Ministry of Education

The Ministry confirmed that parents and guardians can now check the senior secondary schools their children have been placed in through an SMS service or the official placement portal.

Bitok said learners will be able to access their placement details through a Short Message Service (SMS) platform.

According to the guidelines, such requests must be made at least two weeks before the official Grade 10 reporting date, which has been set for January 12, 2026.

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said the government is collecting data on enrollment and school status to inform a new policy on rationalizing schools.

The Ministry of Education has started a formal investigation into an incident of corporal punishment at Maikona Girls Secondary School in Marsabit County.

The Government of Kenya has agreed to increase Spanish language teaching in the country’s education system after a meeting with senior officials from the Kingdom of Spain.

The Ministry of Education has reclassified all secondary schools in preparation for the roll out of senior school under the competency based education (CBE) system in January 2026.

The Ministry of Education has issued a circular to all education officers across the country on the management of school sports and co-curricular activities during Term Two.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) through the Public Service Commission (PSC) has started recruiting and deploying interns as ICT officers to primary schools across Kenya, raising concerns over overreach into functions constitutionally assigned to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

Stakeholders in the education sector have petitioned the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to transfer Sub County Directors of Education (SCDEs) and Sub County Directors of the TSC currently serving in their home counties.