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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 1 month 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 2 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 2 months ago
Why Knut withdrew strike threat after talks with TSC
Why Knut withdrew strike threat after talks with TSC
By Collins Oyuu 2 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 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 9 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 10 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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
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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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