through the media, county’s current number of the basic advocacy and seminars literacy learners is 3,256.

- Kihara Kitui County has a total of 18 Sub-County Adult and Continuing

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Alarm raised over school dropouts, drug abuse among students

Kiambere MCA Lenny Masters Mwaniki speaks during an academic motivational talk for students from the ward held at Mutuobare secondary school. Photo/Kamundia Muriithi.

By Kamundia Muriithi Education stakeholders in Embu County have raised concern about the many cases of children dropping out of school due to poverty and opting to seek a living through casual works.

The students engage in either sand harvesting, muguka farming or in tea plucking and some of them use the money to indulge in alcohol and drugs and substance abuse.

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Academicians and leaders from the region have raised concern that drug usage has led to poor performance in schools.

Speaking at a motivational event in Kiambere ward, the academicians called for joint efforts in addressing the loopholes that caused such vices.

Former Alliance High School Principal David Kariuki, who is also the County Executive Committee Member for public service in Embu County Government, blamed some parents for failing to take the education of their children seriously by failing to pay school fees.

Kiambere Member of County Assembly Lenny Masters Mwaniki said that there is need to put more emphasis in education so that students can fit the current world after they leave school.

Mwaniki noted that some of the laws enacted in the past needed to be reviewed so as to strengthen the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).

Mwaniki, who is also the Embu County Assembly Leader of Minority pleaded with school heads from his ward not to send orphaned students home for lack of school fees.

He issued a cheque of Sh700, 000 to orphaned students from his ward.

Kenya National Union of Teachers [KNUT] secretary general in Mbeere South Dickson Murunguma urged students to focus on education and refrain from using drugs.

MP sponsors university dropout, offers her a job

By John Majau Kestin Gaicugu , a second year university dropout, has a reason to smile after a legislator promised to pay her fees and also offer her a temporary job in his office.

Gaicugi dropped out of college due to the financial problems she encountered when she was meant to proceed for industrial attachment in Murang’a earlier this year.

Determined to go back to class, she decided to work

in a quarry at Kianthang’a as a casual labourer despite the dangers in such places.

While at the quarry recently, Gaicugi received visitors from Kamashinani foundation.

South Imenti Member of Parliament (MP) Kathuri Murungi who is also the founder of the foundation offered to fund Gaicugi in her quest for education that was cut short six months ago.

The foundation has been assisting vulnerable people in the society and funding

Kathuri Murungi, Imenti south Mp learners from poor families and paying hospital bills for the vulnerable.

“Kamashinani foundation will support her in the pursuit of her dreams.

Welcome to the warm Kamashinani family Gaicugi,” said Kathuri.

The girl hails from Nkumbo village in Mitunguu ward, South Imenti Constituency in Meru County. She is a student at Technical University in Mombasa pursuing a degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences.

Kestin Gaicugi with the Kamashinani Foundation members at her home in Mitunguu in South Imenti constituency, Meru County. Photo/John Majau

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KUPPET asks TSC to encourage voluntary teacher vaccination Kioko Mutia, Kitui County Kenya Union of Post Primary ducation Teachers(KUPPET) executive secretary.

Joseph Ngwava Musyimi, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Nzaui branch executive secretary. Photos/Lydia Ngoolo

By Lydia Ngoolo Kitui County Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) executive secretary Kioko Mutia has called upon Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to encourage voluntary Covid-19 vaccination amongst teachers.

Mutia added that TSC should not threaten teachers.

The head of civil service had recently issued an ultimatum to all civil servants

warning them of dire consequences if they don’t get vaccinated.

TSC boss Nancy Macharia had earlier on decried the low uptake of vaccines by teachers.

Mutia called upon teachers to take the jab for their own good since dealing with learners who might be asymptomatic might endanger their lives.

He also urged school children to observe Covid-19 protocols.

"Take care of your chil-

dren by guiding and counseling them, providing for their needs, reminding them to work hard and assigning them duties at home, " Mutia told parents.

His sentiments were echoed by KNUT Nzaui branch executive secretary Joseph Ngwava Musyimi.

Musyimi also expressed concern about lactating mothers and pregnant women who were confused about whether or not they should take the vaccine.

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TVET agenda comes alive at the Kisii National Polytechnic International Conference

By Edward Ombati

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ducation Cabinet Secretary Prof.

George Magoha has termed the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions as key components in ensuring the country’s industrial revolution.

Magoha said TVET institutions have a crucial role to play in ensuring their students have relevant skills and that they can be job creators and not job seekers in the future.

The Cabinet Secretary was speaking at the Kisii National Polytechnic where he presided over the inaugural International Interdisciplinary Research Conference whose theme was ‘Establishing a Unified Foundation for Sustainable Development.’

“Technical and Vocational

Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof. George Magoha (left) receives a soapstone carving gift from Kisii Polytechnic Council Board Chairman, Prof. Kisilu Kitainge at the institution during the Inaugural International Interdisciplinary Research Conference.

Kisii National Polythenic Principal David Mwangi addresses participants during the Inaugural International Interdisciplinary Research Conference.

Education and Training institutions across the country have a key role of coming up with students who are ready to create employment opportunities and not those who keep their academic certificates at home waiting to be employed,” said Magoha.

The Cabinet Secretary said the adoption of industrial culture in public universities and TVET institutions was inevitable in ensuring the country gains a

foothold in the manufacturing sector just like other developing countries across the globe.

Magoha challenged technical and vocational training institutions across the country to make use of the equipment and materials acquired by the government to come up with innovative ideas and also to provide avenues for students to gain relevant skills in various subjects.

“Some of the basic electronic gadgets that we import into the

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha (centre), Kisii Governor James Ongwae, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce President Richard Ngatia and other guests arriving for the conference.

over

10,000

students pursuing skills in various technical fields Kisii National Polytechnic will be hosting an annual event with KNCCI to review developments in various sectors or Technical and Vocational Training.

- Prof. Kitainge country are made in rural set-ups in Asian countries by people who acquired their skills in technical institutions just like we have in our country, nobody should look down upon our TVET institutions,” noted Magoha.

Kenya National Chamberof Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) President Richard Ngatia said the business sector was ready to partner with TVET institutions across the country to offer them the necessary support in their pursuit to impart technical skills to students.

Ngatia said the KNCCI believed that TVET institutions have the potential of coming up with innovations that will make the country one of the fastest developing since they have the necessary equipment purchased by the government to be used for practical work.

The KNCCI President said it

was disturbing to note that 50 years after independence the youths were only interested in white collar jobs while technical skills are some of the highest paying in most developed nations, urging learners to emulate the chamber for their self-development.

“Practical skills are key in any nation’s development, that is why we are emphasizing on our technical and vocational training institutions across the country to give priority to coming up with projects that are key to nation-building to be at par with other nations,” stated Ngatia.

The KNCCI President who has been an entrepreneur for the last 40 years urged the students to be ready to start from the lowest level as they climbed the ladder, giving a personal experience of how he moved from grass to grace owing to his perseverance and hard work.

Ngatia said the country needs to put up an industrial park for the Motorbike taxis (Boda boda) industry which is steadily growing with innovation, especially with electric motorcycles coming up and, therefore, it would be important to ensure that Kenyans are safe from the emissions or other hazardous effects.

Kisii County Governor James

Ongwae said his government is working closely with the national government to support vocational training institutions by ensuring that they have modern infrastructure to provide a good environment for students to carry out their studies.

Ongwae thanked the National Government for upgrading the Kisii National Polytechnic which now accommodates over 10, 000 students pursuing skills in various technical fields, saying that his administration will support it where necessary.

“Thousands of students who have graduated from this institution with various technical courses at Certificate, Diploma and Higher National Diploma are currently serving the nation in various sectors of the economy,” noted Governor Ongwae.

He asked the institution to work closely with village polytechnics in the county to ensure they are able to impart the knowledge they have to thousands of students in those institutions so as to ensure it does not exist in an ivory tower.

Kisii National Polytechnic Principal Paul Mwangi said the institution currently boasts of a student population of 10,180 which will be increasing to 14,000 after the September intake, compared to only 1700 students in 2014.

Mwangi said the Polytechnic which was elevated from the Gusii Institute of Technology in 2016 has a Teaching staff of 452 trainers and 10 departments offering 150 courses at Certificate, Diploma and Higher Diploma level. The institution is looking forward to offering degree courses in the future.

“We are collaborating with key players in the industry including Kisii County Government, Kenya Power and East African Cables to enhance applied research and practical training to gain knowledge on the ever changing technology,” said Mwangi.

The Principal said the institution was the only polytechnic approved

by Kenya Veterinary Board to offer a course on animal health and they have acquired artificial

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L-R: President Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Richard Ngatia, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha and Kisii Governor James Ongwae during the conference at Kisii Polytechnic.

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....From previous page insemination kits, adding that it will work closely with the Kisii County Government to ensure that it offers quality animal breeds to the community.

Mwangi said the institution has been accredited by the Kenya Medical, Pharmacists and Laboratory Board to offer upgrading courses for medical technicians done online and would be working with other regulatory bodies in future to increase relevant courses.

Chairman of the institution’s Governing Council, Professor Kisilu Kitainge said the significance of TVET to economic development and industrialization of the country cannot be over emphasized especially with efforts to ensure the achievement of the Big Four Agenda and Vision 2030.

“Kisii National Polytechnic is committed to delivering market oriented programmes with graduates who can adapt to the ever changing technology by putting up modern infrastructure with well-equipped workshops with state-of-the-art equipment,” said Prof.

Kitainge.

He said they have an expanded technical workforce to ensure efficient delivery of curriculum with the realization that academic knowledge alone is not sufficient where they are involving industry players to bring up students who will play a big role in the growth of the country.

Prof. Kitainge said Kisii National Polytechnic will be hosting an annual event with KNCCI to review developments in various sectors or Technical and Vocational Training.

The institution hosted its first skills competition on 17th and 18th August 2021.

This event, the first of its kind brought together institutions from Western Kenya and

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The event gave the participant institutions an opportunity to parade trainee competencies in various skills. TVET aims at promoting acquisition of competencies by the youth in technical, applied science and social science trade areas and the event offered such opportunity.

The key skills competitions which allowed students to compete in various levels include drainage system installation where Kisii National Polytechnic (KNP) and Vera TTI emerged the best, lighting circuit where Nyambogo VTC and Ekerubo Gietai TTI (EGTTI) posted the best students, power circuit, KNP, MTTI and Vera TTI producing the best students; and straight skirt sewing which only had participants from KNP. Others include block laying, where KNP, MTTI, SNP participated, butter making KNP, MTTI, SNP participated, welding whereGenga VTC, KNP, MTTI, and KETTI participated, valve seal replacement (where MTTI and KNP participated), carpentry and joinery (KNP, SNP and NyansembeVTC participated), make-up application (which had participants from KNP, Manyansi VTC, Vera TTI, SNP, EGTTI and MTTI) , tile laying (which had participants from KNP, MTTI, SNP and KETTI), plastering (EGTTI and KNP presented participants in this area), aloe vera and ginger extraction (having participants from SNP and KNP) and whitefield ointment preparation only having participants from KNP. Normal saline infusion (having participants from KNP, KETTI, SNP and SIT), cake decoration (where participants were drawn from MTTI, SNP, Vera TTI, KNP and KETTI), and fruit cut and presentation (which had participants from KNP, MTTI, SNP, KETTI, St. Kizito Nyamagwa VTC and Vera TTI).

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Kisii National Polytechnic students display a movable bed during the Inaugural International Conference on Sustainable Development.

Kisii National Polytechnic Students demonstrate how an Automatic Temperature and water level control system for Solar Powered egg incubator works.

Sang’alo Training Institute students demonstrate how a Hydro Welding Machine works during Kisii National Polytechnic Inaugural International Conference on Sustainable Development.

Kisii National polytechnic students demonstrate how Steam Thermo Dilator works during the conference.

Kisii National Polytechnic students showcase a 1 metre raised portable vegetable garden at the institution.

Kisii National Polytechnic students display a sheet rolling Machine at the institute during Kisii National Polytechnic Inaugural International Conference on Sustainable Development.

