Category: Education

The search for 20-year-old University of Nairobi student, Jane Atila, has ended in heartbreak. Jane, a bright and ambitious second-year Bachelor of Education student, disappeared on October 3rd after visiting her boyfriend in Kikuyu. For weeks, her family clung to hope, praying she would walk back home alive. Sadly, that hope has been replaced by…

Kenya has officially commenced the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), involving 2.3 million learners as the first national exam under the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum. Running from October 27 to November 3, the KJSEA marks the transition from junior secondary to senior school, focusing on skills and continuous learning rather than high-stakes testing. Unlike…

In the buzzing workshops of Meru National Polytechnic, amid the crackle of soldering irons and the steady hum of machines, 22-year-old Frida Gacheri is quietly rewriting expectations. A trainee in Electrical Engineering Level 6, Frida embodies the new wave of young women daring to enter male-dominated technical fields and thriving. Her path here was far…

Learning at Kenyatta University came to a standstill on Tuesday, October 21, after lecturers engaged in a heated altercation. The altercation came shortly after the university management, through an internal memo from the Registrar (Academic) dated October 16, 2025, directed all students to resume classes amid the ongoing University lecturers’ strike. According to the University…

In a classroom at the heart of Machakos County, the quiet intensity of a chess match sits alongside the laughter of learners gathered around a game of Ludo. This is a strategy in motion. It is learning reimagined. Lewis Amota and Sarah Misiani, two Cohort 4 fellows are reshaping what learning looks like by introducing…