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Collins Oyuu

State has not done enough for children with disabilities

Providing education to disabled persons is more costly than to ordinary persons, yet, the budgetary allocation to learners with disabilities remains inadequate.

By Collins Oyuu 2 months ago

State has not done enough for children with disabilities

Observe safety guidelines to end disasters in schools

Observe safety guidelines to end disasters in schools

By Collins Oyuu 3 months ago

Time has come for all teachers' unions to form a federation

Time has come for all teachers' unions to form a federation

By Collins Oyuu 3 months ago

Why Knut withdrew strike threat after talks with TSC

Why Knut withdrew strike threat after talks with TSC

By Collins Oyuu 3 months ago

Teacher unions can ring-fence gains made by standing united

The main reasons for the creation of unions were to fight discrimination, secure representation, advocacy, information and advice to members and member service delivery.

By Collins Oyuu 3 months ago

Teacher unions can ring-fence gains made by standing united

The government should avert teachers' strike by all means

Teachers will only listen to the voice of money in their respective accounts by or before August 26, 2024.

By Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

The government should avert teachers' strike by all means

TSC should implement second phase of the 20212025 salary agreement

The act of reducing the budget has led to the commission not being able to implement the second and final phase of the 2021-2025 CBA.

By Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

TSC should implement second phase of the 20212025 salary agreement

These are our expectations of Education Cabinet Secretary

Education docket has previously been held by great men and women with passion for education, but not having had directly been grounded in education as a sector.

By Collins Oyuu 4 months ago

These are our expectations of Education Cabinet Secretary

Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

The Sh17,000 that teachers are being paid as stipend was and continues to be too little for a teacher to live a decent life.

By Collins Oyuu 6 months ago

Disciplining junior secondary intern teachers uncalled for

Headteachers running out of options as school funds dwindle

Capitation woes in schools continue to frustrate heads and principals. Schools are grinding to a halt, with most programmes and essential school activities affected by lack of funds.

By Collins Oyuu 6 months ago

Headteachers running out of options as school funds dwindle

Primary teachers better placed to teach in junior secondary

Lack of trained JSS teachers, teaching and learning materials and poor terms and conditions of employment behind reasons why little learning is going on in the JSS.

By Collins Oyuu 6 months ago

Primary teachers better placed to teach in junior secondary

Why Education ministry's budget should be increased

CBC, which is still in progress, there is need to buy modern teaching and learning materials due to the new digital learning aspect.

By Collins Oyuu 6 months ago

Why Education ministry's budget should be increased

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 7 months ago

Ending school feeding plan will hurt children and education

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Oyuu says the government's decision to re-open schools after an additional two weeks' holiday break due to heavy rains and flooding is welcome.

By Collins Oyuu 7 months ago

Help learners to settle down after traumatising floods

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

All public servants, including teachers, are placed on performance contracting, which is basically biased towards enhancing performance so that we can get value for money.

By Collins Oyuu 7 months ago

Why Labour Day no longer excites workers as it used to

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

Protecting schools, teachers and learners is protecting the future of our nation.

By Collins Oyuu 8 months ago

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

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 10 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 11 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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

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