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THE STANDARD EDUCATION Mitchelle Makungu, a girl who survived Kakamega primary school's stampede, celebrates with teachers outside the school after scoring 408 marks in the KCPE exams. [Mumo Munuve, Standard] Kakamega Primary School has emerged among the top-performing schools in last year's KCPE examinations. It is among the best public schools in Kenya despite a stampede in February 2020 which left 15 pupils dead and scores injured. Before the school community could recover from the tragedy, the first case of Covid-19 was announced in Kenya in March and the government closed all learning in...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | March 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Pupils from Xaverian Primary school in Kisumu undertake English Composition at their school on March 09, 2021, on the first day of the national assessment. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Parents have raised concern over some of the items needed by teachers to administer Grade Four school-based tests which enter the second week today. This even as Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) urged teachers to use readily available material for the assessments. “We advised teachers to make the assessments as local as possible ...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Kepsha Chairman Johnson Nzioka. Teachers have proposed a Covid-19 vaccination plan to be adopted by the Government when their turn comes for the injection. This is after the Ministry of Health listed teachers among the frontline workers lined up for the Covid-19 vaccination. Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) Chairman Johnson Nzioka proposed that old teachers and those with underlying conditions be given first priority. “Kepsha has lost members to the coronavirus that has continued to ravage the education sector and the country at large with a massive an...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Education cabinet Secretary George Magoha. (Collins Oduor, Standard) Head teachers of 30,000 primary schools have been cautioned against putting Grade Four pupils under undue pressure when school-based assessment tests start next week. Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said the tests are not examinations and also advised parents not to panic. “No one should be putting pressure on children about the assessments because they are not examinations. Even parents must stop putting pressure on the learners because these are not examinations,” said Magoha. He said ...

  SASKATOON -- Saskatoon artist Denyse Klette is the first Canadian to be signed to join a small and unique group of artists with Collectors Editions. The contract is a full circle moment for her career. Klette recalls her very first drawing experience was at four-years-old. She spent hours copying the drawings of her sister’s “How To Draw” book which was created by a Disney artist. By the time she was eight, she announced that she would quit Grade Four to become an artist. While she ended up finishing school, she’s happy where her career has gone. “I always knew I was going t...