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Mobile Nos:0700152177 or 0752031300;Email:kisiipoly@yahoo.com  SCHOOL OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING Website:www.git.ac.ke KCSE, C- Minus (Maths and 3/2/2/ KNEC Sep

Diploma in;  Building technology  COURSE Civil Engineering TITLE  Water Engineering  Architecture ü SCHOOL  Quantity Survey Craft Certificate in; Diploma in; Technology  Building Plumbing technology • Building  Architecture • certificate Civil Engineering Artisan in; • Water Engineering Plumbing Masonry • Architecture  Carpentry and Joinery • Quantity Survey Grade1,2,3; Craft Certificate Upholstery in; Plumber Pipe Fitter • Building Technology Masonry • Plumbing Carpentry level5 Fitter General Painter decorator • Building technology level 5  Building technology level 4 level 4 • plumbing plumbing Building Artisan (Masonry) • Building Artisan

Physics D+) or

Terms

KCSE, D plain (Maths and

3/2

Pass in mod 1,2 MINIMUM DURATION EXAM REQUIREMENTS BODY OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING KNEC

Sep

KCPE and above

6

NITA

(Masonry) • Carpentry and joinery  SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING ü SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING Diploma in; KCSE, C- Minus (Maths and 3/2/2/ KNEC Electrical and Electronics

 Power Diploma in; Option Telecoms Option • Electrical and Craft certificate in; ElectricalElectronics and Electronics • Power Option Power Option Telecoms Option • Telecoms Option Artisan certificate in; • Medical engineering Craft Certificate in; • Electrical and Electronics • Power Option • Telecoms Option

Level 6 • Electrical Engineering (Power Option)

level 5 • Electrical Installation • Medical Engineering Level 4 • Electrical Installation

Physics D+)

Terms

in Mod 1,2 KCSE Pass C- Minus (Maths KNEC and Physics D+) 3 Years plain (Maths and 3/2/Terms KNEC Pass inKCSE, ModD 1,2 Physics D) or

Jan/May

Jan/May/Sep

Jan/May

Jan/May/Sep Jan/May/Sep

3 Terms

Sep

Jan

Jan/May Sep

KCSE D plain (Maths and Physics D) or Pass in Mod 1

2 Years

KCSE C- Minus or Pass in Level 5

3 Years

KCSE D Plain or NITA Grade 1 or Pass in Level 4 KCSE D- Minus and Below or Pass in Level 3

KNEC

KNEC

Sep

Jan

Jan/May

TVET Jan CDACC

2 Year

TVET Jan CDACC

1 year

TVET May CDACC

ü SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING Diploma in; • Mechanical Engineering • Automotive Engineering Craft certificate in; • Mechanical Engineering • Automotive Engineering Level 6 • Automotive Technology • Mechanical Technology and Maintenance Level 5 • Mechanical Production Technology Level 4 • Welding • Mechanical Engineering • Automotive Engineering

KCSE, C- Minus (Maths and Physics D+) or Pass in Mod 1,2 KCSE, D plain (Maths and Physics D) or Pass in Mod 1 KCSE, C- or Pass in Level 5

3 Years

KNEC

May

Jan/May

2 Years

KNEC

May

3 Years

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May

KCSE D and above

2 Year

CDAC C

May

KCSE D- Minus and Below or Pass in Level 3

1 year

TVET CDAC C

May

KCSE, C- Minus or Pass in Mod 1,2

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Carpentry and joinery Pass in Level 3 Production Sales OF and ELECTRICAL ü SCHOOL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING Services  SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING • Food Diploma in; Production and KCSE C- Minus (Maths KNEC Jan Diploma •in; Culinary KCSE, C-D+) Minus (Maths and 3/2/2/ KNEC and Physics 3 Years ElectricalArts and Terms  •Mechanical Engineering Mod D+) 1,2 or Electronics Fashion Design tailoring Pass inPhysics Pass in Mod 1,2  Automotive Engineering Power Option • Fashion design dressmaking Telecoms Option • Baking Craft certificate in; Technology KCSE, D plain (Maths and 3/2/Terms KNEC MedicalEngineering engineering (Production of Cakes and Physics D) or  •Mechanical Craft Certificate in; KCSEPass D plain 2 Years KNEC Jan Pastry Products) in Mod(Maths 1  Automotive Engineering Electrical andair conditioning and Physics D) or  •Refrigeration and Hair Dressing Pass inKCSE Mod Electronics Artisan certificate in; Therapy D- 1Minus and Below 3Terms KNEC • Beauty  •Welding Power Option  •Motor Vehicle Mechanics Telecoms Option OF HEALTH SCIENCE ü SCHOOL  Motor Vehicle Electrical And Level 6 KCSE C- Minus or 3 Years TVET Jan Electronics • Electrical Engineering in Level 5 CDACCKNEC Diploma in ; and air conditioning Pass KCSE, C Plain, 3 Years  Refrigeration (Power Option) KPPB • Pharmaceutical Technology (Eng/Kis, Bio & Chem, C above Plain) KMLTB Grade1,2,3; KCPE and 6 NITA • Medical Laboratory Science Mat/Phy  Motor Vehicle Mechanics  Motor Vehicle Electrician  Fitter General Diploma in:  Gas Welding Environmental Health  •Arc Welding  Refrigeration Science and air conditioning  Panel beating and Testing (HTS) HIV Counseling  Spray painting  Lathe work Level 6 Adherence counseling  Automotive Technology  Mechanical Technology and Maintenance Level 6 Level 4 • Community Health  Welding Level 5  Mechanical Engineering Community Health  •Automotive Engineering

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Diploma in; • Applied Biology • Analytical Chemistry • Food Processing Technology Craft certificate in; • Food Processing Technology • Science Lab Tech Level 6 • Science Laboratory Tech • Applied Biology

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Sep

Jan/May Sep

May Jan/May/Sep

KCSE, C Plain 3 Years KNP May (Eng/Kis, Bio, C plain) (Mat/Phy/Chem C minus) Dip in social work, counseling 3 weeks NASCOP OPEN psych and any other medical related course KCSE, C- or 2 Years TVET Jan/May/Sep HIV Counseling &Testing 1 week CDACC NASCOP OPEN Pass in Level 5 HTS KCSE, C- Minus or KCSE D- Minus and Below Pass or in Level 5 KCSE, plain3or Pass inDLevel Pass in Level 4

3Years

6 Months

2 Year

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TVET CDACC CDACC

May

Jan/May/Sep

TVET CDACC

May

Diploma in; • General Agriculture • Environmental Science • Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development • Agricultural engineering

KNEC

May

KNEC

3 Years

KNEC

May

Jan/May

KCSE, D plain Pass in Mod 1

2 Years

KNEC

May

Jan/May

KCSE, C- or Pass in Level 5

3 Years

TVET May CDACC

May

KCSE, C- Minus or 3 Years Pass in Mod 1,2

KNEC

Jan

- KCSE, C Plain Bio/Maths/Chem/ C Plan, or Cert in Animal Production KCSE, D plain or Pass in Mod 1

3 Years

KNP

Jan

2 Years

KNEC

Jan

Jan/May

Jan/May Diploma in; • Animal Health

2 Years

KCSE, C- Minus or Pass in Mod 1,2

ü SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Craft Certificate in; • General Agriculture

KCSE, D- plain or Pass in Mod 1

Months Per Grade

Sep

ü SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE

ü SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Diploma in; • Food and Beverage Production Sales and Management • Catering and Accommodation Management • Fashion Design and Clothing Technology Craft Certificate in: • Food and Beverage Production Sales

Jan/May/Sep

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Sep

KCSE, D plain (Maths 3Years KNEC May Months Per Grade and Physics D) or Pass in mod 1 KCSE D Plain or 2 Year TVET May NITA Grade 1 or Pass CDACC KCSE 1 Year TVET in Level 4 D Plain or NITA Grade 1 or Pass in Level 4 CDACC KCSE KCSE D- Minus and 1year TVET May D- Minus and Below 1year TVET Below or or CDACC CDACC in Level Pass inPass Level 3 3

Jan/May/Sep

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D) or Terms KNEC KCSE,Physics C- Minus 3 Years Jan mod 1 (MathsPass andinPhysics D+) orKCSE D- Minus and Below 3 Terms KNEC Pass in mod 1,2

Sep

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KCSE C- Minus Biology C- Minus or a minimum 1 2years Year certificate in Agriculture or dairy

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and Physics D) or • Building Technology • Horticulture Production Pass in mod 1 • Plumbing • Agriprenuership/Agribusin level 5 KCSE D Plain or 2 Year TVET May ess and marketing NITA Grade 1 or Pass CDACC • Building technology in Level 4 level 4 KCSE D- Minus and 1year TVET May Below or CDACC • plumbing Pass in Level 3 • 6 Building Artisan Level KCSE, C- Minus 3 Years TVET Jan (Masonry) Bio and Chem C CDACC • Dairy Plant Manager • Carpentry and joinery Minus or ü SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING certificateAND in dairy management with Diploma in; KCSE Minus (Maths KNEC Jan Jan/May creditC-and above and Physics D+) 3 Years • 5 Electrical and Level KCSE, D plain or Pass in Mod 1,2 Electronics Pass in Level 4 2 Year • Aquaculture • Power Option • Apiculture • Telecoms Option KCSE, D plain.

TVET • Horticulture Production • Medical engineering Mat/Phy D Plain CDACC Jan • Agriprenuership/Agribusin Craft Certificate in; KCSE D plain (Maths 2 Years KNEC Jan Jan/May ess and marketing and Physics D) or • Electrical and • Electronics Pass in Mod 1 KCSE, D plus TVET Jan •• Dairy Management PowerPlant Option Biology D Plain 1 Year CDACC • Telecoms Option Level 6 Level • 4 Electrical Engineering Horticulture production (Power Option)

KCSE C- Minus or KCSE D- Minus Pass in Level 5 and below or Pass in Level 3

3 Years TVET Jan 1 Year TVET Jan CDACC CDACC

ü SCHOOL OF COMPUTER STUDIES Diploma in: • Information and Communication Tech • Information and Communication Technician

KCSE, C- Minus or 3 Years Pass in Mod 1,2

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KCSE, C- Minus or Pass in Mod 1 KCSE, D plain or Pass in Mod 1 KCSE, C- Minus or 3 Years Pass in Level 5

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TVET CDACC

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KCSE D Plain or NITA Grade 1 or Pass in Level 4

2 Year

TVET CDACC

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KCSE

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Level 6 • Computer Programming • ICT • Cyber Security • Animation and Digital Media Technician level 5 • Cyber Security • ICT • Computer Programming Certificate in ; • Phython Programming • Java Programming • Graphics Design Using Adobe Photoshop and illustration • Data Analytics using SPSS CISCO Computer Packages

KCSE, C+ Plus or Pass in Mod 1,2

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or in Level 4 • Development Social Work and Community Pass

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in Level 4 3 Years Diploma in; KCSE, Pass C- Minus KNEC Jan Development • Records and Archives •• Building Records technology andPsychology Archives (Maths and Physics •• Civil Counseling Engineering • Information Counseling Psychology D+) or Science Pass in mod 1,2 •• Water Engineering • Information Science • Architecture • Quantity Survey ü SCHOOL Craft Certificate in; OF BUSINESS KCSE,STUDIES D plain (Maths 3Years KNEC May ü SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES and Physics D) or • Building Technology Diploma in; KCSE, C3 Years KNEC May Pass in mod 1 • Plumbing Minus Diploma in; Chain ManagementKCSE KCSE, Years TVET KNEC MayMay level• 5 Supply D PlainCor 2 3Year in Mod Minus Secretarial Studies With NITAPass Supply Chain Management Grade 1 or 1,2 Pass CDACC •• Building technology Pass 4 in Mod 1,2 • Computer Secretarial Studies With in Level level• 4 Sales KCSE D- Minus and 1year TVET May and Marketing Computer Below or CDACC ••• plumbing Human Resource Sales and Marketing Pass in Level 3 • Building Artisan • Management Human Resource • (Masonry) Business Management Management •• Carpentry and joinery Management • Cooperative Business Management ü SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING Craft in; Management • certificate Cooperative

KCSE, D plain

2 Years

KNEC

May

Pass Mod(Maths 1 • Supply Diploma in; Chain C- in Minus KNEC Jan Craft certificate in; ManagementKCSE KCSE, D plain 2 Years KNEC May Secretarialand Studies With and Physics D+) 3 Years ••• Electrical Pass in Mod 1 Supply Chain Management Computer Pass in Mod 1,2 Electronics • Sales Secretarial Studies With • Power Option and Marketing ComputerOption • Telecoms Human Resource Sales and Marketing •• Medical engineering Management Human Resource Craft in; KCSE D plain (Maths 2 Years KNEC Jan •• Certificate Business Management •• Electrical andManagement and Physics D) or Management Cooperative in Mod 1 • 6Electronics Business Management Pass KCSE, Level C3 Years TVET May •• Power OptionManagement Cooperative Minus or Pass CDACC • Supply Chain Manager • Telecoms Option Level 3 Years TVET May inKCSE, Level 5C• 66Accounting Level KCSE C- Minus or 3 Years TVET Jan CDACC Supply Resource Chain Manager Human Manager Pass inMinus •• Electrical Engineering Level 5or Pass CDACC

Accounting • (Power Option) Marketing Level • 5Human Resource Manager • Store Keeper Marketing • 5Human Resource Manager Level •• Marketing Store Keeper Accounting Technician Diploma • Human Resource Manager ATD• Section 1-6 Marketing

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KCSE, D plain or Pass in Mod 1

KNEC

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TVET May CDACC

KCSE, D plain

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THE PLATFORM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Post graduate students to MKU unveils project get financial aid in new to boost learning in funding rules Kenyan prisons According to the framework, this kind of funding is based on research output such as research publication units, doctoral graduates and research master graduates and a total of 4,000 postgraduate students under Cluster Ib of the DUC which is Clinical Medicine will be considered

By Roy Hezron The adoption of the proposed new University Funding Framework will see master’s and Doctoral (Ph.D.) students funded by the government. The proposal also seeks to allocate funds to universities to promote National Priority areas.

The proposed funding framework which is developed by Universities Fund Kenya (UFK), the country’s agency charged with providing funding to universities on behalf of the government, wants to review the current universities funding model, the Dif-

UFK noted that the model of funding postgraduate training in the new funding framework is based on the best practice around countries in Africa, where research grants are usually between 5 to 9.2 per cent of the total university budgets.

UFK has found it necessary to develop post graduate education in the country as very few people explore Doctorate (Ph.D.) studies. This could be attributed to lack of capacity in the universities to accommodate more Doctorate students and high costs associated to it. Ph.D. candidates can pay as high as Sh200,000 an-

Graduands during the University of Embu Fourth graduation held on Friday September 20, 2019. Some 1,032 students were conferred with certificates, diplomas and degrees. ferentiated Unit Cost (DUC), which has been in use to fund country’s universities since 2016.

Students in postgraduate training programmes will be sponsored at 80 per cent of the unit cost.

“The funding will be subject to the number of government master’s and Doctorate scholarships declared in a particular year to develop teaching and research capacity in universities. Students who benefit from Government Postgraduate scholarships will be bonded to a university for a period of time prescribed by the Fund,” read the draft copy of the funding framework.

The implementation of the current DUC has faced a number of challenges and emerging issues amongst them exclusion of postgraduate students, and research not being included as one of the parameters which is one of the primary functions of a university alongside teaching.

nually depending on the course and research endeavour.

Most recently, the University of Nairobi (UoN) had more than doubled the fees for postgraduate courses in efforts to save it from financial crisis. The university had increased fees for liberal arts master’s courses like communication and MBA to more than Sh600,000 for a two-year programme from an average Sh 275, 000 reflecting an increase of 118 percent.

