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Autistic students thankful to preacher for much needed tablets January 23, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR – A single mother sighed with relief after she received a tablet donated by celebrity preacher Ebit Lew, describing it as a lifeline for her three children with autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to follow the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) method currently in force. Haslinah Hassan, 40, who lives in a public housing scheme in Jalan Hang Tuah here, said her eldest son Muhammad Nur Izzat Ismail, 13, who studied at SMK Yaacob Latif under the Special Education Integrati...

THE STANDARD COAST Police are holding a middle-aged woman for allegedly failing to take her three children to school over religious beliefs. The woman claimed her religion does not allow her to take children to school according to police reports. The police together with officials from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination have been tracking down parents who are yet to take their children back to school after the resumption of physical learning on January 4.  Taita sub-County Police Commander Onesmus Kombe and Shigaro Assistant Chief Elijah Kimbichi confirmed the arrest, saying investig...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION A teacher at a Standard Eight classroom at Kisii primary school. [Sammy Omingo,Standard] After a 10-month Covid-19 imposed holiday, an estimated eight million primary school learners will this morning start a national assessment. The week-long assessment is being administered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), but unlike other conventional examinations, there will be no ranking of learners according to the grades they score. A circular released by Acting Knec Chief Executive Officer Mercy Karogo says the assessments will be administered up to Friday. Th...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | January 9th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Pupils observe Covid-19 guidelines by social distancing. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Education stakeholders say the prolonged closure of schools may have resulted in learning losses, which may be unearthed by the evaluation. Over 30,000 schools have up to the end of next week to prepare children for mass assessments to evaluate learners’ understanding of subjects, 10 months after closure of schools. The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) said the Learning Continuity in Basic Education (LCBE) assessments should ...

Born in Kipkabus, Uasin Gishu County in 1934, his mother had moved with him to Nandi County before her death but he went back to Kipkabus