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THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS Ongoing construction at Konza City (PHOTO: FILE) The Konza Technopolis project will take up a substantial chunk of the money allocated to the Information and Communication (ICT) Ministry, according to budget estimates for the upcoming financial year. This is in keeping with the trend where the government has been pumping in huge amounts of money to the flagship project of the Kenya Vision 2030 economic blueprint over the last few financial years. Touted as “Africa’s Silicon Savannah,” the city is meant to be an IT business hub, sitting on a 5,000-acre site ...

COMMENT | The future of Orang Asal A - COMMENT | As it is, the Orang Asal (otherwise also known popularly or colloquially as the Orang Asli) are the aboriginal peoples of Malaysia – whose native pedigree stretches back thousands of years – and by default bestowed with the special position as enshrined in Article 153 of our Federal Constitution.  However, like their counterparts in many parts of the world, they remain marginalised and left behind in national development. Article 8 of the Federal Constitution on equality before the law further provides under sub-article 5 that this doesn�...

Uhuru Gives Magoha Strong Team to Implement CBC Changes President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) speaks to Education CS George Magoha. Twitter President Uhuru Kenyatta has moved to provide a powerful team of technocrats to assist Education CS George Magoha to oversee the implementation of the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).  The Head of State announced a reshuffle in government on Wednesday, 17 February which saw Julius Jwan appointed as Principal Secretary of the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education. His role is fundamental in rolling out the new 2-6-3-3-3 education syst...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | February 19th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Dr Julius Jwan who was moved to the State Department of Early Leaning and Basic Education. President Uhuru Kenyatta has picked the technical persons behind the new curriculum project to spearhead execution of the wide education sector reforms. In new changes to the executive announced on Wednesday, Julius Jwan was moved to the State Department of Early Leaning and Basic Education, which is critical in rolling out the new 2-6-3-3-3 education system. The president also appointed Kenya Institute of Curriculum Developmen...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | January 9th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 President Uhuru Kenyatta Top government officials have been dispatched to various parts of the country to assess learning environment in a new order by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The officials are expected to conduct schools’ appraisals, propose immediate solutions to noted challenges and report cases that require long-term interventions. Cabinet Secretaries and Chief Administrative Secretaries have in the past one week been making impromptu visits to public institutions to assess learning as schools opened. Interior ...