How KNEC’s TECBA e-Assessment Will Examine Kenya’s First DTE PP&P Teacher TraineesThe first cohort of the Diploma in Teacher Education, Pre-Primary and Primary (DTE PP&P) is sitting the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) summative assessment this week.
Category: Education
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Schools Rush to Submit Term Three TPAD Summaries as TSC Plans AI Training
Schools Rush to Submit Term Three TPAD Summaries as TSC Plans AI Training and System OverhaulSchools across the country are racing to submit their Term Three Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) summaries, even as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) moves to train teachers on artificial intelligence (AI) tools and introduce changes to the online appraisal system.
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TSC Moves to Recognise Games, Music and Drama Teachers as Promotion Rules Are Redrawn
TSC Orders Database of Co-Curricular Stars as New CPG Awaits ReleaseFor years, teachers who spent time training school teams, directing verse choirs and mentoring young scientists have felt that their efforts counted for little when promotion time came.The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) now appears to be changing that, with a new data-capture framework for co-curricular achievement and a revised Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) that is expected to reward teachers who go beyond the classroom.
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First DTE (PP&P) Cohort Sits KNEC Summative Assessment in TTCs
End of an Era: DPTE and DECTE Give Way as DTE PP&P Candidates Sit First ExamsThe inaugural class of the merged teacher training programme enters the examination room, closing the chapter on the DPTE and DECTE era.On Tuesday, 27 October 2026, candidates in Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) across Kenya sat down to a moment their predecessors never faced.
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Government seals Sh20 billion deal with UASU to end lecturers’ strike
Public university students could return to normal learning on Monday after lecturers’ union UASU agreed to a Sh20 billion package with the government to resolve a nationwide strike that has paralyzed teaching for nearly four weeks.The agreement followed negotiations between the two sides, with Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary General Constantine Wasonga saying the union would formally call off the industrial action on Friday, once the negotiated terms have been documented.
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KPSEA 2026 Knec Assessment Papers Complete with Marking Scheme (Free Download)
Kindly note that these papers are meant for revision purpose only and will be provided in this platform after the final paper is done by candidates in various assessment centres countrywide.KPSEA stands for Kenya Primary School Education Assessment.KPSEA is a final assessment in Primary Schools for Grade 6 learners before transitioning to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) at Grade 7.
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Committed but Overstretched: Why Kenya’s Refugee Teachers Need More Than Motivation
Nairobi-A APHRC report reveals a gap between teachers’ high motivation and low well-being, as educators in refugee and host communities struggle with overcrowded classrooms, inadequate pay, insecurity, and limited employment benefits.A classroom with 200 learners and one teacher leaves little time to give each child individual attention.
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Farouk Kibet to deliver brand new bus to Samitsi Girls School
President William Ruto’s aide Farouk Kibet will, on Friday, October 30th, deliver a brand new school bus to Friends School Samitsi in a ceremony slated for the primary school grounds.The delivery fulfils a pledge Kibet made during the heated Malava parliamentary by-election campaigns that saw the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate David Ndakwa clinch victory.
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University students left in limbo as pay talks fail amid dons’ strike
Thousands of university students are currently affected by a nationwide four-week strike by academic and non-academic staff after the latest round of pay talks between the government and university unions failed on Monday.On Tuesday, University of Nairobi students blocked parts of Waiyaki Way, lighting bonfires and creating roadblocks using stones.
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KNEC Guidelines on Packaging KPSEA and KJSEA Examination Materials
Packaging KPSEA and KJSEA Materials: A Practical Guide for Centre Managers, Supervisors and SCDEsEvery assessment ends with a packing exercise. Done correctly, it protects the work candidates have put in. Done carelessly, it creates delays, queries and lost scripts.The 2026 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) depend on materials moving cleanly from the examination room to the container and then to KNEC.