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Collins Oyuu

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 Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

Ending school feeding plan will hurt children and education

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

By Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

By Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

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

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

By Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 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 Collins Oyuu 10 months ago

End exam malpractices; they are giving Kenya a bad name

Candidates have prepared well for exams; don't let them down

Sitting a national examination is never an event; it is a process. We call upon parents, guardians and all well-wishers to prepare well to take their children to the next level in 2024.

By Collins Oyuu 10 months ago

Candidates have prepared well for exams; don't let them down

Double investment in education to improve quality and access

Senior secondary school learners have been allocated Sh19,628 per student. This amount should be raised to Sh35,000. Before the split into Senior and Junior Secondary, learners got Sh22,244.

By Collins Oyuu 10 months ago

Double investment in education to improve quality and access

Improve teachers' salaries to boost their morale even further

Kenya should embrace best practices adopted the world over. All stakeholders in the sector must be encouraged to work together for success.

By Collins Oyuu 11 months ago

Improve teachers' salaries to boost their morale even further

Twice daily collection of exam papers will pose challenges

The cause of examination irregularities, however, may not only be the collection and delivery time of examination papers to and from the containers.

By Collins Oyuu 11 months ago

Twice daily collection of exam papers will pose challenges

Failure to release capitation on time causing principals agony

Heads of institutions are already warning that the gaps created by the lack of consistency in disbursements could throw preparations for the national examinations into disarray.

By Collins Oyuu 11 months ago

Failure to release capitation on time causing principals agony

Include cancer management in the new health insurance fund

To fund the grand health scheme, the government plans to increase deductions from the current range of between Sh150 and Sh1,700 to a flat rate calculated at 2.75 per cent of gross monthly earnings.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Include cancer management in the new health insurance fund

Better funding and management is what education sector needs

The framework through which school funds are allocated, distributed, governed and monitored from time immemorial has been handled in a haphazard manner.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Better funding and management is what education sector needs

Teachers in volatile areas deserve government assurance on their safety

Teachers who are non-locals are discriminated against on food prices in the market; they are harassed by some learners and are not able to take any disciplinary measures.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Teachers in volatile areas deserve government assurance on their safety

Lowering retirement age not the answer to youth unemployment

Employment opportunities are created by expanding consumption of goods and services through good leadership and proper and prudent management of public resources.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Lowering retirement age not the answer to youth unemployment

Allow junior secondary teachers to join unions of their choice

All learners graduating from primary schools have a right to join junior schools and thereafter pursue their career path lines in senior school.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Allow junior secondary teachers to join unions of their choice

Engage teachers' unions before making further NSSF deductions

According to the existing terms and conditions of service, officers in the public service expect terminal benefits in accordance with their letters of appointment as an incentive for the services.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Engage teachers' unions before making further NSSF deductions

Hold demonstrations without trampling on rights of children

A protest, also called a demonstration is a public expression to the authorities of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Hold demonstrations without trampling on rights of children

Proposed reforms and what they mean for the education sector

The Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms findings indicate that public primary schools have 223,296 teachers, but need up to 267,792 teachers.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Proposed reforms and what they mean for the education sector

Timely release of funds will help school principals to plan well

The State must recognise the significance of education and refrain from lumping this important sector with other fields when it comes to allocation in the budget.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Timely release of funds will help school principals to plan well

Why many teachers no longer want to become school heads

TSC should clean up the policy on promotion and staffing of administrators to make the positions admirable and respected.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Why many teachers no longer want to become school heads

State should address causes of stress in teaching profession

Work-related stress accounts for the longest stretches of absenteeism in both formal and non-formal work places in both developed and developing countries.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

State should address causes of stress in teaching profession

Improve public schools to stop commercialisation of education

It is important to note is that there are various causes of privatisation and commercialisation of education in Kenya which can be categorised as demand and supply factors.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Improve public schools to stop commercialisation of education

Time for teachers to consider professional self-regulation

Self-regulation in any profession requires that government acknowledges that a profession's membership has specialised knowledge to govern themselves and address its regulatory functions

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Time for teachers to consider professional self-regulation

End retired teachers long wait for their hard-earned money

We are reminding the government that 23,811 retired teachers of the 1997 salary award are yet to be paid their dues.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

End retired teachers long wait for their hard-earned money

Why most teachers may not be interested in State's housing plan

Most of the housing units are definitely going to be occupied by private sector; 80 per cent targeting the high-end market with the remaining percentage for the middle-income populations.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Why most teachers may not be interested in State's housing plan

Parents have a duty to protect children from harmful practices

Detectives looking into the Shakahola cult deaths have found that most of the bodies exhumed from graves in the area belonged to minors

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Parents have a duty to protect children from harmful practices

As we celebrate Labour Day, give teachers good reason to smile

Labour Day is supposed to be a day of peaceful rallies, demonstrations and celebrations to recognise the struggle workers have gone through to better their work environment.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

As we celebrate Labour Day, give teachers good reason to smile

To save lives, we should rethink safety standards in institutions

The 100 per cent transition policy from primary to secondary may have been a blessing in terms of raising completion rates but also has multiple negative effects on the health of learners.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

To save lives, we should rethink safety standards in institutions

TSC delays on transfer requests causing teachers untold agony

A study should be conducted on the effects of unfulfilled transfer requests to teacher performance in both primary and secondary schools in Kenya.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

TSC delays on transfer requests causing teachers untold agony

Why many students do not want to join teacher training colleges

There are 34 public pre-service primary teacher training colleges in Kenya today offering certificates in Primary Teacher Education.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

Why many students do not want to join teacher training colleges

It's wrong for parents to reject head teachers on flimsy excuses

There is need to establish a performance monitoring structure in which parents have a clear role to play so that both blame and praises are shared among all players.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

It's wrong for parents to reject head teachers on flimsy excuses

It is wrong for parents to reject head teachers on flimsy excuses

Demonstrations, lock-outs and harassment of teachers by the parents for alleged poor performance and bad administration are unfounded, unnecessary and retrogressive.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

It is wrong for parents to reject head teachers on flimsy excuses

State should ensure education is affordable and accessible to all

The fact that we have a large population in need of education means the government should restructure her budgetary allocation in a way that is commensurate with current needs.

By Collins Oyuu 1 year ago

State should ensure education is affordable and accessible to all

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