However, the move was contested in court by a doctors’ union, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU), arguing that the escalation of the charges limits opportunities for advanced learning and training.The union said the increment was done without consultations, contravening the principles of openness and accountability.

PhDs and master’s degrees are viewed by many as a ticket to

promotion at the workplace and getting new jobs, pushing the enrolments to the ceiling.

Once the new funding framework is operational, capital development funding will be channelled towards necessary infrastructural needs in the universities as determined by the Commission for University Education (CUE).

According to the framework, this kind of funding is based on research output such as research publication units, doctoral graduates and research master’s graduates and a total of 4,000 postgraduate students under Cluster Ib of the DUC which is Clinical Medicine will be considered.

National Priority In line with the national priority areas of the country, the Universities Fund (UF) will allocate Sh7,189,435,064 (20%) of the allocated budget to promote National Priorities.

The draft funding framework encourages universities to operate in ways that advance national priorities for higher education and national goals for social and economic development.

The current implementation of the national priority is based on the Big Four Agenda which are Enhancing Manufacturing, Food Security and Nutrition, Universal Health Coverage and Affordable Housing and the broader Vision 2030 which are programmes in the DUC Cluster I to VIII. The subject areas considered in the Big 4 Agendas are medicine, dentistry, veterinary, pharmacy, architectural studies, engineering and survey and the built environment and design which includes construction, real estate, urban and regional planning, landscape architecture, design and Computing.

Others are agriculture, health sciences, food sciences, natural resource management and the natural environment, agriculture, food science and technology, medical laboratory science and technology, animal science, nursing, clinical medicine (BSC), radiography, agribusiness management, sport science, food and nutrition, medical psychology, physical therapy and public and environmental health among others.

MKU VC Prof, Deogratius Jaganyi hands over CDMA disabled tablets to Commissioner General of Prisons Service, Wycliffe Ogallo, Dean, School of Education, Dr. Benson Njoroge, Prof. Peter Wanderi, Principal Corporate Services during the unveiling of a partnership between the university and the Prisons Department.

By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University (MKU) has distributed tablets fed with offline content to aid learning of inmates at Naivasha Maximum Security Prison as part of an ongoing partnership between the university and the Prisons Department.

The project is part of a study to determine the “Effectiveness of Offline Study Desk on Prison Education.” It is implemented through MKU, Kenya Prisons Service and the Kenya National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The National Research Fund is the sponsor of the project.

Speaking at the Prisons Headquarters in Nairobi, MKU Vice Chancellor Deogratius Jaganyi said the project seeks to empower convicts by giving them skills that will be useful to them once they reintegrate back into the community after serving their sentences.

He added that the tablets contain interactive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects materials and science virtual labs for use in the training of inmates in six maximum prisons in Kenya.

The tablets will also be used for offline teaching where the inmate-students will access learning materials in an internet free environment technology via Mr. Signal technology.

The research project will be carried out in the six maximum prisons: Naivasha, Nyeri, Langata Women, Kisumu, Kamiti and Shimo la Tewa. It targets to evaluate

the effectiveness of ICT in delivery of prison education without the use of the internet.

The correctional facilities in Kenya use education as a rehabilitation tool, but do not have trained teachers to handle inmate learners.

The project was borne due to inadequate learning resources in prisons, lack of qualified faculty to teach and the fact that internet use isn’t permitted in prisons for security reasons.

The prison project is one of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity areas of MKU’s School of Education. Over the last two years, the faculty has been inducting inmates who act as teachers to fellow inmates on the capacity to plan, initiate, lead and develop education and teaching skills. The CSR aims at equipping inmate teachers with skills on how to be better teachers.

MKU has a vibrant CSR policy that forms one arm of the tripartite focus areas of the institution, the other two being teaching and research.

The research project will be carried out in the six maximum prisons: Naivasha, Nyeri, Langata Women, Kisumu, Kamiti and Shimo la Tewa maximum prisons. It targets to evaluate the effectiveness of ICT in delivery of prison education without the use of the internet.

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COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KAJIADO Kipkabus TTI strives to become fully fledged P. O BOX 11 KAJIADO Email: treasury@kajiado.go.ke

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well equipped with relevant unique need. technical skills required in the Mr Kimugul said that the industry. college is also putting more To achieve this, the College emphasis on information and has embraced innovative training communication technology as S/NO Course Category/Level Duration Exam Minimum Intake in a conducive environment. this enhances service delivery by Body Requirements Period DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING According to the Principal to students. 10TH AUGUST TO 10TH SEPTEMBER, PERIOD staff BETWEEN: 2020 1.

Civil Engineering Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CJan/Sept Mr Wilson Kimugul, they He added that their population (MINUS) Noticetois hereby givengradually to all landtorate/rent defaulters that a 100% interestDiploma and penalties outstanding been have tailored their courses has risen the current 2.

Building Construction 3 YRS KNEC hasKCSE C- waived.

Jan/Sept (MINUS) suit the job market andAllensure over payers 1000 students and they are to clear rate and rent are therefore notified in full the total principal amount due within the waiver period.

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Architecture Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CJan/Sept that learning experience yields projecting over 1200 students.

(MINUS) Property owners within the areas of adjudication sections defined by the new County Finance Act 2020 are also 4.

Land Survey Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CMay meaningful learning opportunities “We are making great steps (MINUS) required to prodive details ofand their properties for tabulation and invoicing of their rates. and future occupational prospects in infrastructure theland latest are 5.

Water Engineering Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CMay for each trainee based upon theInformation and Invoices can be obtained from our revenue Sub-County Offices listed below; Further (MINUS)

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ocated in Ainabkoi sub-county in Uasin Gishu county, Kipkabus Technical Training Institute (TTI) has rapidly grown over the past years both in its trainee population and in infrastructure, thanks to the funding it receives from the Ministry of Education, NG-CDF and other partners.

Established in 2018, the institution aims at producing trained and competent middle level human resources that are

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KCSE D (PLAIN) 7.

Civil Engineering KCSE D (PLAIN) 8.

Land Survey KCSE D (PLAIN) 9.

Plumbing KCSE D (PLAIN) 10.

Plumbing Artisan 1 YR KNEC DOn obtaining an invoice payments are made to KAJIADO COUNTY REVENUE ACCOUNT AT KCB BANK. KCSE (MINUS)KCPE 11.

Carpentry Artisan 1 YR KNEC KCSE DNB: Slips issued MUST be from the bank and legal actions shall be taken against any fake slip presented.

(MINUS)KCPE 12.

Masonry Artisan 1 YR KNEC KCSE D(MINUS)KCPE ALAIS KISOTA DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL & AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CECM- TREASURY AND ECONOMIC PLANNING 1.

Mechanical Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CEngineering (Plant (MINUS) Option) 2.

Mechanical Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CEngineering (MINUS) (Production) 3.

Automotive Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CEngineering (MINUS) 4.

Mechatronics Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CEngineering (MINUS) 5.

General Agriculture Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE C(MINUS) 6.

Agricultural Diploma 3 YRS KNEC KCSE CEngineering (MINUS) 7.

Mechanical Craft 2 YRS KNEC KCSE D Engineering (Plant (PLAIN) Option) complex.

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Mechanical Craft 2 YRS KNEC KCSE D Engineering (PLAIN) (Production) 9.

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Welding & Fabrication Craft 2 YRS KNEC KCSE D (PLAIN) of a 62 seater bus, installation 12.

Automotive Artisan 1 YR KNEC KCSE Dof a CCTV security system Engineering (MINUS)KCPE and upgrade of MIS system,” 13.

Welding & Fabrication Artisan 1 YR KNEC KCSE D(MINUS)KCPE Kimugul stated.

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Administration

The College management team pose for a photo with the Principal Mr Wilson Kimugul.

The college Board of Governors.

CDAAC to ensure credibility in award of certificates.

“We are on course in ensuring that we become fully fledged.

The college has three workshops which are fully operational, a modern administration block, enough classrooms for learning, dining hall and a kitchen as well as a big playing field,” the Principal said, adding that the College accommodates students in hostels which are equipped with solar panels.

He added that the college participates in co-curricular activities and there are plans in place to improve the field, goal posts and sporting activities like basketball and handball pitches.

The TTI is situated along Naiberi-Ainabkoi tarmac road in a conducive environment for learning. It has a perimeter fence to enhance the security.

ADMISSION LETTERS CAN BE COLLECTED FROM KIPKABUS TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE N/B HOSTELS ARE LIMITED “FIRST COME FIRST SERVED”

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EDUCATION NEWS

COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KAJIADO in TVET Siala TTI: A centre of excellence COUNTY TREASURY training, research and innovation P. O BOX 11 KAJIADO Email: treasury@kajiado.go.ke

PUBLIC NOTICE

piece of land in Rongo, Migori and a consortium of universities in are continually revised so that our County along Rongo-Homa Bay Netherlands in the line of research training is in tandem with emerging highway. It has very expansive and innovation in a project tagged trends in TVET and the education arable land suitable for agricultural E-PIVOT to enhance partnership for sector,” she said. undertakings. industry-led Vocational Training and She applauded various The institute is a registered education. stakeholders for their support Technical and Vocational Education “This is a horticultural based towards upgrading the institutes’ and Training (TVET institution project which has seen the institute infrastructure.

She thanked in accordance with the TVET establish a vibrant agricultural the Ministry of Education for Act 2013 and it envisions being a department.

The institute also has the construction of an electrical TH PERIOD 10THlinkage SEPTEMBER, 2020 workshop, NG-CDF Rongo centre of excellence in research and BETWEEN: 10 AUGUST TO rich with various relevant skills training, commensurate with industries trainees go foroutstanding constituency constructing Notice is hereby given to all land rate/rent defaulters that a 100%where interest and penalties hasfor been waived. a dining industry and community demands. It industrial attachment for their hall and AfDB and the Ministry of All rate and rent payers are therefore notified to clear in full the total the waiver period. also boasts of having state-of-the-art training,” notedprincipal Bakari. amount due within Education for constructing an ultra equipment for training Property mechanical thenew institution has modern complex owners within the areas of adjudication sectionsBakari definedsaid by the County Finance Act 2020 are alsofor building and and automotive engineering competitiveandprogrammes which requiredand to prodive details of their land properties for tabulation invoicing of their rates. civil engineering.

Mr Arkipo Odede, information and communication reflect the Offices needs oflisted below; “We are working towards Registrar.

Further Information and Invoices can be obtained fromare ourmodelled revenue to Sub-County technology among others. industry and the wider job market in achieving the government’s Big The Board of Governors examined Four agenda and the realization of 5.creation Kitengela Billing Office 1. Kajiado Billing Office are currently working towards general and for job chairman, Mr Goerge P. Ogutu 2. told Ngong by KNEC, NITA, KASNEB, CBET, Vision 2030 through broad circular strategically positioning the institute 6. Isinya Billing Office Billing Office Education News that since inception to a competitive advantage edge in TVET-CDACC. tailored practical skills that are geared Sultan towards Hamud Billing Office Billing Office the institution has endeavoured3.to Rongai “We are 7. geared towards promoting manufacturing the region and nationwide,” said 8.

Oloitokitok Billing Office 4. Kiserian Billing Office produce all-rounded well-skilled producing graduands who not only and industrialization as well as Ogutu. graduates for various sectors of the an invoice have the rightREVENUE competencies, but alsoAT KCB alleviating The payments Principal, Ms Asha Bakari On obtaining are made to KAJIADO COUNTY ACCOUNT BANK.illiteracy,” said Arkipo economy. noted that the institution is currently have the right attitude towards the Odede, the institute’s registrar.

MUST be from thewith bank and legaljob actions shall bestrategic taken against any fake slip “The institution NB: has Slips madeissued market.

Our direction The presented. institute has three intakes working together Meru tremendous milestones towards University, Tharaka TVC, Ahero is clearly laid out in our strategic annually in January, May and ALAISWe KISOTA infrastructural improvement.

TVC, Meru National Polytechnic plan. We ensure the objectives September .

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Ms Asha Bakari, Principal.

By Norah Musega Founded in 2015 through funding from African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Ministry of Education (MOE), Siala Technical Training Institute began its operations in September 2016 after admitting 354 trainees.

The institute sits on a 51-acre

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KAKA27 MEGA

EDUCATION NEWS FOCUS ON TOP SCHOOLS

University of Eldoret High School unveils new dining hall, gears towards 100 percent transition well performing schools across the country to share academic ideas and material.

“Today we are elated to have opened a new facility which is geared towards expanding the school and giving students a conducive environment for learning. The school has achieved great development. The number of students is fast rising as we have more than 800 students,” the Principal said adding that they are

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By Dennis Bett n i v e r s i t y of Eldoret Secondary School based in Moiben Sub-county of Uasin Gishu County recently unveiled a new multipurpose dining hall which was officially opened by the area Member of Parliament Hon. Silas Tiren. The undertaking was projected towards attaining 100 percent transition.

The long awaited event started when the students received the MP at the school’s premises with joy and ululations filling the air as they escorted him to cut the ribbon at the dining hall. The excitement was occasioned by the fact that the school was marking a great milestone in its infrastructural achievements.

While presiding over the ceremony, the Parliamentarian promised a bag of goodies which included a modern 64 sitter bus, music equipment to boost talents and more classrooms especially on

Mr Simion Simiyu, School Principal.

Mrs Beatrice Otieno, Deputy Principal.

the account of the rising trend in academic performance.

Speaking during the ceremony, the School Principal Mr. Simion Simiyu said that he has strong members of teaching staff, 40 in number who were ready to sacrifice their time to ensure that students improve further in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) performance.

He added that the school

The new dining hall which was opened by the MP, Hon Silas Tiren.

managed to send 22 students who attained C+ grade and above to various universities under the Government’s sponsored program, ensuring them that they seek to increase the number to 45 in 2021.

The principal said that they have already rolled out plans which include early completion of syllabus coverage to allow for revision, taking teachers to seminars and workshops for training and motivation as partnership with

Hon Silas Tiren, MP Moiben.

