The Mountain JournalA foundation has come to assist improve hygiene of female students in secondary schools in Kangema after the Ministry of education has delayed in supplying the kits.Kamau Wairuri Foundation in the past three weeks got requests from the teachers of their much needed hygiene kits for their female students to concentrate on their…
The Mountain Journal Controversy surrounding lack of a substantive Vice Chancellor at MultiMedia University (MMU) is yet to settle, with stakeholders calling for intervention. The stakeholders among them UASU, and education consultants blame the government over the delay in appointing substantive Vice Chancellors. In January, the Public Service Commission (PSC) handed to the university council…
As the government, private sector and academic institutionspartner in scramble for blue economy goodiesBy James WakahiuThe government is appealing to universities, industry players, andcommunities to come together and partner with the State so as to preparethe next generation of maritime professionals and create jobs for theyouth.The Principal Secretary, State Department for Shipping and MaritimeAffairs, Ministry…
The Mountain Journal Karatina University has been closed following students demonstrations in the Gitunduri area. The university senate in a special meeting ordered the immediate closure and suspended the first Semester of 2024/2025 Academic Year activities following students demonstrations outside the University in Gitunduti and One Kilometer area. “ This is therefore to announce the…
The Mountain Journal There was celebrations in Murang’a after the 118 university students who had lost hope in continuing with education got support. Murang’a Budget and Economic Council chaired by Dr Peter Munga gave hope to the learners after it launched a Sh5 million scholarship kitty. The council contributed the kitty to supplement efforts by…
By James WakahiuThe State has been urged to be more innovative and to thinkoutside the box in funding students in universities and otherinstitutions of higher education in the country.Dr Vincent Gaitho, Pro-chancellor at Mount Kenya University(MKU) says the government now has several sources of fundingwhich are opportunities to boost cash inflows to the HigherEducation Loans…
The Mountain Journal The government has bowed out to pressure to review the higher education funding model over the fear of the university students strike. Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Julius Ogamba owing to the exerted pressure has constituted two committees to look into the matter. The committees were formed yesterday as the CS pleaded with…
Barbara Plett Usher in Nyeri and Wycliffe Muia in Nairobi Parents have been waiting anxiously to find out if their missing children are still alive after a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire. Seventeen pupils were confirmed dead by the Ministry of Education on Friday morning, while the deputy president said 70 children were…
This week Zetech University has been the talk in the education arena after it topped in the ongoing Microsoft ADC Campus Tour. The candid tech talk event brought together stakeholders and tech gurus in Kenya and the world, in efforts to build a global tech talent pipeline, and as Microsoft put it ‘tech giants need…
The death of primary school pupils in Endarasha in Nyeri county has opened a debate on the safety of the learners amidst the guiding framework that was issued by the government. The death of unknown number of pupils at Hillside Endarasha Academy now under investigation by police on orders by President William Ruto is proof…
