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EXITS/ HOW A TEACHER CAN LEAVE SERVICE THROUGH REDUNDANCY
A change in government policy or curriculum may render a teacher’s services redundant. In such a case, the teacher’s services may be discontinued following due process. This may not happen, though.
The head teacher to Yard D.E.B primary school in Nanyuki has been arrested for allegedly raping a class 2 pupil at his school. The head teacher, Mr. Charles Waitheka, is said to have tried committing suicide after allegedly regretting attempting such a heinous act. Police officers who were searching for mr. Waitheka arrested him when he was undergoing treatment at Pope John II Huruma Health Centre, in Nanyuki, where he was reported to be in a critical condition. According to the victim, Mr. Waitheka ,who is 58 years old, had developed a behavior of summoning the class 2 girl to his office together with 2 others. The head teacher would, then, order the other 2 girls back to class while instructing the victim to remain behind.
“I was told by my girl how the head teacher has been summoning her to the office and then commits the rape,” said the mother to the rape victim. When contacted by the media, two days ago, a nervous Mr. waitheka said the act is a frame up by the girl’s mother to taint his name and settle some scores. The parents to the girl are now demanding for action and say such cases are on the rise in the area. The girl who is only 8 years old was treated at Nanyuki referral hospital with reports showing forced penetration.
Mr. Waitheka had gone missing and according to the Nanyuki sub-county director , Joel Murage, the head teacher had gone into hiding after realizing the matter had gone to the media and police. “We have not been able to talk with him. He has been out of network for quite some time but I want to believe we will get him,” Mr. Murage told journalists on Wednesday. Efforts to get a comment from the culprit on Wednesday proved futile as he snubbed the journalists and literally walked off.
The Ministry of Education has finally released Kshs. 12.6 billion for subsidized secondary schools education and Kshs. 2.8 billion meant for free primary education for third term ,2018. Ministry of education, Science and Technology Permanent Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, told journalists at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, in Nairobi, today. The PS was accompanied by the Kenya National Examination Council Chairman, Prof. George Magoha, after steering a stakeholders’ meeting on preparation of the 2018 National examinations. The funds come through over a month after schools re-opened for third term. Most schools’ heads had raised concern over the delay in releasing of the funds saying such delays were hampering smooth preparations for the national examinations. The move is good news to most schools and candidates as it will enable schools prepare adequately for the national examinations whose commencement is less than a month away.
During the Education stake holders’ meeting, at the KICD today, the government reiterated its readiness to deliver clean and credible examinations. Today’s meeting was attended by schools’ heads and Regional Coordinators of Education (RCEs) led by Dr. Kipsang and Prof. Magoha. The meeting which took close to three hours deliberated on on measures put in place to stamp out cheating in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examinations.
A number of emerging issues were discussed. It emerged that students were trying to cause disturbance in order to be allowed to use mobile phones to cheat during the exams. Dr. Kipsang, in his response, said that they will not be black mailed by some of the students and that use of mobile phones in exam centres remained banned. Students who had registered as boarders will have to stay in school even as it emerged that some of them wanted to be allowed to be day scholars, during the exam period. This was also informed by the fact that some schools lost dormitories to schools’ infernos experienced in second term. The Permanent Secretary directed such schools, lacking enough dormitories, to convert the classrooms that will be left vacant by forms ones to threes, who will close early, into dormitories.
Dr. Kipsang, also, noted that some schools are already plotting to cheat in the examinations. Speaking to the media, KNEC Chairman Prof. George Magoha said that they are investigating about 30 schools alleged to be hatching plans to cheat at the tests. “I went to Kisii, Nyamira and Homabay. But we do not want to stigmatize the whole (Kisii ) region as if it is full of examination cheats. We are focusing on four schools in Kisii, Five schools in Meru and three in Garissa“. Prof. Magoha told journalists today. The tough speaking KNEC chair declined, though, to name the schools saying they do not want to disrupt preparations for the examinations and “cause unnecessary anxiety to our children”.
Prof. Magoha reported that about 20 people are being investigated for involvement in examinations cheating racket by selling fake papers to schools and parents and circulating them on social media. Last week, the KNEC chair warned students purchasing purported examination papers that they were just wasting quality time instead of revising for the exams. Magoha also warned schools’ heads flouting Ministry of Education rules that stern action will be taken, against them, at a later stage as they do not want to disrupt smooth preparations forth coming examinations. The said schools’ heads are asking parents to pay for the supposed leaked exam papers on top of inviting them to schools for the banned prayers’ days.
