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Collins Oyuu

Observe safety guidelines to end disasters in schools

Kenya has experienced disasters in schools due to issues such as lack of safe infrastructure, poor crowd management and poor electrical installation

Observe safety guidelines to end disasters in schools

Time has come for all teachers' unions to form a federation

Time has come for all teachers' unions to form a federation

Why Knut withdrew strike threat after talks with TSC

Why Knut withdrew strike threat after talks with TSC

Teacher unions can ring-fence gains made by standing united

Teacher unions can ring-fence gains made by standing united

The government should avert teachers' strike by all means

Teachers will only listen to the voice of money in their respective accounts by or before August 26, 2024.

The government should avert teachers' strike by all means

TSC should implement second phase of the 20212025 salary agreement

The act of reducing the budget has led to the commission not being able to implement the second and final phase of the 2021-2025 CBA.

TSC should implement second phase of the 20212025 salary agreement

These are our expectations of Education Cabinet Secretary

Education docket has previously been held by great men and women with passion for education, but not having had directly been grounded in education as a sector.

These are our expectations of Education Cabinet Secretary

Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

The Sh17,000 that teachers are being paid as stipend was and continues to be too little for a teacher to live a decent life.

By 3 months ago

Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

Headteachers running out of options as school funds dwindle

Capitation woes in schools continue to frustrate heads and principals. Schools are grinding to a halt, with most programmes and essential school activities affected by lack of funds.

By 3 months ago

Headteachers running out of options as school funds dwindle

Primary teachers better placed to teach in junior secondary

Lack of trained JSS teachers, teaching and learning materials and poor terms and conditions of employment behind reasons why little learning is going on in the JSS.

By 3 months ago

Primary teachers better placed to teach in junior secondary

Why Education ministry's budget should be increased

CBC, which is still in progress, there is need to buy modern teaching and learning materials due to the new digital learning aspect.

By 3 months ago

Why Education ministry's budget should be increased

Ending school feeding plan will hurt children and education

The World Health Organisation advocates for food systems that prioritise healthy, sustainable diets to address the burden of malnutrition.

By 3 months ago

Ending school feeding plan will hurt children and education

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Oyuu says the government's decision to re-open schools after an additional two weeks’ holiday break due to heavy rains and flooding is welcome.

By 4 months ago

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

All public servants, including teachers, are placed on performance contracting, which is basically biased towards enhancing performance so that we can get value for money.

By 4 months ago

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

Protection of schools, teachers key to securing nation's future

Protecting schools, teachers and learners is protecting the future of our nation.

By 4 months ago

Protection of schools, teachers key to securing nation's future

The role unions play in helping teachers embrace technology

Stephen Kioni, Samuel Ayany and other great men and women came together to see different regional formations of teachers unite to form KNUT in 1957.

By 5 months ago

The role unions play in helping teachers embrace technology

Teachers' enjoying better heath care, but more needs to be done

Today teachers and their families have a medical cover even though challenges persist in its management.

By 5 months ago

Teachers' enjoying better heath care, but more needs to be done

Government should not claw back gains made in education

To realise ongoing structural transformations; reduction in conflicts, renewed economic growth and social progress, people-centred development, gender equality and youth empowerment

By 5 months ago

Government should not claw back gains made in education

Why TSC's list of promoted teachers should be audited

There is hue and cry over why the employer doesn’t want, or is unwilling to publish the names of successful candidates for audit purposes.

By 6 months ago

Why TSC's list of promoted teachers should be audited

Why teachers are opposed to TSC Amendment Bill 2024

KNUT is willing and ready to engage in these areas and many more that will make the Bill better for teachers. The law belongs to the people not otherwise.

By 7 months ago

Why teachers are opposed to TSC Amendment Bill 2024

Ensure no student misses Form One due to lack of school fees

Over 300,000 learners are yet to report to Form One, and the reasons for their failure to do are many. However, the most outstanding one is lack of school fees.

By 7 months ago

Ensure no student misses Form One due to lack of school fees

Ensure continuity of schools' medical cover programme

The medical cover introduced by the government through the presidential decree in 2018 for more than 3.4 million students in secondary schools will come to an end on December 31, 2023.

By 8 months ago

Ensure continuity of schools' medical cover programme

State should address teachers' concerns to stop high turnover

It is sad listening to some of the reasons for teachers exiting the profession. The employer should do something to redeem the confidence of these teachers.

