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THE STANDARD EDUCATION Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) acting CEO Mercy Karogo. [File, Standard] The first school-based assessment for Grade 4 learners starts next Monday, the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has announced. This is the pioneer class of the 2-6-3-3-3 education system under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The tests, to be administered and marked by teachers, will constitute 20 marks as broadly recommended by the CBC task force under the formative assessments plan. This is the clearest indication that the government is keen to phase out the age-old 8...

Taylor Elementary students from Kindergarten to Grade Six accomplished a good deed last Friday, running a week-long item drive to collect much needed non-perishables for the Fort St John Women’s Resource Society.

Do you ever catch yourself thinking you’re not good-looking, thin or successful enough? Now throw your mind back to how many more times those thoughts bounced around your brain when you were a teen. Then imagine how deafening they would be if, at that age, you lived half your life in an online world where thousands of your peers all looked happier and more successful. It sounds overwhelming doesn’t it? But, as the author of the book What’s My Teenager Thinking?, this is what life in the social media age feels like for our teenage children. Research shows that when adolescents, especial...