Students and their Principal Mr Simuyu escorting the MP Hon Silas Tiren during the event.

projecting more than 1200 students in the next two years.

Mr. Simiyu said that the school is doing well in extra-curricular areas like music, drama and sports which help students develop talents and boost self-esteem that goes handy with academics.

Present at the event was the Deputy Principal Mrs. Beatrice Otieno who said that the students are discipline; attributing the closeness she has with them to helping arrest their problems as they arise. She added that the school has a strong guidance and counseling department.

The Parents Association Chairman Mr. Robert Rotich thanked the Principal for the good leadership saying that he will support the school to achieve its goals.

Hon. Tiren exuded confidence that the school will have completely changed its face in three years to come as he also predicted that the alumni will be shining across the globe.

The Principal Mr Simion Simiyu leading the guests in a cake cutting session. Looking on is the deputy Mrs Otieno.

Sad tale of Nyamira orphans unable to join Form One

By Ong’ondi Nyakundi As other students report back to school from half term, Christine Kemunto’s ambition of joining her dream school to study towards becoming an electrical engineer seems to be in disarray.

Kemunto, a 15-year-old total orphan has not joined Rangenyo Girls High School where she was admitted not only because her 70-years old grandmother doesn’t have cash to pay her fees, but also because there is no goodwill from the extended family to allow her continue with education. Reason? She scored low marks against expectations of many.

Kemunto scored 205 marks in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, but as she narrated, these were not her marks.

“I had expectations of scoring higher grades in the exams but I sat the papers with a lot of stress and anxiety. Many are days I would miss school to either take care of my grandmother or tend to my younger

Marcus Atandi.

Christine Kemunto.

siblings at home. There are other social issues that would never give me peace of mind to study well,” the girl said.

Pastor Denis Mong’are, a chaplain of Tom Onkangi Foundation, an organisation that has been vocal in listing orphaned and vulnerable children in both Kisii and Nyamira counties says Kemunto has been a beneficiary of the Foundation’s guidance and counselling programme after her case was drawn to his attention.

“The girl has been going through a lot of social challenges that are not limited to abuse and neglect.

But as a Foundation we helped her

Leah Nyaberi.

to overcome most of them and now she is at a good position to join high school,” Mong’are says.

The girls’ parents died four years ago, leaving her with a sole option of living with the granny who is a peasant at Tombe area in Nyamira County.

Her other three siblings are currently living with other relatives in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County.

Elsewhere, 14-years old Leah Nyaberi ‘s story echoes Kemunto’s plight.

She scored 329 marks from Metamaiywa Primary School but she is unable to join Lelu Girls School in Kericho where she was admitted to.

She too lost all her parents in quick succession between 2017 and 2018, leaving her and a younger sister with their aunt who now cannot be able to pay her school fees.

Marcus Atandi, another total orphan from Nyabiemba area in Keroka who scored 359 marks but he is stuck at home after failing to join Nyabigena Boys in Kisii County.

He lives with an aunt at Nyabiemba after losing both parents four years ago.

The three are representative of hundreds others who are yet to join high schools in Nyamira after failing to join Form One. In Nyamira, it is estimated that about 35 per cent of the candidates are yet to join Form One, according to County Commissioner Amos Mariba.

“We are on a synergized campaign with provincial administrators and educational stakeholders to ensure all learners join school,” Mariba said.

For example, the Tom Onkangi Foundation has already engaged over 200 KCPE candidates to their schools, most of whom with committal letters.

“We have been pleading with respective schools to allow the kids join school as guardians and wellwishers came in to help them,” Pastor Mong’are said.

However, even as the other poor and vulnerable kids continued to pray for mother luck to come their way as they yearn to join secondary, 20 other needy learners are all smiles after a well-wisher offered to sponsor them as they join Form One. The learners who are admitted to various secondary schools within Nyamira and Kisii Counties will join high school courtesy of the Minto Bwakire Se Foundation.

The Foundation is run by Henry Ongeri, a US-based advocate who has expressed interest to run for the Nyamira county gubernatorial seat.

The learners were handed cheques for Sh20,000 each alongside basic shopping items.

This comes up even as Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha launched a campaign to mop up all KCPE candidates to join Form One.

TERTIARY INSTITUTI 28 EDUCATION NEWS

SEP 3 - SEP 18, 2021

Shedding light on TTCs, TVETS and Other Colleges

Six TVET institutions receive ICT equipment

Vocational and Technical Training PS, Dr. Margaret Mwakima being shown round the ICT room at PC Kinyanjui TTI on August 10 2021. Photo/Roy Hezron

By Roy Hezron The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Republic of Korea have handed over Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment to six Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) institutions under the second phase of Better Education for Africa’s Rise (BEAR II) project.

Speaking during the handing over ceremony held at PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute (TTI) on August 10, 2021, the Principal Secretary in State Department for Vocational and Technical Training (VTT), Dr. Margaret Mwakima lauded UNESCO and the Republic of Korea for spearheading the BEAR II project that is geared towards improving the TVET systems in five countries of Eastern Africa including Kenya over 20172021 period.

Mwakima noted that the digital transformation of TVET in the country will be undertaken with the involvement of all the right stakeholders ranging from all levels of the economy. She reminded the benefitting institutions that the

equipment are meant to help Kenyan youths now and in the future.

The benefitting institutions include; Wote TTI, Kaiboi TTI, Coast Institute of Technology, PC Kinyanjui TTI, Siaya Institute of Science and Technology and Michuki TTI. The supplied equipment include computers, interactive boards, projectors and other devices.

“These institutions will be rolling out the implementation of solar PV curricula (Level 6 and Level 3) in the course of the year. The ICT equipment is expected to provide platforms for digital learning, hence increase accessibility and improve the attractiveness of TVET Training,” added Dr. Mwakima.

TVET Authority Director-General, Dr. Kipkirui Langat said that the Authority has been spearheading the Strategic Plan for TVET 2019-2023, which aims at achieving a modern and labour-market responsive TVET system in the country.

He noted that BEAR II project has achieved a lot since its inception in 2017.Among its achievements are development of the labour market analysis model, development

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of the Solar PV Curricula (Levels 3 and 6), the capacity building of trainers and the private sector framework for supporting skills development in Kenya.

“The TVET Act No. 29 of 2013 places a premium on quality Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) programmes offered in Kenya to ensure a strong link between skills learnt and the needs of the labour market,” said Dr. Langat.

The ambassador for the Republic of Korea, H.E. Yeonghan Choi said that TVET education provides the best opportunity for youth as it also provides labour forces for the private manufacturing industry.

Prof. Hubert Gijzen from UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa stated that effective partnerships are crucial in making the project work.

He added that UNESCO and other partners will continue partnering with the government of Kenya to strengthen TVET systems in the country and improve the perception of TVET amongst the youth.

Other guests who attended the function included SecretaryGeneral Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Dr. Evangeline Njoka and BEAR II Regional Coordinator Mame Mor Diarra Ndiaye among others.

BEAR II is an ongoing project, supported by joint efforts between UNESCO and the Republic of Korea. The project targets improving the relevancy of TVET to the needs of the economy, enhancing the quality of TVET delivered to trainees and improving the perception of TVET among young people and society.

The project specifically aims to enhance TVET system capacity and increase collaboration with the private sector to ensure the employability of student graduates from TVET programmes in the Environment Sector.

The project implementation is at its final stages.

Go for technical skills, Nyanza TVET boss urges Kenyans should stop the craze for degrees and go for technical skills for them to advance technologically - Fanuel Onyango

By Fredrick Odiero The Director of technical and vocational training institutions for Kisumu and Siaya counties, Mr Fanuel Onyango has called for more research and innovations in a bid for the country to make strides in industrial development.

Onyango gave the example of the eastern countries that are now developed after embracing technical skills and innovations.

He also reiterated that Kenyans should stop the craze for degrees and go for technical skills for them to advance technologically

mative agenda are majorly divisions between countries caused by geography, poor infrastructure and inefficient policies that have resulted in poor flow of trade, capital, energy, people, skills and knowledge. Critical to the attainment of this economic transformation is regional integration which offers the shortest and surest means of consolidating the region’s weak, small and disparate economies,” he stated.

He said this would facilitate building the economies of scale and achieving the international competitiveness necessary for the region’s sustainable development.

Kisumu National Polytechnic Principal, Mrs Catherine Kelonye and Director TVET for Kisumu and Siaya Counties, Mr Fanuel Onyango (left) during a past function at the institution. Photo/Fredrick Odiero Speaking in Kisumu, Onyango urged parents to encourage their children to embrace technical skills saying white colour jobs are no longer available.

The director advised universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs) to come up with joint research programmes as they focus on he future.

He added that Africa’s quest for accelerated growth and sustainable development can only be achieved through a radical economic transformation.

“The constraints to this transfor-

He said it also promotes establishment of the mechanisms necessary for the management of crossborder challenges of regional nature such as water management, climate change, food security and crossborder health issues.

The official further said there is a wide gap between TVETs and universities, hence the need to plug the loopholes adding that the turbulences witnessed during the Corona virus pandemic even call for more innovations for people to survive.

Prof Magoha urged to streamline TTCs intake

By Tony Wafula The Ministry of Education through Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has been urged to streamline guidelines and policies regarding students’ intake in Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs).

Bungoma county Deputy Governor, Prof Charles Kibanani Ngome said the long stalemate

posed a threat to the education sector since colleges countrywide were experiencing a drop in the number of students willing to join the institutions.

Ngome called upon Prof Magoha to consider bringing on board all education stakeholders so as to find an amicable solution to the matter saying if the situation continues, many TTCs will be forced to shut down due to incurred losses.

He reiterated that the teaching profession should be nurtured as a respectable career by ensuring that more form four leavers join the career so as to avoid scarcity of teachers. The move will also ensure sustainability of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and 100% transition of learners to secondary schools.

Prof.Ngome said the Ministry of Education should stop discouraging public and private univer-

sities from offering teaching courses.

Prof Ngome was speaking at Christ the King Catholic Church Bungoma during a requiem mass ceremony for Father Christopher Wanyonyi who was also the Director of Christ the King Academy.

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Muhuho teachers training college given licence to operate

Gatundu South legislator Moses Kuria (centre) displays Muhuho TTC certificate of registration at the County education offices as County Education Director Victoria Mulili (left), and County TSC Director Regina Opondo look on.

By Felix Wanderi The Ministry of Education has given an operation license to Muhuho teachers training college.

Gatundu South Member of parliament Moses Kuria was handed the certificate by Kiambu county director of education Victoria Mulili and county Teachers Service Commission (TSC) director Regina Opondo at the Kiambu county education offices in Kiambu town.

“Muhuho teachers college is no longer a concept but a reality.

It will be built in an area donated

by Gatitu primary and secondary schools through the sponsor catholic church,” said Kuria.

The institution is expected to spur the economic development of the area.

Kuria added that the demand for teachers in schools is very high and an additional college will supplement the supply of teachers.

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teachers training colleges: Thogoto and Kilimambogo teachers training colleges.

Kuria said that the initial funding of the project is from the national government and collaborative efforts from the National Government –Constituency Development Fund (NG –CDF).

He added that he will commit substantial resources from the Gatundu South NG-CDF to ensure that they fast track the implementation of the college.

Opondo said that the college will help in addressing teacher shortages countrywide.

Gatundu South will boast of having two major learning institutions which include Mama Ngina university and Muhuho teachers training college.

According to TSC data the country has 211,046 primary school teachers out of 259,219 required. A total of 48,173 more teachers are needed to fill this gap.

Ministry warns heads against over-enrolment

By Roy Hezron The government through the Ministry of Education has warned school heads who receive government subsidy for students above the stipulated enrolment that they will be charged as per the law.

Principal Secretary in the State Department of Basic and Early Learning, Dr. Julius Jwan, in a circular addressed to all county directors of education warned school heads against over enrolment. The circular was meant to give guidelines on the implementation of Free Day Secondary Schools for the year 2021-2022.

He urged school heads to adhere to the laid down financial regulations stipulated in the revised Handbook on Financial Management for Public Secondary Schools, Teacher Training Colleges and Technical and Vocational Colleges in Kenya and to ensure prudent use of school funds.

Information Dr Jwan maintained that any changes in information of a school’s bank accounts will only be effected at the Ministry of Education headquarters at Jogoo House. He also warned that no schools should enter into financial contracts without a written approval by the Cabinet Secretary of Education.

The Ministry has also instructed all school principals to ensure all eligible leaners are fully registered and captured on the National Education Management Information System(NEMIS) platform since funds will be disbursed using the data available in the platform.

“Transfer of students should be avoided in the course of the

academic year and may only be sanctioned by the Director General under special circumstances,” advised Dr. Jwan.

According to Public Finance Management Act 2012, a public officer commits an offence if the officer takes possession of public funds or assets without lawful authority, misappropriates public funds or assets, conceals information on public finances to obtain a financial benefit either for the officer or another person; or

tion has allocated a total of Sh. 5, 000 per student from the GOK subsidy as Maintenance and Improvement Fund (MIF). Parents with children in boarding schools will be required to pay an additional Sh2,000.

The MIF is only used for immovable assets and other form of infrastructure in the school that might require an upgrade.

The government’s 100 per cent transition programme has resulted in a sharp increase in the Early Learning and Basic Education PS Julius Jwan speaks to a candidate at Moi Girls School when he oversaw start of KCSE exam in Nairobi on March 26, 2021. Photo/ Daniel Ogendo

engages in a corrupt act; which includes soliciting or receiving an inducement.

The act states that a person found guilty of committing an offence is liable to conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding Sh10 million or both.

In the recently released Auditor General’s report for the 2019/2020 Financial Year, the State Department has been faulted for paying Sh1.8 billion to over 2,000 secondary schools with ghost students and another Sh26.8 million to five ghost schools. In the 2021 school academic calendar which started on July 26, 2021, the government through the Ministry of Educa-

number of students joining secondary schools.

