Latest education stories from across Kenya.
President William Ruto has announced that the government will retrain, reskill, and promote 100,000 teachers across the country within the next year. Speaking on June 19 during the burial service of the late Mama Zipporah Jerotich Kosgey…
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has retained its position as Kenya’s leading university in the 2026 UniRank listing. UoN has remained at the top with more than 50,000 students and multiple campuses across Nairobi and Kisumu, including…
Starehe Boys’ Center and School has announced an early midterm break for students to facilitate preparations for the upcoming Founders Memorial event scheduled for June 28. In a statement on June 18, Starehe Boys’ Director Fred Okono said…
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has maintained its position in the latest QS World University Rankings 2027, remaining in the 1,001–1,200 band globally amid growing competition among universities worldwide. According to the rankings…
Learners across Kenya are approaching the mid-term break of the second term of the 2026 academic calendar, following a period of student unrest that prompted calls for a calendar change. The Ministry of Education calendar shows that Term 2…
Teachers who served as invigilators during the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations are set to receive their pending allowances after Parliament confirmed the…
Addressing Kenya’s student housing crisis Acorn Holdings Limited has partnered with Absa Bank Kenya Plc and Co-operative Bank Group to launch the Zinduka Graduate Enterprise Programme, an innovation designed to enable students to gain…
Students who sat the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations and are awaiting placement into universities and colleges have been advised to begin preparing the documents required for Higher Education Loans Board…
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has urged first-time loan applicants to prepare all required documents before the application portal opens. In a statement on June 16, HELB announced that first-time applications would open soon and…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is staring at a potential leadership crisis as the second and final acting tenure of Chief Executive Officer and Secretary Eveleen Mitei comes to an end on June 30, 2026, while a court case continues…
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is transferring two major functions of the U.S. Department of Education to other federal agencies, a move that represents its most significant step yet toward dismantling the department.…
Kenyan students aspiring to secure a scholarship to study in the US must undergo a mix of early preparation, maintain strong academic performance, and submit targeted applications to the right funding programmes. Most US scholarship…
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has directed principals of public senior schools to confirm Grade 10 student enrolment data ahead of the second phase of textbook distribution. In a notice, KICD Chief Executive Officer…
President William Ruto has defended the government’s decision to increase funding for the education sector. Speaking during a church service at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kajiado County on June 14, 2026, the Head of State said…
A regional audit has exposed serious shortcomings in Kenya’s medical and dental training institutions, with only three out of 13 universities inspected meeting the standards required to train future doctors and dentists. The assessment,…
Kenyatta University ICT Professional Training and Certification Centre (IPTCC) student Robert Kilonzo Wambua has won second prize in the Network Track at the 10th Huawei ICT Competition Global Finals 2025/2026 held in China. Kilonzo was…
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education has launched a comprehensive inquiry into the rising cases of school fires, destruction of property and student unrest reported in learning institutions across the country. The…
The Murang’a County Government has offered new contracts and salary increments for Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teachers following consultations with their representatives. Briefing the press on Friday at the county…
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has directed all senior school principals to submit updated Grade 10 learner data by subject. In a notice published on Friday, June 12, KICD announced that the first phase of…
Details of the new TSC promotion reforms for teachers in Kenya can now be revealed. According to the promotion reforms, Kenyan teachers will no longer have to wait for decades in order to achieve the highest ranked promotion level. At the…
The government has allocated Sh784.5 billion to the education sector in the 2026/27 financial year, including Sh424 billion for teachers’ salaries, as Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi dismissed claims that the Kenya Kwanza…
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has proposed new job groups and salary scales for senior school and junior school teachers under a revised career progression structure. Under the proposal, TSC has mapped teachers into eight new…
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has announced that the government will allocate KSh 4.9 billion to facilitate the conversion of 20,000 intern teachers to permanent and pensionable terms beginning in January 2027. Speaking while…
Kenyan students could soon have a new pathway to some of Europe’s top universities after the European Union (EU) and Equity Group Foundation (EGF) signed a partnership agreement that will see 100 scholars annually pursue master’s degrees…
