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THE STANDARD CENTRAL A Standard Three pupil committed suicide minutes after he was allegedly sent away from school over indiscipline. Samson Karungu had reportedly been sent away from Ndaka-ini Primary School in Gatanga, Murang’a, before his body was found hanging from a tree.  Police have launched investigations and are interrogating pupils and teachers. Karungu was sent away from school after he and his desk mate were caught with Sh20 each that they intended to buy chips with from a nearb...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Dorcas Odonya takes Grade Three pupils at Central Primary School in Kisumu through a physical education lesson in January last year. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Details have now emerged on how teachers will be trained and prepared to help children acquire the right competencies under the new education curriculum. The Saturday Standard has established that five core learning areas have been approved under the new Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) training, a majo...

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Callie proudly stands on top of what is left of the tree that knocked her down. (Supplied) Article continues below advertisement ↴ A year after a youth trip went wrong, the family of a teen girl seriously injured while skiing says they are thankful for the support they have received along the way. Fourteen-year-old Callie Wiebe and her churchs youth group went skiing on January 31, 2020. What Callie and her sister thought would be a fun day turned into something out of every parents h...

BJP’s state unit criticized the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for ‘covering up the killing of sadhus’ in Palghar in June and urged the C

Welsh mans devastating diagnosis after being told by GP headaches were nothing to worry about James Griffiths from Llanelli hit his head in during a mountain bike competition a year before being diagnosed Updated James, his brother Alex and mum Michelle (Image: Brain Tumour Research) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information yo...

IT IS a huge weekend of national hunt racing with the Leopardstown Festival and for most Irish runners a final chance to see if they are true Cheltenham Festival material. The big race over the two days is the Irish Gold Cup (Sunday, 3.40) with a small, but select, field of just five and MINELLA INDO trying to put his fall in the Savills Chase behind him. It may not be last chance saloon for the Henry De Bromhead runner to prove his Gold Cup worth, but he certainly needs a convincing victory to...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | February 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Kakamega Hill Standard Eight candidates tackle a Mathematics test on October 21, 2020. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] A new report has revealed learners’ weaknesses across all subjects even as candidates prepare for next month’s national exams. An analysis by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) shows that many learners have weak competency levels and weak skills in various subject areas. For instance, in Engl...

By Uditha Devapriya The Dornhorst Memorial Prize, the most sought after accolade at Royal College, is, curiously enough, named after an old boy who didn’t win a single award there. Born in 1849, Frederick Dornhorst served as a Master at his school before embarking on a career as an Advocate and, later, a King’s Counsel. As a member of the middle-class Burgher elite, he was very much a product of his time. In keeping with the custom of his milieu, Dornhorst gave back what he could to his sch...

THE focus of the action tomorrow afternoon will be Ascot, where Politologue will go off a warm favourite for the feature Clarence House Chase at 3.35. But with Defi Du Seuil having plenty to prove and Waiting Patiently better fresh, we could be in for a massive surprise. First Flow certainly attracts the eye following his impressive win at the track last time out, but he will surely need to fence better in this higher grade — so I am going to take a chance on FANION D’ESTRUVAL. The Veneti...