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News, trends and resources on 21st century learning and teaching to empower students, teachers and parents in Kenya.
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Lenana Student Woes

Sometimes life is never kind and can conspire against mankind. take the case of Wilson Ugi Kabura who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam...

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Kenya School Report Welcome Message

Visit Kenyaschoolreport.com to access our FREE database with over 71,000 schools listed in Kenya and 100's of FREE education content, e-learning, teacher professional development, scholarship opportunities and much more. 

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Kenya : Knut targets Sh54b laptop cash for pay

Kenya : Knut targets Sh54b laptop cash for pay | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) wants Sh54 billion set aside to finance the Jubilee pledge of laptops for primary school pupils diverted to pay teachers’ allowances.
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Education Committee Raises Ksh. 6B For Teachers' Salaries

The education committee has transferred 2 billion shillings from the money allocated to the laptops for schools project,to cater for teachers' allowances. Th...
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Parents warned against denying their children an education

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HELB, USAID to provide loans to students studying health sciences | Capital Campus

HELB, USAID to provide loans to students studying health sciences | Capital Campus | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has designed a loan scheme for health workers in Kenya. The pre-service loans are supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded FUNZO Kenya project and target bright and needy students who are committed to becoming health workers and in-service health workers who would like to further their studies.

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Kenya : Why free laptops will not soothe this school

Kenya : Why free laptops will not soothe this school | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
The rickety desk creaks as Sudhow Abdi, 13, a Standard Seven pupil at Bura Primary School in Fafi Constituency, Garissa County, adjusts her sitting position.
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What is the future of technology in education?

What is the future of technology in education? | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social, says Matt Britland
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18 Things To Know About Education In South Africa - Edudemic

18 Things To Know About Education In South Africa - Edudemic | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
We have a ton of Edudemic readers from South Africa so we thought this would be quite useful: a look at education in South Africa
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Printing From Your Smartphone – a Tutorial

Printing From Your Smartphone – a Tutorial | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Can I print from my Smartphone? Yes! Here's one easy way to do it. So you’re a college student and you're running late to class. You’ve got an end of term
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OpenCurriculum: A K-12 Learning Content Hub

OpenCurriculum: A K-12 Learning Content Hub | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

130 textbook articles along with 100s of related videos, audio, worksheets, documents, etc. produced and curated by the community! Get more free resources at: http://bit.ly/170HnOY

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Teachers unhappy with Budgetary allocation

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Kenya's public high schools suffer as teachers strike bites

Kenya's public high schools suffer as teachers strike bites | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Learning was paralysed in a section of public high schools as teachers allied to the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers withdrew labour to demand pay increase.
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Kenyan, SA students represent Africa in Google global Science Fair | Capital Campus

Kenyan, SA students represent Africa in Google global Science Fair | Capital Campus | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Three young Kenyan students will travel to the US to compete against other students representing 90 other countries across the globe in the Google science fair. The three Kenyans, including a 16 year old South African student, will represent Africa in the annual competition that gives an opportunity to young children between 13 – 18 years to compete and enrich their scientific skills.

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Kenya : Review curriculum now to reflect new law, teachers plead

Kenya : Review curriculum now to reflect new law, teachers plead | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Secondary school heads are demanding the immediate review of the curriculum to reflect the recent constitutional reforms.
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Education can happen everywhere

Education can happen everywhere | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms... (Education can happen everywhere, every day to every person http://t.co/kAe2WDo4XX)
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Learning Curve: Sky not the limit for Kajiado women

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Kenya: Intel to invest in local developers

Kenya: Intel to invest in local developers | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Intel Corporation today announced a new initiative that will see Kenyan developers become the first in Africa to benefit directly from Intel® Software and
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Kenya : Parents association opposes computer project, terms it white elephant in the offing

Kenya : Parents association opposes computer project, terms it white elephant in the offing | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
A parents’ association has dismissed the recent allocation of Sh53.2 billion in the Budget for free laptops project.
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Kenya : 180 students admitted to pursue ‘fake’ courses at PUEA, says protest letter

Kenya : 180 students admitted to pursue ‘fake’ courses at PUEA, says protest letter | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Presbyterian University of East Africa admitted about 180 students in its Kisii campus to pursue seven unaccredited degree programmes deepening the academic problems at the church-run institution, The Standard can reveal.
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Australian universities to offer fee-based credit for MOOCs | Inside Higher Ed

Australian universities to offer fee-based credit for MOOCs | Inside Higher Ed | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Two Australian universities announced this week that they would offer assessment and credit of specific otherwise free, open online courses for a fee.

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/19/australian-universities-offer-fee-based-credit-moocs#ixzz2Wfu5Z6dU ;
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The Brilliant Plan That Could Save Colleges Millions

The Brilliant Plan That Could Save Colleges Millions | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
As colleges use MOOCs to reduce faculty costs, one professor thinks the concept might work for administrators as well.
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Top 200 Special Education Apps ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Top 200 Special Education Apps ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

As a reader of this blog, you might have noticed that Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has a particular focus on the use of iPad in education other than any other tablet in the market.We do in fact love other tablets especially Motorolla Xoom, Samsung GalaxyTab 10.1, and LG Optimus tablet and we do believe they have a promising potential in education as well but for now it seems that iPad is leading the mobile learning revolution. This is probably due to the kind of investment Apple is having in education.

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Teachers' Strike Fails To Kick Off, AS KUPPET Maintains It Is On

The highly anticipated teachers strike failed to kick off in most parts of the country even as the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, KUPPET, ma...
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Teachers' Strike Off As KNUT, KUPPET Give Dialogue A Chance

The countrywide teachers' strike that was due to start tomorrow has now been called off. This is after the giant Kenya National teachers' union, KNUT, distan...
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'An Industry of Mediocrity': Study Criticizes Teacher-Education Programs

'An Industry of Mediocrity': Study Criticizes Teacher-Education Programs | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

Colleges of education are "an industry of mediocrity" that churns out unprepared teachers to work in the nation's elementary and secondary schools, according to a highly anticipated report.

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Kenya: Govt plans to offer tax relief to companies that hire fresh graduates | Capital Campus

Kenya: Govt plans to offer tax relief to companies that hire fresh graduates | Capital Campus | Kenya School Report - 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

The government is mooting a plan that will offer incentives for companies that hire fresh graduates. The plan was revealed by the Cabinet Sectary for Treasury Henry Rotich during Budget day on Thursday.

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