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Ngaru Girls Secondary School is a Girls’ only high School which is located in Central Kirinyaga near Kerugoya Town, Kirinyaga Central Constituency, Kirinyaga County; within the Central Region of Kenya. Get to know the school’s KCSE Results, KNEC Code, contacts, Admissions, physical location, directions, history, Form one selection criteria, School Fees and Uniforms. Also find a beautiful collation of images from the school’s scenery; including structures, signage, students, teachers and many more.

NGARU GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL’S KCSE RESULTS

Kangema High School is a Boys’ only boarding high school that is located in Muguru Location in Kangema constituency of Murang’a County; within the Central Region of Kenya. Get to know the school’s KCSE Results, KNEC Code, contacts, Admissions, physical location, directions, history, Form one selection criteria, School Fees and Uniforms. Also find a beautiful collation of images from the school’s scenery; including structures, signage, students, teachers and many more.

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S KCSE RESULTS

Individual candidates can check their KCSE results by sending an SMS with their full index number (11digits) followed by the word KCSE. The SMS can be sent from any subscriber’s line (Safaricom, Airtel or any other) to 20076. For example, send the SMS in the format 23467847002KCSE to 20076. There should be no space left between the index number and the word KCSE.

One can also download the whole school’s KCSE results by Visiting the Official KNEC exams portal; https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/.  This one requires the school’s log in credentials.

Finally, candidates can visit the school for their results. This is usually a day after the results have been released. It is important that you check your result slip to ensure there are no errors on it. Be keen to see that details such as your name, index number and sex are accurate. In case of any discrepancy, please notify your principal or KNEC immediately for correction.

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S KCSE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS/ GRADES COUNT

The school has maintained a good run in performance at the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, exams. In the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams the school posted good results to rank among the best schools in the County. This is how and where you can receive the KCSE results.

Here is a list of the KCSE 2019 best 10 schools in Murang’a County: 

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S BASIC INFO & CONTACTS AT A GLANCE

In need of more information about the school? Worry not. Use any of the contacts below for inquiries and/ or clarifications. Here is a collation of the school’s basic details:

• SCHOOL’S NAME: Kangema High School
• SCHOOL’S TYPE: Boys’ only boarding school
• SCHOOL’S CATEGORY: Extra County school.
• SCHOOL’S LEVEL: Secondary
• SCHOOL’S KNEC CODE: 10229101
• SCHOOL’S OWNERSHIP STATUS: Public/ Government owned
• SCHOOL’S PHONE CONTACT:
• SCHOOL’S POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 63 kangema, Murang’a
• SCHOOL’S EMAIL ADDRESS:
• SCHOOL’S WEBSITE:

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S VISION

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S MISSION

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S MOTTO

KANGEMA HIGH SCHOOL’S FORM ONE SELECTION CRITERIA & ADMISSIONS

Being a public school, form one admissions are done by the Ministry of Education. Vacancies are available on competitive basis. Those seeking admissions can though directly contact the school or pay a visit for further guidelines.

You have been selected to join form one at high school? Well. Congratulations. In case you need to see your admission letter, then click on this link to download it; Official Form one admission letter

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has criticized the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for tampering with the payroll of teachers by halting the Sacco loan remittances and other third party deductions.

The teachers union had while effecting the move said it would held cushion teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I call on TSC not to tamper with the payroll of teachers by halting the Sacco loan remittances and other third party deductions, it will hurt both the teachers and the Saccos,” said Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion in a statement.

Rival union, the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) had proposed that TSC stop statutory/loan deductions during Covid-19 pandemic.

“KUPPET proposal that TSC should stop statutory/loan deductions during the pandemic period, and treated with contempt, unless such proposal originates from SACCO management who are teachers,” said the outspoken unionist.

Defending SACCOs capacity, Sossion said that teachers’ SACCOs in Kenya have turned out to be the best managed and performing on the continent among the teaching service.

“Furthermore, this proposal is not born out of any consultation all teachers’ SACCOs were started by KNUT, and we cannot afford or allow any action that will see them go down. It is our duty and responsibility to defend, protect and continue oiling the wheels of SACCOs and Cooperative movement,” added the unionist.

He said that the Union will not allow the Commission to interfere with the teacher’s, SACCOs arrangement as this will have far reaching repercussions in post Covid-19 era.

“The National Executive Council (NEC) of KNUT, after wide consultations with members and teachers, hereby advices strongly, not to tamper with the payroll in whichever way whatsoever,” Sossion ruled.

SACCOs, he said are economic lifeline of teachers and their dependents, and if their operations are halted through failure to effect loan deductions, the future of teachers and their families will be ruined for ever.

Sossion added that besides being illegal and retrogressive in nature, the proposal by the Commission is bound to roll-back the gains already made by teachers and their SACCOs.

“Moreover, the proposal did not go through the mandatory requirement of consultation and public participation. If teachers are paid full salaries, there is no logical reason to stop effecting statutory/loan or SACCO deductions and other third party deductions,” said the unionist.

The letter is copied to line Cabinet secretaries including Simon Chelugui, (Labour and Social Protection, Prof. George O. Magoha, (Education, Science & Technology) and

Dr. Lydia Nzomo, Chairperson, Teachers Service Commission.

