July 08, 2021
Education Minister Tarek Shawki is trying to deal with the perennial problem of how best to assess final year school students.
July 07, 2021
Due to measures against the spread of Covid-19 and due to the declaration of an emergency, the personal presence of pupils and students in primary, secondary and higher vocational education in schools and school facilities are prohibited. Matura exams and final exams are difficult to administer in these conditions so they will be adjusted to a later date.
July 07, 2021
Update on the NCEA assessments for 2021, change in Psychology External Assessment, and change to NCEA History Examinations.
July 06, 2021
Students across the country want a strike on enrollment in national secondary school exams. The objective, according to the movement that gathers the support of a hundred student associations, is to pressure the Ministry of Education to end the ban on taking exams for improving grades in higher education.
July 06, 2021
Prospective candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) programmes who have been battling difficulties in their attempts to register, can now relax as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a two-week deadline extension for the registration activities.
July 06, 2021
Enhanced measures will be rolled out at MOE kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, special education schools, junior colleges, Millennia Institute and institutes of higher learning (IHLs). Both school-based mid-year assessments and the mid-year GCE O- and A-Level mother tongue language examinations will proceed.
July 02, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government has decided to cancel the CBSE 12th examination due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation. Following the CBSE, many states have called off the class 12 examinations.
July 02, 2021
Education CS has termed the KCSE Maths paper allegedly leaked by a school principal through her Whatsapp as fake.
July 01, 2021
An invigilator in Migori Country was arrested for leaking the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) to candidates ahead of scheduled time.
July 01, 2021
The amendments introduce a three-year Thanawaya Amma (high school) system and open the door for students to pass online exams.