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Tag: EDUCATION

  • Pupils Displaced As 45 Schools Orded Closed

    By Martin Masai Hundreds of pupils from 45 primary schools in Lower Eastern Kenya are now stranded after the government ordered the immediate closure of boarding sections in their institutions. This directive, part of a national order affecting 348 schools, comes after inspections found the schools non-compliant with the Kenya Safety Standards Manual 2008 and…

  • 63 schools get food aid

    By Dennis Mwikya 63 primary schools in Machakos Town Constituency have this week benefited from relief food from the national government. Mr Mule when he delivered food Miwongoni primary school  The Cosmopolitan Constituency had recieved 400 bags of Rice and 160 bags of Beans. The food was delivered through the area  Member of Parliament Mr…

  • Over 34,000 learners to join secondary schools in Makueni

      By Daniel Kituku  Ovee 34, 000 students  who sat for KCPE in 2022 are set to join secondary schools in Makueni County. Mr. Kaimba,County Commissioner  The Makueni County Commissioner William Kaimba  told The Anchor that this is the projection of the 100 percent transition policy to secondary schools . The exact figure stands at…

  • Machakos Town Schools ranked

     An analysis of KCSE in Machakos Sub County By The Anchor Reporter The state of education in Machakos Sub County can be cracked from the analysis that has been just concluded on KCSE 2022 performance. Out of the 4,088 candidates who sat for the examination in the 59 secondary schools in the sub-county, only 776 will…

  • Top performer eyes medicine

    By Gastone Valusi in  Machakos. Lower Eastern’s arguably best overall candidate in 2022 KCSE Agnes Nzivo is from Misyani  Girls High School in Kangundo Sub-county. She wants to pursue Medicine at the University of Nairobi. The 17-year old scored an A plain grade of 81 points in the final national examinations whose marking ended last week.…

  • Kitui raises bursaries funding

    Kitui County Government has raised to Kes. 120 million the budget for bursaries support to needy learners in the FY2022/23 up from Sh 40 million. Speaking at Mutonguni in Kitui West on Saturday, Governor Malombe said the increment in allocation aims at supporting more learners and improving education standards in Kitui.   The programme dubbed pro-poor was…

  • Top to bottom Schools in Machakos KCSE 2012

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  • Girls’ Schools outshine boys in Ukambani

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  • Ngilu's Graduation Day

    Ngilu Speech on day she graduated “Today is a great day. A great day not just for me, my family, my friends but for the cause of lead­ership in this country. It is a great day because the power of collective effort has de­liv­ered success yet again. I stand here humbled by the support I…

  • Principals face transfers

    Looming Transfers for school Principals By Anchor Reporter Secondary schools’ head teachers in Machakos County have chosen officials to lead them in the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESHA) as a warning was issued that long serving Principals would have to move to new stations. Secondary School Principals at Machakos Social Hall Machakos County TSC…