School principals have complained that there has been no increase in funding, forcing them to resort to other means to cope with the bulging student population.

In the 2020 form one selection, 36,254 candidates (17406 girls and 18,848 boys) were to join national schools, and 201,067 learners (95,646 girls and 105,431 boys) were set to join extra-County schools.

213,591 candidates (115,325 girls and 98,256 boys) were to join County Schools while 718,516 (357,029 girls and 361,487 boys) were set to join Sub-County schools

Report faults MOE for poor counselling services in schools

By Our Writer The Auditor General’s (AG) report has blamed the Ministry of Education (MOE) for doing very little in regard to providing directions on how Guidance and Counseling (G&C) should be carried out in schools.

The Performance Audit Report on Fire Safety Performance in Secondary Schools by the Ministry of Education dated September 2020 revealed that despite the Ministry establishing a GC department at the headquarters, the department had only two staff.

The audit, which sampled 42 schools in five counties based on the prevalence of fire incidences between 2015 and 2019, revealed that the understaffing at the Ministry’s G&C department undermined the effectiveness of administration of guidance and

counseling in all schools in the country.

The safety standard manual for schools of 2008 (section 6.9) requires guidance and counseling to be strengthened at school level through providing resources of creating a conducive environment for effective guidance and counseling.

The 2015 Basic Education Regulations necessitated the establishment of the G&C programme after the abolishment of corporal punishment and expulsion of students in 2001.

According to AG, most of fire incidences were as a result of indiscipline cases hence the need for guidance and counseling to act as essential corrective measure focusing on moral values and character formation of the leaners.

Despite schools having G&C departments, the Ministry has

Nancy Gathungu, Auditor General. not provided the Board of Management (BoM) members with policy guidelines and regulations on how guidance and counseling should be implemented. This has therefore caused minimal impact in reducing indiscipline cases in

schools.

“Guidance and Counseling teachers are still in need of professional training so as to be effective in providing this crucial service in the schools,” noted Auditor General Nancy Gathungu in the report signed on September 22, 2020.

From the 42 sampled schools, 31 schools didn’t have qualified teachers to offer G&C although 36 of the sampled schools (representing 85 per cent) were building their capacity by taking guidance and counseling teachers for short term courses in Guidance and Counseling. Teachers in 11 schools (26%) had a masters degree in counseling, those in 2 schools(5%) had a diploma in guidance and counseling and those in 4 schools(9%) had a certificate in guidance and counseling.

At Oloolaiser High School in Kajiado County, the audit team

found out that the presence of a functional G&C department was responsible for the high discipline levels. The school has a professional counselor who visits the school daily to offer counseling services to students.

The teacher in charge of the G& C department has a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology hence has sufficient knowledge on how to offer professional counseling services.

The teacher had ensured that the school had secluded guidance and counseling room that allowed for confidentiality. The room has lockable desks where files containing students’ confidential information were kept.

For effective guidance and counseling, schools are required to have a secluded rooms and lockable cabinets for confidentiality of information.

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The rise and rise of St. Joseph’s School - Rapogi

The Principal, Mr Stephen Abong’o

driven attitude among the teachers and the students the sky is not the limit for the St. Joseph’s school Rapogi family.

The school has for years been participating and excelling in science and engineering fairs not only at the national level, but also in the international competitions. In 2018 the institution was recognized globally for its exemplary performance in Information Communication Technology (ICT) projects.

Mr Stephen Abong’o, the School Principal told Education News that they have geared up their efforts and resources towards upgrading the performance of the students

the candidates were in school and the sacrifices they made to ensure syllabus coverage done in good time to give room for revision and re-learning, so as to ensure all students were well prepared for the national examination that was done in March this year.

“Nothing comes on a silver platter. We recognize this and as an administration and the teaching staff after consultations we came up with revision plans that helped develop a culture of being self-driven among the learners,” stated Abong’o.

The School Principal also noted that the co-operation the administration received from the parents, students and the

“We realized most of our students have interests and aspirations with science related courses and as an administration to help them realize their dreams we strengthen their ability by encouraging them to take part in science and engineering fair held yearly to test on the innovation creativity of learners across the country,” Owino added.

Owino noted that to support the STEM project the administration has always ensured it provides the requirements right from availability of adequate teachers and equipment necessary for the projects to opportunity for the learners to showcase and compete with learners from

By Norah Musega St. Josephs School Rapogi, after 59 years of existence since its establishment in 1962, has proved to be an unbeatable academic giant in the country standing out in last year’s national examination after it was recognized by the Education cabinet secretary for being among schools whose mean had greatly improved.

Through a high level of discipline, time management, teamwork, sacrifice and self-

A section of student leaders pose for a photo with Deputy Principal (Administration), Mr Jackson Owino.

Mr Jackson Owino, Deputy Principal (Administration).

that will in return reflect on an improved mean.

The 2021 candidates made us proud after improving the school mean despite all the challenges that affected the students and the education sector posed by the coronavirus pandemic which halted learning across the country for several months.

Abong’o lauded the efforts put in place by the teachers at the institution after learning resumed especially when only

teachers yielded a fruit of 8.270 in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education from 7.199 of 2019.

Mr Jackson Owino, the deputy in charge of administration on his part said the school has equally been performing well in academics especially because of its strength in science related subjects making it a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) school.

A view from the Assembly grounds to a section of classrooms and ICT lab.

other schools across the globe.

The deputy principal also told Education News that they not only dwell on academic excellence, but also on curriculum activities such as hockey, music, basketball among others.

He however stated that all the achievements would not have been possible without the intervention of Christian faith in God. “Being a Catholic sponsored school, we dwell on strong Catholic faith, doctrines and beliefs. We are dedicated towards bringing up a family that unites together in faith and building good Christian morals in our students. We also have chaplains who lead mass on Wednesday and Sunday,” said Owino. “However we also experience challenges in bid to ensure that our students access the best quality education at the institution,” he added.

Owino called on education stakeholders to come to chip in to assist the institution through construction and equipment and putting up of more structures especially for the library and ICT centres.

Mr Richard Anton, Deputy Principal (Academics).

He also noted that this is as a result of the ever growing population of learners at the institution that has been on a steady growth every year.

In 2019 the school had 432 candidates, 2020 it had 425 and this year they have a candidature of 465 with a general population of 2106 students.

His sentiments are also shared by the deputy in charge of academics, Mr Richard Anton who also noted that the growing student population is equally demanding more teachers to help meet the teacher student ratio at the institution in the journey towards academic achievements.

“As an institution we strive to ensure we instil discipline among on our students, we Cont. next page...

The 2021 candidates made us proud after improving the school mean despite all the challenges that affected the students and the education sector posed by the coronavirus pandemic which halted learning across the country for several months.

- Principal

Stephen Abong’o.

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St. Joseph Rapogi on a consistent perfomance trajectory Cont. from previous page...

motivate them to be focused on the importance of education through time management, teamwork and work without

The School’s Mission and Vision.

limitations,” he explained.

“Most of our students begin their morning studies even before the stipulated time by the administration while other prefer extending after the end of night preps to study on their own,” he added. Anton also noted that the school also organizes academic trips for the teachers for benchmarking, for the top students and for the student leaders to provide them with good leadership qualities as a way of motivation and guidance and counselling for learners with challenges.

“Our strength is in good academic performance, discipline and a self motivated

team working towards excellence,” he said.

He added that the administration also motivates teachers to take part in other competitions such as the Teacher of the year (TOYA) and IT teacher of the year (ITOYA).

“They attend seminars and trainings such as the KEMI and KNEC trainings in which four teachers are sponsored by the institution yearly,” he elaborated.

“We invite guest speakers to the institution to motivate and build the skills of our learners, award top performers and also organize for joint tests with other top performing schools across

the country to test the ability of our students before they sit the national examination.

Some of the schools include Kipsigis Girls, St. Albert’s Ulanda, Asumbi Girls, Orero

Boys, Homa Bay High, Ramba High, and Baringo Boys among others,” he said.

A view of the boarding section with new dormitory under construction.

A view of the boarding section.

The Dining Hall.

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Retired teachers finally get pension arrears

By Malachi Motano

The Pensions Department has begun implementing the Retired Teachers’ Court Award (HCCO.65 of 2006 at Nakuru: Simon P. Kamau & 19 others Versus Teachers Service Commission) after receiving an allocation from the National Treasury.

According to the Director of pensions, Shem Nyakutu, the implementation of payment has been rolled out as per the direction given by Hon. Justice Mulwa of the Nakuru High Court on 15th August, 2016. Justice Mulwa had ordered that the payments be released sequentially starting with those who retired in 1997 up to retirees of 2003.

Mr Nyakutu confirmed that those who retired between 1st July, 1997 and 30th June 1998 have no monetary gain since they benefited fully as per the Legal notice No. 534 of 1997.

He added that his department is currently working on processing revisions for those who retired between 1st July, 1998 to 30th June, 2003 who have monetary gain.

He said that they are experi-

encing some challenges like death cases since some beneficiaries have since passed on and there is need to identify their dependants for the purposes of releasing the benefits to them.

‘The department is now requesting the beneficiaries to collect the requisite forms from any

forms for guardian and pay point forms for banking particulars for both spouse and guardian.

Claimants who have since changed their banking particulars should collect the requisite forms from any Huduma Centre or visit Bima House, Nairobi or the National Treasury website. The com-

Retired teachers from Kambakia village in Meru county led

by Chairman Koome Ikunyua (third left) during one of their monthly meetings in Meru town. File photo

Huduma Centre or at Bima House, Nairobi or the Treasury website, complete and return them for action ‘ he said.

The relevant forms in case of death include declaration forms for spouse, guardianship certificate

pleted pay point forms should be returned, together with copies of the bank plate/card and the national Identity Card.

The Retired Teachers of 1997 Group sued TSC in 2006 claiming unpaid lumpsum salary increment

and accrued pension from July 1997. The High Court and later the Court of Appeal directed TSC to pay the pensions, salary and allowance arrears to the retired teachers in 2010.

The then Nakuru High Court judge David Maraga (EX-Chief Justice) ruled that retired teachers covered by the agreement dated October 11, 1997 between the TSC and Knut were entitled to their retirement benefits based on TSC Circular No 13/97.

Court of Appeal judges Moijo ole Keiwua, Onyango Otieno and Joseph Nyamu reinstated the orders after the TSC challenged the award. By February 2010, the money had accrued interest to more than Sh42.1 billion.

The Teachers employer also wanted the court of appeal to stop contempt of court proceedings that were filed against the then Director of Pensions, Anne Mugo and TSC secretary Gabriel Lengoboini.

In 2013, TSC challenged the court award to retired teachers. A dispute in which 52,000 retired teachers were seeking to have their Sh42.3 billion pension’s award honored was headed to the Supreme Court after the government

balked at the payout.

TSC then filed an application before the Court of Appeal in Nakuru, seeking leave to challenge the award in the Supreme Court.

The Teachers employer, through the then deputy solicitor general Muthoni Kimani, told Justice Anyara Amukule that implementing the judgement would destabilize the economy and the application was served on the retired teachers’ lawyer Dominic Kimatta.

According to Ms Kimani, allowances, salaries and pension arrears for the retired teachers had increased to Sh111.4 billion as of July 1, 2013 because of accrued interest. Implementing the award would increase the average national monthly pension to Sh40 billion.

However, the Retired Teachers of 1997 Group lawyer, Dominic Kimata, objected to the application saying the Supreme Court was inexistent when the case was determined by the Court of Appeal. The lawyer also questioned the stand taken by TSC three years after the judgment was delivered.

Mr Kimatta noted that Parliament had been allocating money every financial year since 2010 to settle the court awards.

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Thogoto: The little Scotland in Kenya

By Victor Ochieng’

A

visit to the small town of Thogoto in Kiambu county will make you agree that places don’t make people, but people make places.

This place hums with a lot of memories and I treasure it because it is where I learnt my tricks of trade. I also stayed here for six years after pursuing my bachelor’s degree in Education (Arts) – English Language and Literature. I share these bragging rights, because this is the place where our founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta attended school in his fledgling age.

Thogoto has two universities, one teacher-training college, five secondary schools and five primary schools. This is where we find the two crème de la crème schools: Alliance High School and Alliance Girls’ High School. There is also the Kikuyu Mission Hospital, one of the best eye hospitals in Kenya.

This is attributed to the Church of Scotland, now the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA). The church, hospital, schools and cool climate, made this place to be akin to Scotland.

In 1891, East Africa Scottish Mission (EASM), commissioned six missionaries to Kenya. The first mission centre was established at Kibwezi. From the six missionaries, only Thomas Watson survived. He

smallpox victims and those stricken of the Province of Kenya (CPK) by severe starvation. They started a currently known as the Angliday school for children from the can Church of Kenya (ACK) and camp, and an evening school for Church of Scotland Mission which young men who worked at the mis- later morphed to Presbyterian sion.

Church of East Africa (PCEA).

On December 4, 1900, Thomas Alliance High School churned Watson succumbed to the cruel out men of substance like Ngugi claws of pneumonia. This sowed wa Thiong’o, Charles Njonjo, sorrow in the heart of Minnie but Anyang’ Nyong’o amongst others. she chose to carry on.

African Girls’ High School which 1n 1901, EASM transferred is now known as Alliance Girl’s the mission mandate to the Church High School came into existence of Scotland. Dr. D. Clement in 1948. It has produced women of Ruffelle, a Scott from Blantyre great heft and weight like Margaret Mission in Nyasaland was brought Ogola, Micere Githae Mugo and on board to spearhead the mission. Charity Ngilu.

