Exams council sets July 30 ‘equivalency’ test deadline for candidates hoping to sit secondary examinations without primary school grades
Kakamega Central Sub-County Adult Learning and Education Officer Hana Namakavuli-Ichingwa said validation, equivalency and registration for the qualifying test are ongoing and will close on July 30, 2026. The examination will be administered online at county education offices in September.
Over 700 intern teachers in Embu protest delayed absorption by TSC on permanent and pensionable terms
The teachers marched through the town waving placards and singing solidarity songs, while condemning what they termed as poor working conditions and low pay.
It’s slugfest in Migori as rival factions of teachers’ union leaders go for each other’s jugular
The 2-6-3-3-3 education system, introduced in 2017, created Junior Secondary (Grades 7-9) as a distinct level. However, when Grade 7 learners joined in 2023, the government placed them in primary schools due to a lack of infrastructure and funding.
Teachers demand confirmation of 20,000 Junior Secondary School interns in Lamu, decry poor conditions
Speaking in Lamu on Monday Septembr 29, 2025, following a Lamu KUPPET branch members meeting in Mpeketoni, Sofia Njagi, a Hindi Town based JSS teacher, called on the government to speed up the process of confirming the JSSS intern teachers whom she said have overloaded work-plans with some going as far as having 37 lessons weekly due teachers shortage.
