The Urban Slums Basic Education Campaign advocates for the Right to Free Quality Primary Education for all children residing within the urban slums in Kenya.
It currently made up of 8 partner organisations
26/06/2016
A Framework to Assess the Role of Non-State Actors in Education against Human Rights Non-State actors’ involvement in education has increased in many parts of the world during the past three decades, and private education is being promoted and explored by some education stakeholders as a solution to a lack of sufficient public provision of education or underperforming public schools...
23/06/2016
When is state funding of private schools a violation of human rights? By Sylvain Aubry, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The announcement at the beginning of the year by the Ministry of Education of Liberia of its intention to outsource the …
http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/78653-knut-asks-teachers-to-be-ready-for-strike
Knut calls on teachers to focus on strike TEACHERS have been asked to remain alert and focused towards the planned June 9 strike over delayed release of education funds by the government. KNUT secretary-general David Okuta said the one-week ultimatum given to government should not be taken as a mere threat but will bring learning to h...
...where did the impetus for education reform in Kenya run to? Any one with a clue?
The Draft TSC Bill is out and CIC will be having a feedback session on it at Utalii Hotel on 15-17 Nov. 2011. What specific would you like to see in the Act?
According to Dr Beatrice Khamati-Njenga, Head of Education Division at the Commission of the Africa Union, education for all in the 26 sub Saharan countries remains a pipe dream.This is because most of the 48 countries in the sub-region are off-track towards realisation of universal primary education or eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education, which are key elements of the Millennium Development Goals.
Public schools get Sh 5.3b in funds allocation from the government for3rd term.
Standard Newspaper 4/10/2011 pg 13
29/09/2011
Standards fall in class warfare - Counties |Daily Nation: The fight for control of schools in Nyamira has led to a fall in academic standards
Integrity in Kenyan education especially in Higher education is becoming a concern.At primary level school children are spoon fed and not encouraged to do academic researchers on their own and when they reach university, they find it a challenge to perform tasks.Our society risks having more professionals empty shells as 'Researchers for hire' are posing a threat to varsity education.Standard Newspaper pg 30 21/9/2011
21/09/2011
Deaf people still face the challenge, just like other persons with disabilities in this country, of accessing education, retention and transition.The deaf need access too!!
Capital News » The deaf need equal access to education, Kenya told NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 19 – Kenya on Monday joined the rest of the world in marking the International Deaf Awareness week with a special call to the government to facilitate access to education by the deaf. An official with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Bernard Mwongesa, urged the gove...
Lack of proper strategies for teaching dvpt and absence of mechanisms to assess the impact pf learning in lower classes have been cited as some of the barriers to the realisation of 'education for all' Millennium Development Goal.A report on the standards setting in teaching and learning process in Kenya school system 2010, revealed that teachers lacked the ability to detect whether learning has taken place before introducing new concepts to students.Standard News Paper 21/9/2011 pg.30
The government needs to take the national demands to employmore teachers seriously. If this is not done urgently, the nation may just be starting a long journey in eroding all the gains made in education investment over the years. Quality education is the bane of our system. KNUT and KUPPET on the other hand need to start engaging stakeholders in matters beyond "bread and butter"...professional progression and development of our teachers is also wanting!