They formed a formidable force Minnie Watson returned to her with Minnie Watson. The mis- homeland in 1931 and was promotsion dream team and the colonial ed to glory in 1949.PCEA church government combined efforts and has grown and glown and given started the first boy’s boarding birth to more parishes all over East school which had only seven boys. Africa. It has promoted education By 1920, the school population had in Kenya by starting and sponsorballooned to 3,000. ing many schools, colleges and one On March 1, 1926, Alliance university – the Presbyterian Uniof the Protestant Churches started versity of East Africa (PUEA). the Alliance High School, a well The writer is an author of acaA missionary with members of a local community during of knowledge that was dug by four demic and self-help books. He can the colonial period. File/photo churches: Methodist Church, Af- be reached through email at vorica Inland Church (AIC), Church chieng.90@gmail.com battled smallpox and moved from Kibwezi to Fort Smith in DagoThogoto has retti where he was joined by John Patterson. They edged to Thogoto, two universities, purchased 30 acres of lush land and one teacherestablished a camp.

When the railway line reached training college, Kikuyu in 1899, Thomas Watson five secondary travelled to Mombasa by train to meet the love of his life, Minnie schools and five Cumming. They tied the knot at the primary schools.

Church Missionary Society (CMS) station at Freetown near Mombasa This is where and decided to get back to Kikuyu we find the two where they met many miseries and misfortunes like locust invasion crème de la from 1894 to 1896 and drought in crème schools 1897.

In 1900, Watson and Minnie Alliance Girls School gate. This is one of the most established a camp to take care of prestigious learning institutions within Thogoto area.

Stop girl-child exploitation, gender based violence, leaders urge

By Hilton Mwabili

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eaders in Mombasa County are now calling for child friendly programme and policies to help keep incessant cases of Sexual Gender based violence and girl child exploitation at bay.

Mombasa county women representative Asha Hussein called on the government to urgently institute stipends to reward community policing members who are the key components of the intelligence system.

Speaking in Mombasa during the launch of the She leads Project, a leadership development, mentoring and networking programme for female leadership talents, the woman representative said sexual violence against children had been perpetrated by the neglect of community policing officers.

are men who were raised by women who nurtured them.

There is need to inculcate the culture of respect to women even if they aren’t your relatives, ’he said.

Nominated MCA Milka Ngare said the county assembly had passed a bill on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) leading to the formation of a policy that protects the welfare of girls.

“Through the motion, we pushed to have a safe house Marukusi child rescue officer for all sexually abused women.

We also made available a 24 Jackson Murunga Jaluo. hour operation desk at Coast Photo/Andanje Wakhungu General Teaching and Referral Hospital with special attenEducation, ICT and Vision dants to handle SGBV victims.

2030 executive Dr Seth Odongo We will soon launch the policy, urged the government to incor- ’Ngare said. porate gender subjects in schools The She leads Project counright from the Early Childhood try co-ordinator Caroline Boraya Development Education so as to said the programmes will advochange the mindset about respect cate for inclusion of the perspecto girl child in all spheres of life. tives of girls and young women ‘Most of the heroes we have

(GYW) in gender-responsive laws, policies and societal norms and practices.

Boraya noted that despite the existence of a progressive constitution and legal and policy frameworks, girls and young women continue to be marginalized in all spheres of life, denying them an opportunity to realize their full potential.

“Many girls are still subjected to retrogressive cultural practices such as female genital mutilation, early and child marriages and low education levels. She Leads project will engage in lobbying and advocacy at the county and national level in close co-ordination with the She Leads Consortium partners to ensure that GYW perspectives are included in gender-responsive laws, policies and societal norms and practices at the county, national and international levels,” she said.

One of the little girls rescued after she fell into boiling water. She was taken to hospital for treatment and is currently recuperating at her home in Matete.

Photo/Andanje Wakhungu

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Joy at St Teresa Itete during dedication of new structures dormitory, funded by parents and other stakeholders, is almost complete.

He thanked the Board of Management BOM for having the interests of the school at heart and enabling the school to discharge its core function of providing quality education to the learners.

He noted that the school still needs more facilities like 17 classrooms to accommodate its ever

school needs a multi-purpose hall that can accommodate its more than 1400 students during meal times.

The Principal said he renovated all the classrooms and equipped them with modern lockers for effective teaching. He also improved on the sewerage system of the school so that water doesn’t overflow into dormitories and classes whenever it rains.

The county school with both

dream.

He added that the school will endeavor to remain among the best performing schools.

In attendance was Western Regional Education Co-ordinator, Mr Stephen Barongo and his Teachers Service Commission (TSC) counterpart Mrs Lilian Mwangi among other guests.

Schoo Principal George Wekesah with his deputy Produs Mwanza.

By Shichangi Richard It was a colourful day at St Teresa Itete Secondary School as the school community converged to celebrate the dedication of its new structures.

The occasion was presided over

by Kakamega Catholic bishop, the Most Rev Joseph Opany Sagwe.

The school officially opened its twin science laboratory, modern and well equipped school library and two dormitories.

Bishop Opany challenged the students to double their academic efforts. He also lauded the school’s management for their efficient and prudent financial management that has enabled them put up the needed structures in the school.

He urged parents to continue

New Laboratory and library.

Teaching Staff.

supporting school programmes by paying school fees in time so that school projects run smoothly.

Speaking during the event, the School Principal George Wekesah noted that it was by God’s grace that they had managed to put up more facilities despite the prevailing economic challenges.

He commended the Ministry of Education and the area National Government-Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF) for ensuring that the school has the necessary facilities that will enable it to provide a conducive learning environment for its students.

Wekesah said his administration had constructed twin science laboratories, 500 sitting capacity library and two dormitories (one for the girls and another for the boys).

He added that another girls

Austine Onyango, BOM Chairman.

Kakamega Catholic Bishop, the Most Rev Joseph Opany Sagwe cutting the ribbon during dedication of St Teresa Itete secondary school’s new structures. growing population.

“We are meant to be a six streamed school but due to lack of classrooms, our students are squeezed into four classes,’ he said.

He appealed to parents and other well-wishers to chip in to ensure that the fastest growing institution in Kakamega county realizes its full academic potential.

The head further said that the

Mildred Omondi, School Bursar.

day and boarding facilities has 13 teachers. It recorded a mean of 5.8 in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and 85 of the 290 candidates who sat exams qualified for direct entry into universities.

The school aims to achieve 7.2 in this year’s KCSE and the Principal says they are working tirelessly to ensure they realize their

Goerge Andati, School Accounts Clerk.

Francis Osore, BOM Vice-Chairman.

Stephen Ombikhwa, PA Chairman.

Students following proceedings.

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Joy as St Thomas Kapchorwa High School receives bus

Mr Joshua Yatich, Principal

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By Dennis Bett ounds of applause rent the air at St Thomas Kapchorwa Secondary School based in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Keiyo South Sub-county as the school received its first ever 52-seater bus whose purchase was sponsored by the NG-CDF. The bus is intended to provide transport to the students during academic trips and extra-curricular activities.

Mrs Stella Mengich, Deputy Principal

Deputy President William Ruto with the School Principal, Mr Joshua Yatich during the handing over of the bus at the DP’s residence in Karen Nairobi. (inset) The Principal, Mr Joshua Yatich with some of the guests during the unveiling of the school bus.

The colourful event was presided over by the area Member of Parliament, Hon Daniel Rono who said that his office awarded them a school bus owing to the rising trend of academic performance as well as the growing number of students.

Prior to the event, the Board team and the school’s staff visited the office of the Deputy President William Ruto based in Karen, Nairobi to receive the bus which was then driven to the school.

When the D-Day came to formally receive the bus, the teaching staff, parents, some of the students and officials of the NGCDF assembled at the area NGCDF offices based in Nyaru town before setting off in a procession to the school.

A convoy comprising a number of vehicles including Boda Boda riders snaked their way to the school.

Song and dance punctuated the merry cavalcade as the bus made its maiden drive to the school as hundreds of locals braved a rainy afternoon to join the school fraternity receive the bus.

Speaking during the handing over ceremony held at the school grounds, the School Principal, Mr Joshua Yatich said that he was delighted and full of joy to receive the bus. He applauded all those who made the purchase of the bus through NG-CDF sponsorship a reality.

The principal said that the bus will cut on cost during travelling to academic trips and co-curricular

activities as well as other events.

He said that the school has seen the number of students sharply rise to over 600, adding that the number is projected to hit 800 by 2023. He added that the bus will also help boost the self-esteem of the students and as a result boost the academic

Mr Moses Barmao, Director of Studies.

The Board Chairman.

The teaching staff.

The School Board.

Students follow proceedings when they received the school bus.

performance.

The Principal stated that the school has seen improvement in academics having sent 21 students who had C+ and above marks to university in 2020 under the Government sponsored programme, while the rest 35 qualified to join Technical Colleges across the country to pursue various courses.

Mr Yatich said that the school is working closely with the community and their relationship is mutual, a move that has assisted the school to grow faster.

“Today we are happy that the school has received one of the greatest assets that will help it rise to greater heights. As a school, we are headed to the right direction in all spheres as we aim at producing allrounded students who can shine in all corners of the globe,” a beaming Mr Yatich said calling upon the Ministry of Education and other donors to help the school transform its infrastructure to meet the rising demand of students.

Also present was the Board Chairman Mr Mike Mosi who lauded the students for their hard work and resilience, noting that the school has grown gradually with a small number of students to the current population of over 600. He called upon the CDF and the county government to give NG-CDF funds to students to better their studies.

The area MCA, Hon Philip Kipruto applauded the school management for the great stewardship of changing the face of the school pledging to assist the school achieve its goals.

The Principal, Mr Joshua Yatich with Deputy President Ruto William (centre) and other guests at the DP’s Karen residence Nairobi during the function.

Parents follow proceedings during the handing over of the bus in the school compound.

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NYANZA KISII

KISUMU

School principals transferred

Union commends top elected officials

By Enock Okong’o

Teachers Service Commission has transferred many teachers from their old stations this term because of staying in one station for a long time while others were moved because of personal and other professional demands.

In Kisii county, the long serving principal of Kerongorori secondary school, Mrs Tabitha Mogoi was transferred to Riambase secondary school in Nyamache sub county to replace the former principal who died early this year.

The former principal of Botoro secondary school, wMarani sub county replaced her.

The Principal of Nduru Girls school, Grace Oduor Onyango was transferred to Rabura mixed secondary school in Siaya county.

Speaking to Education News at Kerongorori secondary

By Fredrick Odiero

Nancy Macharia, Teachers Service Commission CEO

school, Sub county Quality Assurance and Standards Officer Mr Isaiah Sairiki said that teachers’ transfer was a normal routine.

He added that teachers had to move depending on the directives from their employer. He asked the principals to work with dedication in their new stations.

Taranganya high School Principal, Mr Aliva Luvaso was transferred to Teremi boys to replace Benard Wamanga who was transferred to Kivaywa secondary school.

drive will be Mr. Elly Otieno (Chairman), Mr. Victor Ndolo (Treasurer) and Mrs. Grace Owino (Woman Representative).

He said his other priority will be to ensure that all teachers within his area of jurisdiction have access to an ideal medical cover.

“We are currently in talks with the county government so that we can have a parcel of land to erect a modern office,” he added.

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Kisumu East branch officials have lauded the election of new national office holders.

Led by the branch’s executive secretary, Mr David Obuon, the branch said the new office under the leadership of Secretary general Collins Oyuu has taken the right path in negotiating for teachers’ welfare.

Speaking in Kisumu on 20th July 2021, Obuon said that the past KNUT leadership took a very dangerous trend by engaging the government in uncalled for confrontations.

Obuon noted that they will also embark on an aggressive recruitment exercise within the branch in order to have Kisumu East branch KNUT more members.

Those tasked executive secretary David with the massive Obuon. Photo/Fredrick Odiero

NYAMIRA

Chief Principal lauded for good performance in academics, sports

By Oanga Oyugi

When Albert Otara Ombiro received information from Kisii County Director of Education that he should report to Nyanza regional office in Kisumu, he didn’t know that good news awaited him.

He had been instrumental in promoting education, sports and team work in the community.

He had served as sports chairman of Kenyenya sub county between 2010 and 2015 and as the chairman of Kenya Secondary Schools Association in Kenyenya sub county between 2016 and 2019.

Upon receiving a confirmation letter from the Ministry of Education about his appointment as a chief principal, he could not hide his joy.

Ombiro, who is currently serving as chief principal of St Paul’s Gekano Boys High School, says his desire is to serve humankind.

He has steered the school to academic excellence improving the mean score from 5.8 in 2019 to 6.8 in 2020.

Chief Principal Albert Ombiro now at St. Paul’s Gekano Boys’ in Nyamira County.

Photo/Oanga Oyugi

A teacher of Business and Geography, Ombiro is credited for starting a sports camp at St. Peters’ Keberesi high school where students competed to regional level in soccer and to East Africa in athletics. The institution turned out to be a bench marking centre in Kisii and Nyamira counties.

Born in a family of teachers, Ombiro is proud of the service they

offer to the society. He attended Kiru primary school, before proceeding to Itierio high school for his secondary education. From there, he joined Moi University for Bachelor of ducation degree and proceeded to Kampala international university for his masters.

He first worked in Rigoma mixed secondary school between 1994-1998, then moved to St. Theresa’s girls high school, Nyangusu where he worked for two years. He was later transferred to Endereti mixed high school where he served until 2002 before he was promoted to Meteiribe as the deputy principal where he served until 2007.

In 2007, he was promoted as the Principal of St. Peters’ Keberesi high school which was at its inception stages .By the time of his departure in 2019, the school had grown to a three streamed school with the number of students swelling to 850 and twenty five teachers. From there, he was transferred to St. Paul’s Gekano boys’ high school in Nyamira county as a chief principal.

SIAYA

Knut worried by low vaccination of teachers

By Erick Nyayiera

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has raised concerns over the low number of teachers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Siaya County.

The union’s National Executive Council (NEC) representative for Nyanza, Mr Alex Dunga pleaded with teachers who have not been vaccinated to do so for the sake of their lives and that of the children they teach.

Mr Dunga who is also the KNUT Siaya branch Executive

Secretary asked the county government through the department of health to find a way of addressing some of the challenges teachers face while accessing the Covid-19 jab.

