The Ministry of Education disbursed the second trench of the Free Day Secondary Education Funds second term, 2018. Click on the link below to down the circular from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya.
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Ministry of Education rolls out the 2019 Teachers’ ‘Tusome’ training programme
The Ministry of Education has announced a ‘Tusome’ Early Grade Literacy Training Schedule for Term one next year, 2019. The Ministry is implementing the Tusome Early Grade Literacy Programme with financial support from the USAID whose work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.
This training is geared towards equipping early grade teachers with necessary skills in readiness for the roll out of the Competency Based Curriculum, CBC, next year. “The Early Grade Literacy Programme instructional materials for Grades 1,2 and 3 in both English and Kiswahili have been reviewed in conformity with (the) Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and approved by KICD (Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development,” reads a circular by the Ministry’s Elyas Abdi for the Principal Secretary.
Photos- Some of the ‘Tusome’ Early Grade Literacy programme’s Instructional Materials.
The Circular dated 21st November 2018, and sent to all County Directors, outlines the training programme for Trainer of Trainers (TOTs), Curriculum Support Officers, Head Teachers and Teachers. “To ensure effective teaching with the use of the reviewed instructional materials, the Ministry has organized training activities for TOTs, Curriculum Support Officers, Head Teachers and Teachers to be held from 3rd to 21st December 2018 at Nakuru and County level,” says the Education Ministry.
The trainees’ travel, subsistence and training costs shall be fully paid by the USAID. “The Objective of the training is to equip them (the trainees) with pedagogical knowledge and skills towards effective delivery of both English and Kiswahili lessons in Grade 1, 2 and 3,” adds Mr. Abdi.
In the released Training Schedule, by the Ministry of Education:
- Trainers of Trainers, TOTs, shall have their training in Nakuru from 3rd to 4th December, 2018,
- Curriculum Support Officers, CSOs, will be trained at respective County levels from 10-11th December, 2018. While,
- Head Teachers and Teachers shall have their training done at the Zonal Levels between 14th and 21st December, 2018.
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Kisii is not a hot spot of National exams cheating – KUPPET official says
Kisii County KUPPET chairman, Mr. Laban Bosire Ouko, has come out strongly to castigate the Kenya National Examinations Council’s decision to profile Kisii as a cheating hotspot.
This comes after KNEC’s chairman, George Magoha, gave a list of cheating hotspots being investigated by the council. The examinations cheating hotspots according to KNEC are: Meru, Kiambu, Garissa, West Pokot, Kisii and Wajir.
Speaking to journalists, this week, Magoha also said that parts of Nyanza are being investigated.
“In some of the cases, especially in Kisii and Garissa, some principals are collecting money from parents during the prayers promising access to examination papers. The Council wishes to advise the candidates not to be cheated into looking at these fake papers,” Magoha told the media.
But, in a statement yesterday, Mr. Ouko said that KNEC’s profiling of Kisii as an examination cheating hotspot is ill informed and in bad faith.
“The profiling of Kisii as an examination cheating hot-spot by KNEC is discriminative and abusive to the teachers, parents, students of Kisii county. By so doing, KNEC is unfairly subjecting the students, invigilators, supervisors and centre managers”, the fiery Kisii County KUPPET chair said.
Mr. Ouko noted that such utterances are meant to punish the hard working students and teachers from the area.
“These kind of actions and utterances from KNEC should be condemned by all educationists”, Mr. Ouko added.
The Examinations Council and Ministry of Education have put stringent measures to safeguard integrity of the National examinations; among them being the banning of any handouts given to invigilators and supervisors by schools’ heads; including meals.
“The council has confirmed that some schools are still conducting prayers and other activities during the Third Term contrary to the Ministry of Education guidelines,” Prof Magoha said while briefing journalists on the progress of examination preparedness at Lang’ata Sub-County headquarters in Nairobi. He was accompanied by the Education Ministry Permanent Secretary, Bellio Kipsang.
Kipsang promised that all candidates will sit for their papers as scheduled and there will be no delays. He also exuded confidence that the candidates will receive their results before 25 December, 2018.
The national examinations commence in less than four weeks’ time. A total of 1,060,703 candidates are registered for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, examinations. While, 664,585 Form Four students are expected to sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examinations, this year.