By 9 months ago

State should address teachers' concerns to stop high turnover

Placement of JSS teachers in new CBC structure is critical

In the CBC dispensation, subject areas are not aligned to teaching subjects currently being trained at universities. Junior Secondary comprises of Grade 7, 8, 9.

By 9 months ago

Placement of JSS teachers in new CBC structure is critical

Ensure contracted teachers are absorbed on permanent terms

KNUT has been at the forefront of demanding that the government employs more teachers to reduce teachers’ workload and enhance quality teaching.

By 9 months ago

Ensure contracted teachers are absorbed on permanent terms

Address discrepancies evident in TSC's promotion of teachers

During the time in question, the Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) decided to promote a group of teachers to headship positions without interviews.

By 9 months ago

Address discrepancies evident in TSC's promotion of teachers

End exam malpractices; they are giving Kenya a bad name

It will be a big shame to the profession if it turns out to be true that senior members of our teaching fraternity have been involved in aiding cheating in the ongoing KCSE examinations.

By 10 months ago

End exam malpractices; they are giving Kenya a bad name

The government should avert teachers' strike by all means

Teachers will only listen to the voice of money in their respective accounts by or before August 26, 2024.

The government should avert teachers' strike by all means

TSC should implement second phase of the 20212025 salary agreement

The act of reducing the budget has led to the commission not being able to implement the second and final phase of the 2021-2025 CBA.

TSC should implement second phase of the 20212025 salary agreement

These are our expectations of Education Cabinet Secretary

Education docket has previously been held by great men and women with passion for education, but not having had directly been grounded in education as a sector.

These are our expectations of Education Cabinet Secretary

Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

The Sh17,000 that teachers are being paid as stipend was and continues to be too little for a teacher to live a decent life.

By 3 months ago

Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

Headteachers running out of options as school funds dwindle

Capitation woes in schools continue to frustrate heads and principals. Schools are grinding to a halt, with most programmes and essential school activities affected by lack of funds.

By 3 months ago

Headteachers running out of options as school funds dwindle

Primary teachers better placed to teach in junior secondary

Lack of trained JSS teachers, teaching and learning materials and poor terms and conditions of employment behind reasons why little learning is going on in the JSS.

By 3 months ago

Primary teachers better placed to teach in junior secondary

Why Education ministry's budget should be increased

CBC, which is still in progress, there is need to buy modern teaching and learning materials due to the new digital learning aspect.

By 3 months ago

Why Education ministry's budget should be increased

Ending school feeding plan will hurt children and education

The World Health Organisation advocates for food systems that prioritise healthy, sustainable diets to address the burden of malnutrition.

By 3 months ago

Ending school feeding plan will hurt children and education

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Oyuu says the government's decision to re-open schools after an additional two weeks’ holiday break due to heavy rains and flooding is welcome.

By 4 months ago

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

All public servants, including teachers, are placed on performance contracting, which is basically biased towards enhancing performance so that we can get value for money.

By 4 months ago

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

Protection of schools, teachers key to securing nation's future

Protecting schools, teachers and learners is protecting the future of our nation.

By 4 months ago

Protection of schools, teachers key to securing nation's future

The role unions play in helping teachers embrace technology

Stephen Kioni, Samuel Ayany and other great men and women came together to see different regional formations of teachers unite to form KNUT in 1957.

By 5 months ago

The role unions play in helping teachers embrace technology

Teachers' enjoying better heath care, but more needs to be done

Today teachers and their families have a medical cover even though challenges persist in its management.

By 5 months ago

Teachers' enjoying better heath care, but more needs to be done

Government should not claw back gains made in education

To realise ongoing structural transformations; reduction in conflicts, renewed economic growth and social progress, people-centred development, gender equality and youth empowerment

By 5 months ago

Government should not claw back gains made in education

Why TSC's list of promoted teachers should be audited

There is hue and cry over why the employer doesn’t want, or is unwilling to publish the names of successful candidates for audit purposes.

By 6 months ago

Why TSC's list of promoted teachers should be audited

Why teachers are opposed to TSC Amendment Bill 2024

KNUT is willing and ready to engage in these areas and many more that will make the Bill better for teachers. The law belongs to the people not otherwise.

By 7 months ago

Why teachers are opposed to TSC Amendment Bill 2024

Ensure no student misses Form One due to lack of school fees

Over 300,000 learners are yet to report to Form One, and the reasons for their failure to do are many. However, the most outstanding one is lack of school fees.

By 7 months ago

Ensure no student misses Form One due to lack of school fees

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