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TTCs Open Applications for 13,823 September Teaching Courses by March 20

KUCCPS opens application for Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) in Kenya. 13,823 slots available for September 2025 intake for Diploma in Primary and Secondary Teacher...

TSC to Employ 36,000 Teachers by End of Year

TSC will employ 36,000 teachers by end of the year. 18,000 will be on one year internship and 18,000 on permanent and pensionable (PnP)...

Grade 10 Students to Study Science and Mathematics Under New Curriculum Reforms

Dr. Belio Kipsang, the Principal Secretary for Basic Education has said that all Grade 10 students will have to study Science and Maths as...

Education CS Urges Schools Not to Send Students Home Over Delayed Capitation

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba has told secondary school principals not to send students home over delayed government capitation. He spoke at the...

INTERNAL MEMO: TEACHER REPLACEMENT AND TRANSITION EXERCISE

Subject: Immediate Release and Replacement of Teachers TSC has ordered the immediate release of teachers transitioning to secondary schools. County Directors are required to submit details...

TSC Begins Issuing Appointment Letters for Recruited Teachers

TSC has started issuing appointment letters to newly recruited teachers who replaced those who exited service due to natural attrition. This is a big...

Secondary School Principals Decry Capitation Cuts Amid Co-Curricular Funding Crisis

Secondary school heads in Kenya are crying foul over the continued reduction in capitation funding from the Ministry of Education, saying it’s severely affecting...

Schools in Financial Crisis as Principals Send Students Home Over Fee Arrears

The education sector is cash strapped and school principals are sending students home due to unpaid fees and delayed government capitation. The crisis which...

TSC Dismisses Claims of Released Promotion Letters for 24,000 Teachers

TSC has refuted claims that it has issued promotion letters to the 24,000 teachers who were shortlisted for promotions. According to a senior official...

TSC Directs JSS Intern Teachers on T-Pay Registration

A total of 20,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers who were recruited and posted in January are required to register on T-Pay. Payment and...

Kenyan Government Declines to Settle Sh64 Billion Unpaid School Capitation Funds

The government will not pay the Sh64 billion in unpaid capitation fees to public schools for previous financial years, Treasury CS John Mbadi has...

The Ministry of Education to Launch County-Based Dialogues on Competency-Based Education (CBE)

The Ministry of Education is launching a 7 day county based dialogue to address key issues in the education sector. The dialogues will focus...

NEWS

TSC Advertises CEO Position as Dr. Nancy Macharia Prepares to Retire

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has advertised the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as Dr. Nancy Macharia prepares to retire on June 30,...

GENERAL

TSC’s Medical Insurance Woes Persist as Teachers Remain Stuck with Minet Cover

Over 400,000 teachers and their dependents are stuck with Minet Kenya medical insurance despite growing dissatisfaction with the service and stalled transition to a...

GUIDES

Kenya 2025 School Calendar: Opening, Closing, and Exam Dates for Term 2 and Term 3

Schools in Kenya have reopened for Term Two of the 2025 academic calendar after the April holiday which started on April 4, 2025. The...