The KNUT official ,who was accompanied by the union’s Siaya branch chairman Oscar Asol and Treasurer Zebedi Oriwo ,also called on the need for the vaccination services to be decentralized to avoid the overcrowding.

Mr Dunga suggested that health officials can move from school to school to carry out the vaccination exercise.

MIGORI

KNUT wants Covid-19 vaccination deadline for teachers extended

By Norah Musega

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has said that the deadline for teachers’ Covid -19 vaccination should be extended.

Migori branch chairman Caleb Opondi said most teachers had not received vaccines because they were informed that the doses were no longer available at the health facilities Opondi wants Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in conjunction with the Ministry of Health to make available the vaccines to teachers in schools where several teachers can easily access them and also to speed up the process of vaccination among teachers.

Opondi also urged TSC not to compel teachers to be vacci-

Caleb Opondi, KNUT Migori branch chairman

nated saying every single person or has the right to choose what he or she wants for his or her life. “ Let the Ministry of Health bring more vaccines, extend the deadline and carry out doorto-door vaccination ,” added Opondi.

Education stakeholders urged to upgrade infrastructure in schools

By Norah Musega

Education stakeholders in Migori County have been urged to put up the necessary infrastructure in learning institutions.

Nyatike Member of Parliament Tom Odege said that the funds currently being disbursed to National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) cannot cater for scholarships and developments in all schools in the county.

Odege now joins the list of MPs who are demanding for an increase in the allocation of constituency funds by the national government. He called on education stakeholders to support schools within their locality by putting up more classrooms and dormitories.

“The development of schools

now calls for a joint effort from all education stakeholders and well-wishers. COVID-19 has hit citizens and affected their income generating activities hence the high demands for scholarships,” noted Odege.

The MP also called on locals to join efforts towards protecting and educating their children saying most are lured into pre-marital affairs on their way to and from school.

“We need to support all children for a better tomorrow. Most start engaging in love affairs at a tender age due to lack of joint efforts from locals,” noted Odege.

His sentiments comes weeks after a form three student at Aneko secondary school was murdered by her boyfriend on her way home from school.

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FOCUS ON TOP SCHOOLS

Pomp at Kapletingi High as school receives new bus

Mr Franklin Kipng’eno Tonui, School Principal.

By Dennis Bett It was joy and celebration at Kapletingi secondary school in Keiyo South Sub County, Elgeyo Marakwet county when the school received its first ever 52 seater school bus.

The bus was funded by the area National Government – Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) to help students during academic trips and extracurricular activities.

The handing over of the bus was done by area Member of Parliament Daniel Rono who lauded the school for being among the top performing day schools in the sub county.

factor to our students and we are hopeful that it will bring good grades by boosting the students’ self-esteem,” said Tonui.

Mr. Tonui said that he has a strong and supportive teaching staff who are ready to sacrifice their time for the sake of learners.

He said that despite the hardships the students undergo, they have been performing well and the school has been a great blessing to the community as the student population has tremendously grown to over 650 students.

He added that the school has made great progress in face-lifting its infrastructural projects through various partners led by the NG-CDF and the Ministry of Education.

Jubilant students with the Principal Mr Franklin Tonui and the BOM Chairman Mr Moses Ngetich pose for a group photo beside the bus.

The school’s good performance has seen majority of its students qualify to join universities and other tertiary institutions.

On the day the bus was handed over to the institution, the school’s board of management, parents, several students as well as officials from the NGCDF assembled at the NG-CDF offices in Nyaru town to start a procession towards the school ahead of the occasion.

Several cars accompanied by boda boda riders joined a convoy which passed through Nyaru town, Chepkorio and Flax before entering the school.

When the bus made its

The chief guest Hon. Daniel Rono with the principal Mr Franklin Tonui and the Board chair Mr Ngetich join students in a jig during the function.

Mrs Jane Birgen, Deputy Principal.

Mr Moses Ngetich, BOM Chairman.

maiden entry into the school ululations rent the air. Students lined up singing different songs to praise their principal, the MP and other officials for the bus.

Speaking during the handing over ceremony of the bus, the Principal Mr Franklin Kipng’eno Tonui thanked the MP and other officials involved in procuring the bus for considering their school.

He added that through the bus, the students will now conveniently go for academic trips and extra curriculum activities.

“I am happy today that our school has made one of the greatest milestones of owning a school bus. This is a motivating

Hon Daniel Rono, MP. Construction of a modern laboratory is underway to improve performances in science subjects.

Tonui called upon the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to post more teachers into the school to improve the students to teachers ratio.

The board chairman Mr Ngetich thanked the MP for supporting the school.

The MP pledged to continue supporting the school because it has lived up to its motto of attaining good academic grades.

The Principal Mr Franklin Tonui with his teachers and students dance after receiving the bus.

The Principal Mr Franklin Tonui, MP Hon Dan- The Chief Guest Hon Daniel Rono receiving a iel Rono and the BOM Chairman Mr Ngeno gift from Principal Mr Franklin Tonui and his dancing during the ceremony. team.

Keiyo South legislator Hon Daniel Rono with the Principal Mr Franklin Tonui following proceedings during the ceremony.

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Musingu Boys charts roadmap to academic excellence

By Shichangi Richard Form four parents at Musingu High School have unanimously agreed to support the school academic programme to see to it that the premier institution realizes its full potential academically.

Speaking during their meeting at the school, the parents promised to collectively work closely with school administration to see that their boys realized the desired grades in this year’s exams. They pledged to support the school Mathew Esese, materially and morally so that the Bernard Lukuya, BOM Chairman. school can achieve its set target Chief Principal. of more than 7.5 mean score this year.

Addressing parents, the Chief 40 C minus, 8 D plus and The Principal noted Principal, Mr Benard Lukuya 1 D plain. The head opined that they have what noted that he himself and the that reduction of the lower it takes to push the teaching staff are more than grades impacted positively prepared to ensure that boys’ on the school overall academic standard of reiterating academic needs are achieved. performance, the school to the next He observed that the school has that this year they want to level, adding that got its programme in place and reduce the Ds and increase they have already the quality grades so as to running as per the set timelines. identified student increase the university entry He challenged parents to play academic ability and number to more than 250, their role of paying school fees on while more than 60 students necessary measures time to enable them implement have pledged to go for an A are being taken the programme effectively. accordingly so that The Principal noted that they plain grade.

The Principal further they can move as a have what it takes to push the revealed to the parents that academic standard of the school team without leaving to the next level, adding that they he had to improve on the anyone behind. have already identified student facilities of the school to academic ability and necessary measures are being taken accordingly so that they can move as a team without leaving anyone behind.

They also have programmes to see that syllabus is covered early so that thorough revision is instituted to ensure that the boys are well prepared for the exams where they have employed various approach including topical revision, group discussion, intensive testing among other measures so that the boys master the content for better results.

The head further said that the weekend science practical will be intensified which will equip the boys with experience in handling equipment, chemicals and spacemen and Administration Block. also familiarize them with other forms of test items The Principal observed that the school had a mean score of 7.05 compaired to the previous year mean of 6.5, hence the positive deviation of 0.9. He noted that this year they have set a target of more than 7.5, adding that they are going to achieve it given the good will of all stakeholders. The school had 229 students getting minimum university entry grade of C plus and above out of 322 who sat the exam.

The school had 5 A minus, 24 B plus, 34 B plain, 53 B minus, 79 C plus, 77 C plain, Parents follow proceedings during the event.

Titus Mughalo, PA Chairman.

Dr. Josphat Shatuma, Old Boy and Academic Committee Chairman.

Form Four candidates. enhance conducive learning atmosphere. He noted that construction of two dormitories, renovation of computer lab and workshops had been done, adding that the school boasts of registering the highest number of student taking computer subject in the county. The school has put up VIP toilets, and an ablution block for the boys, and also under construction is the three storey dormitory. The putting up of a bakery and posho mill are also priorities of the school.

The head had also to construct six unit houses for the

School gate.

teachers and renovation of the administration block was also done.

Musingu High School which was established in the late sixties by Quaker missionaries has grown to become one of the pinnacles of academic excellence in Kakamega county and beyond. The school is an extra county status institution with a population of more than 2200 students spread in ten streams.

It has also remained steadfast in sporting world where they have reached regional and national level in various sports disciplines.

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KAKAMEGA

Strict measures put in place to curb insecurity in schools

By Andanje Wakhungu Schools within Matete sub county, Kakamega county are putting in place strict measures to curb cases of insecurity in the region.

Sub county director of education Tom Oluoch directed schools within his sub county to install alarm systems and closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras as part of enhancing surveillance in institutions.

This comes after cases of theft and the murder of security officers Matete SCDE Tom Oluoch. rocked airwaves last term with Ki- Photo/Andanje Wakhungu vaywa secondary school being the most hit after unknown assailants broke into the school and stole a in theft at school where they steal TV set. In yet another incident, items from fellow students and sell three security guards were killed on them to the local brewers who in the spot. turn supply them with drugs and The Ministry of Education had alcohol. put in place measures to curb such He warned that the 300 meincidents after cases of school fires tres radius rule that does not allow became rampant and made it a nebars and local brew dens within the cessity for each school to put up schools will be enforced and stern proper security measures including action will be taken against those the installation of hidden cameras. found to be conducting business “Schools that can’t afford within the prohibited radius.

CCTV cameras can start by installHe also warned security guards ing alarm systems that will alert the who collude with thieves to desist school management, security and from such behaviour as they will the locals in case of any intrusion. be easily nabbed once the suggestThe schools should also employ ed measures have been put in place. qualified company security personHe urged staff and students to nel whose employer will be held keep vigil and raise alarm whenevculpable in case of theft and burer they sense or see something out glary at the schools,” Oluoch said. of the ordinary.

The director also pointed out that some students were involved

Shortage of classrooms, teachers, dormitories hit schools

By Tony Wafula

Majority of school heads in Bungoma county have decried the shortage of infrastructure and manpower due to the high number of students in schools.

Most extra county schools in the county like St. Mary’s Kibabii Boys High school received a huge number of form one students adding a burden to the already fully occupied classrooms.

Speaking to Education News, Nicodemus Ogeto, the Senior Principal of the school said that the Ministry of Education allocated the school 499 students but it has admitted 650 students, since some had sent in their requests to join the school.

Ogeto said that the school has a shortage of hostels and they are relying on National Government –Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF) to complete one dormitory to serve

students.

“Our student population is 1,960 and they cannot be fully accommodated in the available hostel space. It’s my prayer that the ongoing construction is completed soon so that my boys can get a better place to sleep,” Ogeto said.

Ogeto also decried the acute shortage of teachers in the school and asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to employ more teachers so that they can serve the students better.

The Senior Principal said that the school has a total of 55 TSC teachers, 17 teachers employed by the Board of Management (BOM) and 2 who are on internship programmes.

He lauded the Parents Association (PA) and the government for donating funds to allow the construction of a science complex lab and three storey classrooms worth Sh166 million in

The standard classrooms that are yet to be completed at Kibabii. Photos/Tony Wafula

VIHIGA

Budalangi residents welcome construction of Sh1.3m school

Issue schools with title deeds, Vihiga governor urges

By Roy Hezron

Munani Primary school Project Management Committee Treasurer Everlyne Sales, (wearing red scarf) having a discussion with nominated MCA Patrick Obongoya who had accompanied the area MP. Photo/Gilbert Ochieng

The residents of Munani/Munginia and Bukhoba villages in Ruambwa sub location, Bunyala North ward in Budalangi constituency Busia county have welcomed the construction of a Sh1.3 million primary school.

Speaking to Education News at the launch of construction of the learning institution, the Project Management Committee chairman, Mr John Origi thanked Budalangi National Government –Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) committee for approving and allocating the funds for the establishment of the new school.

the school.

He also applauded the Equity Foundation and Wangamati scholarship for supporting 157 bright but needy students.

The unfinished digital science complex lab.

BUSIA

By Gilbert Ochieng

Nicodemus Ogeto, Senior Principal Kibabii Boys High School. Photo/ Tony Wafula

He said that for many years, scores of parents from Ruambwa sub location had been forced to enrol their children at schools in Alego/Usonga constituency in Siaya county.

Budalangi NG-CDF committee chairman, Mr John Omumi who was also present expressed concern over escalating rates of abduction cases especially among school children in Bunyala North ward .

He expressed optimism that the school children from the area would be safe once the school construction is completed.

The national government has been urged to fast-track issuance of title deeds to learning institutions to prevent encroachment.

Speaking during the launch of a digital land registry in Mbale on August 11, 2021, Vihiga Governor, Dr. Wilber Ottichilo lamented that the process of issuing learning institutions with title deeds was very slow making land grabbers to encroach on public land.

“Issuance of title deeds to many schools has taken quite some time and its time relevant stakeholders expedite the process to save public land from encroachers,” he lamented.

The Governor urged the department of lands and physical planning to ensure that all the original records showing ownership of land in Vihiga are retrieved from Kakamega before official kick-off of the

digitization process to prevent loss of vital land data.

In reference to the ownership dispute between Kisumu and Vihiga counties as to where Maseno lies, Ottichilo urged the Independent, Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and National Land Commission (NLC) to ensure that the county border issues are resolved with urgency to prevent escalation of possible border disputes.

Western Regional Commissioner Anne Ng’etich beseeched public servants to ensure effective service delivery.

“As much as digitization of government services is essential in the modern era, commitment to serve comes on top.

Therefore, I call upon government officers to be steadfast in service delivery,” she said.

County Commissioner Ochillo Oyugi said administration of land issues will be enhanced once the state-of-the-

Wilber Ottichilo, Vihiga County Governor. art equipment is put into use.

Also present during the launch were the Chief Administrative Secretary Ministry of Land and Physical Planning Alex Mburi and the Vice-Chair Kenya National Land Commission Getrude Nduku Nguku.

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RIFT VALLEY TURKANA

Kakamega County Poly delivers furniture to Turkana University

By Cally Imbayi

Turkana University College staff get a feel of the furniture.

