LONDON, UK—A maths teacher at a local high school has boasted that he can solve any equation, no matter how complex or difficult. However, his students have decided to put his claim to the test by asking him to solve their personal problems instead. Mr. Jones, who teaches algebra and calculus to year 10 and […]
The Kenya National Examinations Council has announced plans to drop the use of teachers in marking KCSE exams and replace them with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Announcing the new measure, Education CS said that the marking of KCSE has always been marred with problems with teachers going on strike, power failure stopping the exercise, teachers conspiring to […]
Experts have warned that the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) that is currently undergoing live trials in Kenya is on track to collapse on 23rd January 2023, if everything goes according to plans. The news, which turns out to be common knowledge to everybody except the Ministry of Education, says that if the status quo is […]
The Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) has threatened to deregister Engineer Raila Amollo Odinga after it emerged that he missed three crucial units that are mandatory for registration as an engineer. Speaking during the ongoing Energy Conference, the EBK chair said that all engineers in Kenya must do at least 35 credit hours in Communication […]
Schools in Uganda have reopened after nearly two years, but all is not well. In fact, nothing is good at all. It is now evident that education cannot be restarted because everything is working against education. The learners have changed, and their minds are gone. Uniform Problem A spot check by PostaMate found that 64% […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has come out to defend teachers on accusation that they are exasperating children to the point of making them burn down schools. Instead, TSC argues that incidences of school fires are caused by the revolution of the earth around the sun, and nothing can be done about it. While giving […]
Public Universities might soon find a solution to the problem of cash shortage if parliament approves plan to tax HELB loans and send the money directly to the universities. The wide-reaching reforms seek to have HELB loans taxed, and the money sent directly to the university. Students receiving HELB loans will thus receive the amount […]
Education CS Magoha is not a man likely to hide his thoughts, especially when stating a generally accepted truth. This time, he has revealed a well known secret that those who study Civil Engineering know very well. Studying Civil Engineering will give you a good title and social status, but you might easily starve to […]
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has said that the Competence Based Curriculum works out smoothly if parents employ graduate househelps. Speaking while on a tour of Western Kenya, Magoha said that homes with competent househelps were having an easy time with CBC, and only those with class 2 dropouts were having a hard time. “Every […]
You’ve probably read about Faith Mumo, the student who topped 2020 KCPE and was all over the news. At worst, you read the story of parent who sued school after child scored 96 marks in 2020 KCPE. This is what makes news, so we took time to find the student who came last and give […]
