COVID-19 forces 17,000 students out of school On March 15, 2020, the Kenyan government closed schools and colleges nationwide in response to COVID-19, disrupting nearly 17 million learners countrywide. Since schools closed in Kenya, the ministry of education and other...
November 22, 2017, was a day filled with anxiety for all students who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) final examination. There was a lot of skepticism about the authenticity of the just-released results and some stakeholders felt that the...
Kenya is in the midst of huge change regarding its educational systems. As a growing nation, Kenya has been trying different education systems to better fit its changing needs. Since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1963, the country has had two educational...
My first day of work at World Teacher Aid was exciting and I could not wait to begin working as a field officer. I engaged and worked with my colleague Sam, who is well versed with the area and has experience working within the organization. I was eager to learn from...
After years of promises and delays, the Kenyan government finally fulfilled a promise it made to transform the education sector through the use of technology in the classroom. Towards the end of the first school term (March 2017), the government sent each public...