This comprehensive in-patient health cover has been introduced for NHIF contributors and their dependants. The actualization of this package is a culmination of continued reforms at NHIF. Such reforms include efficiency, arising from decentralization of NHIF services and continued partnership with health providers on enhanced quality services to all members. To enhance these benefits, NHIF has contracted hospitals under three Categories; A, B & C, to provide this in-patient medical cover and partial cover for surgical cases in some of these hospitals. Our members are at liberty to attend hospitals under any category.
Under Category A (government hospitals), members would be able to enjoy full and comprehensive cover for maternity and medical diseases including surgery. In short, they will not need to pay for anything on admission provided they are fully paid up members of NHIF. Members admitted under contract Category B (private and mission) hospitals will enjoy full and comprehensive cover but where surgery is required, the contributor may be required to co-pay.
Those visiting facilities contracted under Category C (private) will continue with the current system where NHIF pays specified daily benefits under the current arrangements. NHIF will continue to negotiate with other health providers not appearing in the list below to determine which category of contract they will sign. Members will be informed of additional hospitals as and when they sign the contracts.
Below is a list of Hospitals, Number of Beds and Contracts covered by NHIF in the Coast Region.
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has directed the AON Medical Insurance provider to remove 3,690 teacher from its medical insurance scheme. This comes after the tutors transferred their services from the TSC to the Public Service Commission, under the Ministry of Education.
This is contained in a circular dated 18th October, 2018, and written by Mrs. J.M Maundu (For the TSC Chief Executive Officer) to the General Manager of AON Insurance Brokers Limited.
“Following a directive on management Teachers/Lectures serving at technical institutions Teachers Service Commission released 3690 employees to Ministry of Education with effect from 1st October, 2018,” says Mrs. Maundu in the circular.
TSC now says the said tutors are no longer entitled to AON medical cover since they are not TSC employees. “You are therefore directed to remove the affected members from the list of membership henceforth, as per the provided data,” Mrs. Maundu directs AON’s Mr. Edwin Kegode.
Teachers under the TSC contribute to both the AON and NHIF, National Hospital Insurance Schemes. But, the AON medical scheme has been thorny, lately, after the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, KUPPET, vehemently protested the recent renewal of the AON contract with TSC. This has led to major differences between the two teachers’ unions; KUPPET and the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT.
KUPPET has threatened to call its members to a strike in January to force the TSC to cancel the contract and is currently collecting signatures from members for a petition geared towards the suspension of the medical scheme. According to KUPPET, AON does not live up to expectations of members and they blame it for providing substandard services. KNUT on its side seems to be warming up to the AON medical Insurance Scheme and it has instead wedged a war with TSC on promotions, Evaluations and Delocalization of teachers.
It has emerged that the Migori governor Okoth Obado had been denied bail and remanded at the Industrial Area Prison until October 8 when the court will hear afresh his bail application is enjoying VIP treatment.
“At this juncture I am disallowing the application and he will appear with the others on October 8th,” Justice Jessie Lessit had said on 27/9/2018 while rejecting Obado’s bail application.
File photo- Okoth Obado consults withhis lawyer in court
High Court Judge Jessie Lessit concurred with the prosecution that the suspect has a likelihood to tamper with the evidence, endanger national security.
“The nature has been changing and more and more are being charged with the case. Interference can also be affected by the releasing of some of the persons facing the same charge,” she said.
The three are facing charges in the murder case of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno.
But, contrary to the lives led by most prisoners Obado is home away from home at the Industrial area prison:
Governor Obado stays in a high end segment of the industrial area prison referred to as block 2. This segment of the prison holds a very few number of ‘Very important persons’. Obado shares the room with 2 other murder suspects.
Obado sleeps on a ‘magnificent’ three deck bed with a mattress and bedding; that are regularly cleaned and changed.
The Block B 2 Industrial area prison’s segment has maximum security and is guarded by a Sergeant police officer on a 24 hours basis.
His food is not the normal prison ugali, beans and poridge. In fact, his food is brought into the prison from the exterior hotels.
Obado does not wear the normal ‘ugly’ prison uniforms. He has been allowed to wear his own clothes, contrary to pictures doing rounds on social media. Obado wears neatly passed suits to court proceedings.
The embattled governor receives a large number of daily visitors including Migori county government officials.
Indeed, Governor Okoth Obado is home away from home at the Industrial area prison, where he will spend another nine days till his bail ruling is made on 8 October, 2018.
A teacher can apply for a sick leave if he/ she can not attend to duties due to sicness. The teacher should apply to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, for the sick leave through the head of institution by filling form P.
