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  • Newspaper

    Kibaki passes law to regulate higher education sector

    Kenya

    Press

    Edwin Mutai - Business Daily

    Foreign universities offering degrees in Kenya without accreditation will be fined at least Sh10 million and their promoters sent to jail for three years under a new law meant to safeguard education standards. The Commission on University Education (CUE) will replace the Commission of Higher Education in overseeing university standards.

  • Newspaper

    Kenya teachers tipped on syllabus

    Kenya

    Press

    Kerubo Lornah - The Star

    Malindi's deputy District Education Officer has asked head teachers to ensure that students complete the syllabus in time. He said failure by teachers to complete the syllabus early hurts the students' performance in national exams. She said completing the syllabus in time will encourage good performance and curb any irregularities in the exam.

  • Newspaper

    Bogus colleges crackdown, 21 managers charged

    Kenya

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Kenya has published new rules and put more than 200 institutions on notice in a crackdown that will see 21 managers facing criminal charges for operating illegal colleges, with 63 having been closed over the past year. The action comes in the wake of government plans to bankroll institutions in this key education sector, to help them cope with the rising demand for skills.

  • Newspaper

    Higher education minister fired

    Kenya

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Last week, Kenya fired its Higher Education Minister who had been suspended from cabinet last year following allegations of graft.

  • Newspaper

    Education Official Denies Sh9 Million Aids Cash Fraud

    Kenya

    Press

    Carole Maina - Nairobi Star

    An official at the Ministry of Education was yesterday charged with Sh9 million fraud. It is alleged that the official in question acquired over Sh2.2 million fraudulently in April 2009 and gave a false impress of over Sh7 million in May of the same year.

  • Newspaper

    I will not resign over fraud charge – Education Minister

    Kenya

    Press

    Sam Kiplagat - Daily Nation

    Nairobi — Higher Education minister has said he will not resign over a Sh96m fraud charge leveled against him in court.

  • Newspaper

    Massive graft' turns off Canadian aid tap

    Kenya

    Press

    - Daily Nation

    Kenya is no longer a country of focus for aid from Canada, the country's new High Commissioner has said, due to massive graft. He cited the scandal surrounding the Sh103 million embezzled from the Free Primary Education programme.

  • Newspaper

    Honorary degrees "abused" – claim

    Kenya, Tanzania UR

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Universities in two East African countries, Kenya and Tanzania, have come under fire for prolifically awarding honorary degrees – in some cases allegedly for money and in others in return for influence.

  • Newspaper

    Ministers boycott cabinet

    Kenya

    Press

    - BBC News

    Allies of the Kenyan Prime Minister have said they will boycott cabinet meetings until a dispute with the President has been sorted. The two men clashed after the Prime Minister suspended two ministers accused of corruption - only for the President to reverse the decision hours later.

  • Newspaper

    Corrupt primary heads turn public schools in Kisumu into academies

    Kenya

    Press

    Dickens Wasonga - African Press Internationa

    As schools re-opened countrywide last week, parents with children in public primary schools within Kisumu municipality now want the government to rescue them from the hands of rogue head teachers who have turned the schools into private academies to aid them mint cash.

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