Raila Odinga: The enigma who kissed a political death

How well do we describe the Raila Odinga.? How do we put in words his political career? How do we fathom the catospheric end to illustrious career. Well the English language will offer flurry of vocabularies but the above headline may just try to fit in...

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KICD makes New Changes to JSS curriculum

Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has made a flurry of changes to the CBC curriculum in upper primary and Junior school levels. This is according to the newly published curriculum designs on their official website. Photo:Courtesy: KICD logo The curriculum developers at the start of the year, made significant changes to the CBC curriculum framework by rationalizing the content from pre-primary to Junior school. This came as a result of the recommendations of Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER). For instance, the learning areas in Junior School were reduced from 15 to only 9 (all of them being compulsory). This was geared towards addressing the overloads, overlaps and repetition in the related learning areas. KICD swiftly released the rationalized curriculum designs for use in the facilitation of learning as the process of publishing of new learners' textbooks in line with the rationalizaton and merger kick...

Two Years Internshp A Must, Ruto Tells JSS Interns

President Ruto has affirmed that JSS interns must serve for two years before being eligible for permanent employment. Speaking during a round table live interview to a host of journalists from mainstream media houses, the Head of State said it was now a government policy for state employees to undergo two year internshp before consideration for permanent terms. President William Ruto addressing journalists during a roundtable interview at State House, Nairobi, December 17th, 2023. Image: PCS "JSS teachers will report to work in January because we rolled out a policy that requires a two-year internshp before being employed permanently," the President said. The President revealed that the policy is currently being implemented in other government sectors, not that just TSC. " We are not doing internships with teachers only, we are doing internships with many other sectors. In fact, we have gotten a cohort of interns at Public Service Commission (PSC) because i...

'Take it or Leave It! ,' TSC Now Tells JSS Interns.

Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has now ordered Primary and JSS interns to renew their contracts. Through the county directors, the commission has began to renew the contracts which are due to expire at the end of this month. The disgruntled interns have been directed to visit their Subcounty offices with new Personal Accident Cover to facilitate the renewal process., "...advice your INTERN teachers both JSS and primary whose contract was ending 31/12/2023 to go for PERSONAL INSURANCE Cover for renewal of their contract. The should be for one year. Let them bring to the Subcounty office TSC by midday on 13/12/2023. Kindly please." read part of the the message sent to the interns in one of the counties. Photo:TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia at a past event. Photo credit: Courtesy . The directive now leaves the interns at cross roads as they may potentially face joblessness if they defy the order or sign the renewal and bury their hopes of ...

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