PRIME TVETA opens CEO search after breaching 6-month acting limit The Public Service Commission Act permits appointment of officers in acting capacity for a minimum of 30 days and a maximum period of six months pending competitive recruitment.
PRIME KMTC now rolls out new languages training course More than 22,700 students graduated from KMTC in 2026 and over 22,600 the year before, with around 34,000 students being admitted annually.
PRIME Females extend dominance in adult classes amid campaigns Nairobi recorded the highest enrolment with 34,506 learners in 2025, up from 13,194 the previous year. Women accounted for 18,562 of the learners in the capital.
PRIME CAK shields 150 jobs at Runda school sold to SA firm The buyout of Regis raised the number of schools the South African firm owns in the country to 10, including Crawford International, which is also being expanded in response to increased demand.
PRIME Kenya caught in Denmark’s fake academic papers purge Kenya faces a major crisis with thousands of fake academic papers routinely used to secure employment, both in private and public sectors.
PRIME Why regulator revoked KIM diplomas, permit The regulator reckoned that KIM has been offering unapproved courses and blamed the institution for engaging trainers without valid licences in breach of the law.
PRIME Broke, jobless graduates and Sh90bn Helb default About 191,766 former students who graduated between 2015 and 2020 have defaulted on student loans worth Sh33.43 billion.
PRIME Regulator directs employers to shun KIM certificates The authority also flagged the KIM for engaging trainers without valid licences as required by the law, pointing to gaps in compliance with standards governing technical and vocational education...
PRIME Nova Pioneer sacks dean of students over falsified fire drill records Ruling underscores strict safety compliance standards for schools handling minors.
PRIME No State scholarships for students in the private universities From subsequent intakes, students placed in private institutions through KUCCPS will only access loans, effectively excluding them from state scholarship funding.
PRIME Agency opens applications for TVET, degree courses In total, 43 public and 31 private universities, alongside 251 public TVET institutions, including university-based TVET institutes, are available for placement.
PRIME Goodrich investor loses bid to reclaim Nairobi school seized by State The court dismisses a school’s case against the State over an alleged takeover, citing gaps in land ownership and lack of proof of rights violations.
PRIME State, Equity Group Sh1.5bn scholarship schemes struggle Audit flags failure by the government to follow up on beneficiaries of the scholarships due to a lack of a budget to monitor the programme, noting that it has provided information on 190 students...
PRIME School heads face heat as watchdog probes uniform tenders Schools must upload supplier details, contracts and pricing data by February 27, 2026 or face referral to investigative agencies.
PRIME UoN leads Kenyan universities in fresh sub-Saharan Africa rankings Kenyatta University placed 25th with an overall score of 41.9, Moi University ranked 32nd with 29.1, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) came in at 33rd with 28.9.
PRIME Gathungu flags Starehe schools for charging up to Sh300,000 fees The public auditor reckons that a school needs to get approval from the Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) before introducing additional charges, a legal requirement Starehe Girls breached.
PRIME Sh3bn unpaid tuition fees choke seven public universities Audit reports show seven public universities are owed more than Sh3 billion in unpaid fees, raising concerns over cash flow, governance and recovery from former students.
PRIME NMG Higher Education Fair spotlights skill gaps Dr Muoria emphasised aligning practical skills with industry to prepare students for local and global jobs.
PRIME Court stops recruitment of teachers in Garissa, Wajir, Mandera and Lamu counties A court has stopped teacher recruitment in four northern counties after contract tutors challenged the re-advertising of their jobs as discriminatory.
PRIME Court faults TUK for illegal deductions on senior lecturer’s pay TUK is presently headed by Vice Chancellor Benedict M. Mutua.
PRIME TVETs lose Sh335m AfDB projects cash over delays Signed in July 2015, the project aimed to improve access, quality, and relevance of technical and vocational education, to boost youth employability.
PRIME Over half of KCSE candidates score above C- for first time in a decade The outcome reverses a long-standing trend of below-average performance under the 8-4-4 system.
PRIME Varsity qualifiers rise as top KCSE grades remain scarce About 270,000 candidates qualified for direct university entry in 2025.
PRIME Number of Kenyans awarded student visas to US fall by 13pc The drop comes as the Trump administration has made it more difficult to obtain student visas.
PRIME STEM tops pathway for learners in first CBC exam The performance is set to pile pressure on senior schools to reinforce laboratories and technical capacity.
