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The Centre and the West Bengal government must negotiate their relations in good faith

The Centre and the West Bengal government must negotiate their relations in good faith

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gazetted directions which state that primary school pupils must return to daily attendance

Santa Okot embodies PPP’s long walk to parliament May 26, 2021 Written by Moses Mugalu L-R: Bidandi Ssali, Saddam Gayira and Santa Okot during the dinner at Kiwatule on May 20 On May 20, the People’s Progressive Party (...

“We deliberately created a tight academic calendar that enables us to accelerate completion of school terms. The New Year entails the rollout of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Grade 5. For the avoidance of doubt, we shall all roll out grade 5 together; whether you are in private or public schools. There is only one government,” he said. The Education CS was speaking on Monday during the release of results for the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam announced tha...

By Emmanuel Aziken One popular political tale that swirled around Abuja late in 2006 as President Olusegun Obasanjo prepared his exit after the collapse of the Third Term Agenda, was how he was exacting retribution. Despite what many believed to have been Chief Anthony Anenih’s overt support for Third Term, for one reason or the other, ‘Mr. Fix It’ became one of the popular targets for the president’s vengeance. Odion Ugbesia who was well known as Chief Anenih’s first choice for gover...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Education CS George Magoha at Mtihani House, Nairobi, on April 15, 2021. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] President Uhuru Kenyatta’s commitment to the implementation of the new curriculum was evident yesterday when Cabinet Secretary George Magoha lauded the progress as he released the results of the Kenya Certificate of Primary  Education (KCPE). The CS met the president before the event at the Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) alongside the Principal Secretary for S...

The 2020 national examination was unique to the fact that it took place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which posed a great challenge to the Education Ministry. The Standard reported that some examiners were unable to show up for the marking exercise due to the ongoing restriction of movement in the country. This was as a result of the partial lockdown of some counties, while others decided not to turn up due to fears of the disease. "When the Covid-19 pandemic befell the country in Ma...

Less pupils score above 400 in KCPE Thursday April 15 2021 By HELLEN GITHAIGA The number of candidates who scored 400 marks and above in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination dropped by 16.4 per cent for a second year in a row at a time the school calendar was interrupted by the long closure occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 1,179,192 million pupils who sat for the national exams last month, 8,091 scored above 400, a drop from 9,673 in 2019. “When the Co...

The Education Ministry has proposed a special term to enable the semi-candidates to cover the syllabus while other classes will study for only eight weeks