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The Ministry of Education on Friday unveiled the 2024 calendar for pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools as well as teachers’ training colleges. The pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools will open for the first term on January 8, 2024 and close on April 5, 2024 after 13 weeks of learning. In between, however, they will have a three-day half term break from February 29 to March 3, before a three-week holiday at the end of the term from April 8-26. Term two will run for 14 weeks, commencing on April 29 and ending on August 2, with half term set for June 20-23. The learners will afterwards go on holiday for another three weeks beginning August 5-25. The final term of the year will last 9 weeks from August 26 to October 25, paving way for the Kenya Primary School Education Ass...

EACC Recovers Ksh.11M Stolen By Ministry Of Education Employee In Ghost School Scam The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained court orders authorizing the recovery of Ksh.11.1 million, in cash and assets, fraudulently acquired by a Ministry of Education employee on diverse dates between August 2017 and June 2018. Joshua Momanyi Ocharo, who works for the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education within the ministry, reportedly set up a fictitious school before directing government funds intended for Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) to the non-existent institution he claimed was located in Khwisero, Kakamega County. In his role as a Clerical Officer within the aforementioned department, Ocharo was entrusted with the duty of creating the FDSE funds distr...

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Ministry Of Education Releases 2024 Schools’ Calendar

How EACC Recovers Ksh.11M Stolen By Ministry Of Education Employee In Ghost School Scam