High Court Stops Reopening of Utumishi Girls Academy Dormitory Amid Ongoing Fire Probe
The High Court has temporarily barred the reopening of the Meline Waithera dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, ruling that the facility must remain c...
HELB Opens 2026/2027 Undergraduate And TVET Loan Applications For First-Time Applicants
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has opened applications for the 2026/2027 academic year undergraduate and Technical and Vocational Education and Trainin...
Knec Releases Sh1.5 Billion To Clear 2025 Examiners’ Payments
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has released Sh1.5 billion to pay teachers who participated in the marking of the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secon...
Form Four Students Return As Utumishi Girls Academy Reopens In Phases After Deadly Fire
Form Four students on Thursday returned to Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, marking the beginning of a phased reopening of the school following...
Court Hears Not Guilty Pleas In Utumishi Girls Fire Tragedy
Eight students from Utumishi Girls Academy have pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of murder arising from the deadly dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 16 fe...
Ex-KU Vice Chancellors Summoned Over Alleged Sh6.2 Billion Project Funds Loss
Former Kenyatta University Vice Chancellors Prof. Olive Mugenda and Prof. Paul Wainaina have been summoned to appear before the National Assembly's Public Inves...
DPP Drops Charges Against Ex-Merishaw School Principal, Hall Operator Over Alleged 2025 KCSE Malpractice
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga has withdrawn criminal charges against former Merishaw School principal David Gideon Kariuki and examinatio...
"I Am Committed To Building Nithi Bridge", Ruto Says As He Unveils Multi-Billion Education And Development Projects In Meru
President William Samoei Ruto has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to expanding education, strengthening infrastructure and accelerating development p...
Education CS Ogamba Forms Multi-Stakeholder Team to Address Rising School Unrest
The government has constituted a multi-stakeholder team to investigate the growing cases of unrest in secondary schools and recommend practical measures to impr...
Court Orders Mental Health Assessments for Eight Utumishi Girls' Murder Suspects Before Plea
Eight students accused over the fatal dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy will undergo mental health assessments before taking plea on 16 counts of murder,...
Govt Debt To Publishers Raises Fears Of Textbook Supply Delays
The Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) has warned that delayed government payments amounting to approximately Sh9.2 billion could interfere with the printing an...
Second-Term Midterm Break To Proceed As Scheduled Despite School Unrest
The government has ruled out an early nationwide closure of schools despite a recent wave of unrest reported in learning institutions, maintaining that the seco...
Multimedia University Students Protest Over Exam Delays After Lecturers’ Strike Disrupts Academic Calendar
Tension flared at the Multimedia University of Kenya in Nairobi after students staged protests over delayed examinations and continued uncertainty in the academ...
Ichung’wah Links School Arson To Violent Protest Culture
Majority Leader and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah has suggested that the growing trend of school arson could be influenced by the culture of destruction witnessed...
Oscar Sudi Warns Students Against School Arson During Ngeria Girls Swimming Pool Launch
Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi used the commissioning of a new swimming pool at Ngeria Girls Secondary School to call on students across the country to protect school i...
Government Dissolves Utumishi Girls Academy Board After Deadly Dormitory Fire
The government has dissolved the Board of Management of Utumishi Girls Academy and launched disciplinary action against senior school officials following the de...
Nation In Shock As Gilgil School Blaze Claims at least 16 Lives And Injures Over 80 Students
A devastating fire broke out at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, in the early hours of Thursday morning, triggering a large-scale emergency resp...
Nyeri National Polytechnic Closed Indefinitely After Student Unrest
Nyeri National Polytechnic has been closed indefinitely following violent student protests that broke out on May 22, 2026, disrupting academic activities and fo...
PS Bitok orders urgent KICD action on Grade 11 textbooks amid procurement scrutiny
Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok has directed the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to fast-track the completion of procurement p...
Education Ministry Cracks Down on Age Cheating and Doping in School Sports
The Ministry of Education has announced a crackdown on age cheating and doping in school sports, warning that teachers who facilitate such practices will face d...
Collins Oyuu Re-Elected Knut Secretary-General Unopposed As Patrick Karinga Takes Chair
Collins Oyuu has been re-elected unopposed as Secretary-General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers for another five-year term following the union’s nationa...