Nzoia County Polytechnic has supplied over 25 dining tables and 100 chairs fabricated by the polytechnic and delivered to Turkana University.

County Executive Member for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. George Lutomia said supplying the furniture to the institution was a great achievement and a fulfillment of Governor Wycliffe Oparanya’s manifesto to the people of Kakamega on the independence of county polytechnics.

Turkana University Vice Chancellor, Prof. George Chemengich, who received the consignment in the company of his deputy Prof.

George Muthaa, registered his satisfaction and appreciation to Nzoia Polytechnic saying the impressive furniture was delivered within the agreed timelines.

Kakamega Chief Officer for Education Dr. Irene Ashioya said the ministry aims at ensuring all county polytechnics become self-reliant and contribute to the growth of Kakamega County’s own revenue.

Nzoia Polytechnic principal, Mr Benson Mbaya thanked the entire administration of Turkana University for awarding his institution the furniture tender, promising to deliver more quality products and services promptly whenever called upon.

Student leaders of Turkana University who were also present thanked their administration for procuring the furniture, adding that scholars will henceforth enjoy their health breaks comfortably in the dining hall.

The University’s Procurement officer, Mr Paul Ekiru and the inspection team were present.

Kakamega County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Education Science and Technology, Dr. George Akolo Lutomia (left) with other officials and education stakeholders in Ikolomani. Photos/Cally Imbayi

TRANS NZOIA

Senate Committee reclaims school land from former Kenya Seed boss

By John Oroni The Senate committee on lands has initiated the process of reclaiming part of the 10 acres of Kitale School that was alienated by former Kenya Seed Company managing director Dr. Nathaniel Tum. The alienated portion of land holds a girl’s dormitory, sewage system near the boy’s dormitory and a tree nursery. The two parties have been at loggerheads since 2007 when the school laid claim to the land.

The committee led by its chair Nyandarua Senator Paul Githiomi toured the school on a fact finding mission following a petition by residents who want the land in question reverted back to the institution.

The team instructed the Trans Nzoia lands office to ensure the land is surveyed while they prepare a report that will fast-track the process. The report should be ready by September “We are committed to ensuring the school gets back its land. We have heard from the school and the private developer and we are certain that this land belongs to the

ACK Bishop Emmanuel Chemengich said the senate was the last hope of the school’s struggle to reclaim back the land from an influential and powerful individual. school,” Senator Githiomi said after the exercise.

Dr. Tum defended his claim over the land saying he has all the legal documentation to justify his ownership since 1994 when he acquired the land from the Kenya African National Union (KANU) government through an allotment process.

“I have won all court cases challenging the legality of my ownership of this land. I have spent Sh 250 million in putting up development infrastructure on this land. I equally need justice since I have been wrongfully accused,” he said.

Area Senator Dr. Micheal Mbito urged Dr Tum to surrender the land back to enable the institu-

tion to carry on its infrastructural developments.

On May 10, 2010, the Commissioner of Lands cancelled the developer’s title deed by gazette notice. The Ndung’u Land Report also reported the matter and recommended that the land be reverted back to the school for public use.

The developer moved to the High Court in Kitale where Justice Joseph Karanja ruled that the proprietary rights on the land cannot be taken away from him by the judicial review as he had acquired the land procedurally in accordance with the law and there is the sanctity of title deeds.

The school appealed the ruling and the Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court that the remedy was in the National Land Commission reviewing whether or not the allotment and title issuance process was properly followed and revoking the title deed if the legal process wasn’t followed.

ACK Bishop Emmanuel Chemengich said the Senate was the last hope of the school’s struggle to reclaim back the land.

Drought affects education in Samburu

By Jeff Mwangi Schools in Samburu experienced low turnout in form one admission due to poor livestock prices and shrinking livestock herds following a devastating drought experienced in both Samburu East and Samburu.

In Samburu, 80% of pastoralists depend entirely on livestock sale to pay school fees of their children.

“At times, we get here in the morning and not sell anything. I do not know how my children will go to school. I am a desperate man,’ lamented Joseph Lengisho, a resident from Samburu East.

County Executive Committee Member in charge of Education Mr. Stephen Lekupe said learning in this county has been heavily affected by the prevailing drought as most of the parents depend on their livestock to educate their children.

Lekupe expressed concern about the implementation of 100% transition in the county saying most of the parents can’t afford to pay fees with no sale of livestock.

Form one students reporting to school in Samburu County. Photo/ Jeff Mwangi

UASIN GISHU

Students will be allowed to change varsity courses in September

By Wasike Elvis The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) will open its portal from 1st September to 30th September to allow students to change their universities and courses.

Speaking during the University of Eldoret 9th Virtual Graduation State Department for University Education and research Principal Secretary Amb. Simeon Nabukwesi said the move is to ensure students choose the right courses.

1809 graduands comprising of 20 PhDs, 44 Masters, 10 Post-Graduate Diploma, 1650 Bachelor’s Degree and 85 ordinary diploma were conferred and awarded with their honors.

“Those who wish to change to different universities or courses should use that opportunity,” said Nabukwesi.

He urged guardians to assist their children choose courses based on their ca-

pacities, talents and interests.

He also warned principals against imposing extra charges to students from day school saying those who will be found will face the full force of the law.

“It is sad that despite the Ministry of Education offering free day school education, there are some principals sending children home for school fees,” he added.

He called on parents to report such rogue principals promising to take stern actions against them.

“We have put in place strategies like digitalization to redeem the time we lost last year due to the corona virus pandemic We are focused on our mission of providing quality education, training, research and consultancy in science, agriculture and technology to meet the needs and aspirations of a dynamic society,” University of Eldoret Vice Chancellor Prof. Teresa Akenga said.

VIHIGA

Educate your children in schools you can afford, says MP

By Fredrick Odiero Emuhaya Member of Parliament Omboko Milemba has asked parents to take their children to schools that they can afford. He noted that this will help reduce the number of school dropouts due to lack of school fees.

He said there are day schools which post good results and are affordable and that parents with low income should identify such schools and send their Omboko Milemba, Emuhaya MP. Photo/ children there.

He added that he tar- Fredrick Odiero gets full implementation of the 100 % transition The legislator said policy in his constituency Sh37.10 million has been He noted that the Constituency Develop- allocated to the education ment Funds (CDF) bursa- sector and Sh600,000 alry is there to supplement located to sponsor boda school fees payment to a boda operators in Emufew deserving cases who haya to go for driving are in special secondary school training.

Milemba added that schools within Emuhaya. lunch programme for all Milemba asked parents to invest in the edu- class eight candidates in cation of their children all public schools in Emusaying that is the only haya will start in second term. way to fight poverty.

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TVETs face funding challenge as they embrace online courses Some of the online training media that had been adopted by the TVET institutions such as online audio programs, WhatsApp and email did not support learner to learner or learner to trainer interactions as required by the TVET ODeL standard - reads the findings in part.

By Staff Reporter Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) were the least Technical and Vocational Educaion and Training (TVET) institutions to embrace online learning after the emergence of Covid-19 . Technical and Vocational Education Training Authority (TVETA) had approved over 400 Competency-Based Education Training (CBET) courses.

In a survey conducted by TVETA on the status of online training in TVETs to determine the effects of Covid-19 pandemic,the institutions that had embraced online training ranged from 1.46 percent to 38.24 percent.

In the findings, VTCs embraced online learning at 1.46 per cent, National Polytechnics (NP) topped at 38.24 per cent and Technical and Vocational Colleges (TVCs) scored

25.30 per cent.

“Most of the TVET institutions had not embraced online training due to inadequate ICT (Information and Communication Technology) infrastructure and low capacity of trainers and staff to implement the online training,” reads part of the survey findings.

Other challenges were inadequate funding for procurement of appropriate hardware and software, lack of technical expertise in online training delivery, poor or lack of internet connectivity, high internet costs and lack of reliable power supply.

The survey used a sample size of 283 institutions, which represented 15 per cent of the 1,928 accredited TVETs as at January 20, 2021 .All the 12 NP were considered while stratified simple random sampling was used to select the TVCs and

VTCs in all parts of the country.

Online questionnaires were administered to administrators and trainers of the sampled institutions.

The results from the study further showed that a significant number of administrators were not aware of the existence of Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) standards that had been developed by TVETA for accreditation of Online training.

TVCs recorded the highest percentage of awareness concerning online training at 82.93%, followed

by NPs at 80% and VTCs at 56.41%.

It was also revealed that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there was cessation of training in 70% of NPs, 69% of TVCs and 85.12% of VTCs. Only 1.19% of TVCs and 0.83% of VTCs reported that training was not affected because of the pandemic.

The percentage of technical staff who were competent to administer

ODeL in the TVET institutions ranged from Margaret Mwakima, PS state 42.98 per cent to 90.91 department for TVET. Photo/Asa Maina per cent.VTCs had 44.98 per cent, TVCs 78.57 per Youth Empowerment Institute (CAcent and NPs 90.91 per cent. Trainers who reported that they PYEI) started an initiative to digitize had been trained in development and most of VTCs programmes in order delivery of online courses were 18 to enable VTCs to offer online trainper cent, 67 per cent and 70 per cent ing programmes for all students.

The institute is supported by the from VTCs, TVCs and NPs respecWorld Bank through Kenya Youth tively.

Both the administrators and Employment Opportunities Protrainers noted that regular training gramme (KEYEOP) and Colleges and sensitization in areas such as and Institutes Canada (CICan) administration and student support CBET Courses The Authority has licensed 75 in online training, online assessment of trainees and development TVET institutions to offer CBET of online training materials were im- Courses .The Authority targets to acportant in improving implementation credit 300 TVET institutions in this of online training delivery as per the current Financial Year with a 100 per cent evaluation of all the applications survey findings.

Most recently, a Non-Govern- that it will receive, and which will mental Organization (NGO), CAP meet the CBETA Standards requirement for accreditation.

No strikes under new TSC, KNUT agreement

By Roy Hezron There will be no strikes after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) penned down a new agreement which will see the two parties employ negotiations in solving any disputes arising between them.

The new Recognition Agreement signed between TSC and KNUT on August 11, 2021, limits the officials from calling a strike before a resolution of the dispute either by themselves (between TSC and KNUT) or the Cabinet Secretary for Labour.

“No strike, lockout or other adverse action that may stop or hinder the operation of the business of either party shall take place until a resolution of the dispute by Parties or the Cabinet Secretary,” reads the agreement.

The agreement which replaced the May 15, 1968 agreement requires that, in case of any grievances or claims, it shall be raised to the Commission in writing by the Union’s Secretary General (SG).

The complaint shall be studied by the Commission’s Secretary (Chief Executive Officer) and s/he will communicate back to the Union within reasonable time.

It further requires that such grievances or claims shall be re-

solved amicably in the first instance by the Union SG and the Commissions’ CEO (Secretary), and in the event such grievances are not resolved, the aggrieved party may request the Commission and the union to constitute a Negotiation Committee ,comprising of not more than four representatives nominated by each party,which shall set and regulate its own meeting procedures to consider the matter in issue.

According to the agreement, the Chairperson of the Committee shall be from the Commission (TSC), while each party to the Committee may be assisted by the technical officers employed by either party.

However, parties may be at liberty to seek advice from external experts outside the negotiations.

The Committee shall present its findings and recommendations before TSC and the Union for consideration and/or adoption, as all agreements jointly reached by the Committee and the union being committed in writing and signed by both parties at the end of the meeting.

The agreement further requires that in the event parties fail to reach a settlement, either party may refer the dispute to the Cabinet Secretary for Labour for resolution.

In one of the interviews with Education News, KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu reiterated that under his regime, he will employ

Collins Oyuu, KNUT Secretary-General. dialogue and negotiations in resolving any issues between the Union and the employer TSC, and not use strikes, intimidations and court.

The new CBA requires KNUT and TSC to review their current recognition agreement which has been in force since May 15, 1968 and to have a defined constituency pro-

“No strike, lockout or other adverse action that may stop or hinder the operation of the business of either party shall take place until a resolution of the dispute by Parties or the Cabinet Secretary,” reads the agreement.

tected by law and which shall form part and parcel of the CBA, and be registered in the ELRC as an addendum to the CBA. “Parties hereby mutually agree that they will engage in structured negotiations for specific and defined constituency of the Union as required by law,” reads the CBA document in part.

In case of an industrial action, the new CBA requires the parties to conduct themselves with dignity, civility and decorum, protect the property of the school and safeguard the safety of the learners.

“With a view to maintain the nobility of the teaching profession, parties agree that in the event of an industrial action, they shall conduct themselves with dignity, civility and decorum, protect the property of the school and safeguard the safety of leaners directly or through their respective officers, representatives and/or members,” reads the CBA in part.

The agreement also states that in the event of a strike, the administrative staff (head teachers, deputies, senior teachers, and teachers acting in the mention positions) shall continue to carry out their duties and ensure the safety of all leaners, members of the public and the property of the institution.

However, the agreement which entered into force on the date of its execution and which shall remain in

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force unless terminated has immediately stopped about 23,286 head teachers and acting Head teachers from being members of the Union.

“Parties further reiterate that taking into consideration the best interest of the child under Article 53 of the Constitution, the safety and welfare of leaners and the needs to deter conflict of interest, Parties agree that a member who is a head teacher or acting in the position of a head teacher shall cease being a member of the Union on the commencement date of this Agreement,” reads the agreement.

It adds that: “Parties agree that with an aim of ensuring the proper and efficient management of schools the administrative staff (head teacher, deputy head teacher, senior teacher and a teacher acting in the stated positions) shall at all times carry out the duties assigned to them by the Commission from time to time.”

The new agreement will see the union reduce its branch offices from the current 110 to 47 branches as from July 1, 2026.The 47 union officials together with the ten elected national officials will be granted leave of absence without pay .

The commission will redeploy such teachers (officials elected in 47 branches and the 10 national officials) to the teaching service when they cease being elected officials of the union.

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