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Dalmas Otieno, Minister of state for public service The Government has pledged to roll out a new medical scheme for civil servants and teachers by August this year. Public Service minister Dalmas Otieno says the current medical scheme to public servants is erratic hence the need to make it market friendly to enable them to [...]
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Eunice Mwikali Wambua from precious Blood Kilungu was selected from a group of eight finalists, the 2011 teacher of the year. Wambua had every reason to be happy after she was named teacher of the year. The deputy principal at Precious Blood Kilungu beat seven other teachers to the overall prize. She was awarded [...]
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Kenya Secondary School Heads Association is a professional organization comprising of about 6,000 members drawn from public and private Secondary Schools in the republic of Kenya. It was established in the late sixties with the sole purpose of providing professional advice to its members spread in all the eight Provinces of Kenya. Objectives of [...]
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The conference begun on Monday at 8.30 am with the chairman Mr. Cleophas Tirop from Nairobi School setting the pace for the conference. In his opening remarks, the following were to be the main focus of the conference. Education reforms inline with the new constitution. Headteachers will have to understand the implications of the [...]
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Speaker: Joy Kihuha, Branch Manager, Coast region. Secondary school heads must embrace the need to take care of their health which will ensure higher retention rates and continuity in our schools. You do not need to be bed ridden to seek medical health care. One must form a habit to visit the doctor regularly to [...]
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Speaker: Mr. Abel Matoke, Lecturer, College of Insurance. A school should be looked at as any other company that is competing for customers. In school scenario, the students are your number one customers and all efforts must be put in place to ensure that they are as comfortable as possible and very satisfied with your [...]
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Speaker: Mr. Robert Masese, Director Secondary Education Mr. Robert Masese, the director secondary and tertiary education of the ministry of education of Kenya reiterated the definition for change and quoting Wikipedia said “Change management is a structured approach to shifting/transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. It is [...]
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Speaker: Rose Izizinga, chairperson Uganda Heads Association Education system in Uganda in content is similar to that in Kenya. The procedure may be a bit different in that there are seven years of primary (Junior school), four years of secondary (senior4) and two years of high school (senior 6). The challenges teachers face are very [...]
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M. G. Waweru, commissioner general, Kenya Revenue Authority Taxation is the most important method any government utilizes to solicit for funds needed to run government functions. It is the duty of all citizens of a country to pay tax so that important services could be provided. One of this services that the government have to [...]
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Prof. Sam Ongeri Minister of Education Prof. Sam Ongeri, the Minister for Education opened the 36th Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association annual conference at wild waters Mombasa. The minister thanked the association for the positive contribution they have had on education sector in this country. Despite the many challenges faced by school heads in [...]
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