HOW CAN THE TEACHER APPLY FOR A SICK LEAVE:
A sick teacher should fill the form P, Sick leave form, not later than 48 hours incase the teacher attended as an outpatient or not later than 7 days where the teacher is an inpatient.
The teacher’s sick leave form must be forwarded by the head of institution, after attaching medical evidence documents, to the Sub county Director.
In situations where the teacher can not apply for the sick leave in person, the head teacher is expected to write to the sub county director within a period of 14 days on receiving the sickness information.
HOW IS THE SICK LEAVE GRANTED:
A teacher will receive full pay for a sick leave not extending 3 months
A teacher will receive half pay for a sick leave granted for the next 3 months
If the sick leave extends past 6 months, the teacher goes without pay/ zero pay until she/ he resumes duty.
2018 Digital Essay Competition: Secondary Schools’ Winners and Finalists
The Prize Giving Ceremony for the 6th Annual Digital Essay Competition (DEC) for Secondary School in mainstream and learners with disabilities was held on Wednesday 26th September 2018 from 10 am to 1 pm during the Nairobi International Book Fair at Sarit Center, Westlands Nairobi. In attendance were invited guests, partners and sponsors, publishers, parents, teachers, students, among others.
Among the guests in attendance was Lydia Kyalo from Kenya Institute for the Blind, Eloi Mercamp from the French Embassy in Kenya, Martin Kieti from Perkins School for the Blind, Lydia Chege from Kenya Institute of Special Education, Dorice Kachipela from Education Development Trust
This year the competition received over 13,000 essays from students across the country representing a 146.3% increase from 5,305 submissions in 2017. All Winners and Finalists were awarded Computer Devices, Scholarship Money, Gift Hampers, Certificates, Public Recognition among other gifts.
This year, students were answering the question: “How can technology bring us closer to quality education for all Or Ni vipi teknolojia inaweza kutufikisha karibu na elimu bora kwa wote OR Comment la technologie peut-elle nous rapprocher d’une éducation de qualité pour tous? Participating students came from 358 schools in 43 out of Kenya’s 47 counties.
Top Winners in Secondary Level
Rael Mitchel Murila Grand Prize Winner Kiswahili Category from Lugulu Girls High School in Bungoma County
John Masyuki Grand Prize Winner Kiswahili Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for the Blind in Kiambu County
Darvyne Agnes Wakarindi Ndegwa Grand Prize Winner English Category from Loreto High School in Kiambu County
Hezborn Muiru Grand Prize Winner English Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for the Blind in Kiambu County
Benson Angote Ong’anya Grand Prize Winner French Category from Starehe Boys’ Centre and School in Nairobi County
John Mwangi Grand Prize Winner French Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for the Blind in Kiambu County
Kisangi Tlavian Savatia Grand Prize Winner Art Category from Nyangori Boys High School in Vihiga County
Joshua Munyoki Maswili Grand Prize Winner Art Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for The Blind in Kiambu County
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The Kenya Netball Federation, KNF, shall hold a National training Course for Coaches & Umpires from 3rd to 11th December, 2018. The course shall be held in Nairobi. Get full details in the image and or the pdf document, below:
KNF National Training Course 2018
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Teachers, civil servants and members of the disciplined forces are staring at looming agony in January next year, 2019, after the government made good of its plan to introduce a mandatory contributory scheme. The government employees are set to lose 7.5% of their basic salary towards the statutory pension scheme. This is the first time that the employees will be contributing for their retirement since the government has shouldered the whole responsibility. In the new contributory scheme, the servants will forfeit 7.5% of their monthly gross pay as the government gives twice as much, 15%. The cash starved government is on a collusion part to cut down on its spending in a bid to procure an additional loan facility of 1.5 billion US dollars from the International Monetary Fund, IMF.
“I know we have to do it this time round. I am really hopeful this time we will start it, hopefully in January”, said Mr. Kamau Thugge who is the Treasury Permanent secretary.
The Kenyan government has been trying to introduce the pension scheme for the past twelve years with little success. This new deduction is coming after the government introduced another monthly statutory tax of 1.5% of gross salary for government officers earning an excess of Ksh. 100,000. These funds will go towards a housing scheme that is among the big 4 agenda of the president Uhuru Kenyatta led government.
This now means that Chief principals in job group Q (T- Scale 15/ D5) will remit over Kshs. 7,000 per month to the school whose intent is to construct low cost housing units. Senior principals in Job group P/ T-scale 14/ D4 will forfeit Kshs. 6,000 monthly. Secondary school teachers in job groups G, H, J and K should prepare to lose excesses of Kshs. 1,520, Kshs. 1,777, Kshs. 1,959 and Kshs. 2,240 respectively.
