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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 governor of Edo State in 2007 was willy-nilly, edged out as the president settled on his distant in-law, ...

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 State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education Julius Jwan. Magoha expressed confidence on C...

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 March 2020, the education sector was one that got completely disoriented," Magoha said at Mtihani Hous...

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 Covid-19 pandemic befell the country in March 2020, the education sector was one that got completely d...

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