TSC certificate is an important document for any teacher in Kenya. Whether you need employment or promotion you need to have a TSC Certificate. This article guides tutors on how to replace their TSC certificate if it is misplaced, lost, damaged, destroyed or want to change  names. The requirements of TSC certificate replacement have been provided below

What is a TSC Certificate?

A TSC certificate is a document issued by the Teachers Service Commission after completion of teaching studies and upon registration that serves as an official identification document for any government employed teacher in Kenya.

Requirements for TSC Certificate Replacement

• Must pay a non-refundable fee of ksh. 2055
• Bank  payment slip
• ID
• Incase of change of names an affidavit or marriage certificate must be provided
• All applications must be done online. NO PAPER DOCUMENTS

How to apply for TSC Certificate Replacement

• To apply for replacement visit: http://www.teachersonline.go.ke/RegintroDC.aspx
• Enter you ID number and Surname
• Click Next
• Follow the procedure to the end

NOTE: Make sure you have your scanned documents ready because you will need to upload them.

In 2014, Francis Tonui wanted to build his dream house.

But when he visited a contractor to find out how much it would cost, he was taken aback when he was presented with a Sh16 million Bill of Quantities.

A dejected Tonui could see his plan of owning the house of his dreams slipping through his fingers.

As the Maso Secondary School principal was scratching his head on how he could slash the huge cost of constructing a spacious eight-bedroom house, he stumbled onto a construction site, where interlocking blocks were being used.

“Upon inquiring from the contractor the materials used to make the interlocking blocks, I realised that besides cement, the other raw materials required was available in my farm in Soin ward. It opened my eyes to the fact that I could make the interlocking blocks myself,” says Tonui.

“That is how I managed to build my spacious eight-bedroom house at Sh10 million, which is Sh6 million less if I could have used conventional building blocks.”

He says interlocking blocks slash the cost of construction by almost 15 per cent due to what is known as ‘zero joints’.

“No cement is used on the joints. The interlocking blocks interlock themselves due to the ‘male and female’ sides, which fit into each other perfectly,” said Tonui.

After the completion of the house, and having been satisfied with the results, Tonui decided to venture into making interlocking blocks.

“I decided to shelve the idea of selling the certified raw material from my five-acre farm in Kapkormom village to a road construction company undertaking road construction works along the Brooke-Ainamoi-Thessalia road,” said Tonui.

He began a commercial interlocking blocks business by hiring experts and a Hydraform machine supplied to the Nyamira Ministry of Housing and Public Works (as it was known) office as part of the government’s affordable housing project.

“But after encountering delays and bureaucracies in the hiring of the Hydraform machines from Kericho, Bomet, Narok and other counties, I decided to raise Sh4 million and import my own machine from South Africa,” says Tonui.

Process

To make the interlocking blocks, the businessman mixes cement and a mixture of sand and murram at the ratio of one bag of cement to 16 wheelbarrows of the sand and murram mixture. “This must be the rate,” says Tonui.

In a day, the businessman produces 1,000 to 1,200 blocks. A work force of 10 people is required for the work.

“One of the workers operates the Hydraform machine while the rest are involved in the mixing of the raw materials and carrying the blocks to the curing area,” says Tonui.

In the curing area, the building blocks have to be stacked and kept moist by sprinkling of water twice a day and covered using a polythene sheet.

The curing process for the bricks takes at least 21 days.
Once the process is complete, the businessman sells the interlocking blocks at site at Sh30 a piece.

“In a month, I can sell up to 10,000 interlocking blocks. This earns me a profit of around Sh90,000,” said Tonui.

Tonui says a house, or any other building, constructed using interlocking blocks is stronger than any other.

“The lifespan is more than a 100 years. Due to the weight of the interlocking block which is about eight kilogrammes, even a tractor cannot smash through the wall…. Interlocking blocks are like three bricks joined together,” he says.

Tonui explains that one can distinguish a good interlocking block from the rest if it isn’t crushed when pressed down through the Hydraform machine.

“An interlocking block with the right ratio of cement and other raw materials, and is also cured well cannot crack,” he says.

1. Teachers to pay for training organized by their employer? Which other employer charges it’s employees for it’s own programs?

2. How do you start charging a teacher 6000 for a program you are supposed to actually finance? I thought every employee has a duty to improve it’s workforce?

3. How can TSC come up with modules that run for 30yrs? Is this not a way of denying teachers time to live their lives? This same employer came up with a policy against school based learning for teachers claiming that it was consuming time for serving the Kenyan child. Now miraculously, it’s coming up with modules that will be learnt for 30yrs.

4. What is the immediate benefit to the teacher once he or she completes a module? In the military, after a given training one qualifies for promotion to the next rank. Is there any correlation between training and promotions?

5. Which and where are these modules? What is the school of knowledge in each module? How relevant is it to the teacher and his/her career? By now this information should be in the public domain or at least known within teacher circles.

6. How does TSC come up with such serious measures without listening to and involving the teachers through their negotiating platforms, the unions?
This behavior from TSC is the very reason why by now teachers should be pushing to have a professional self-regulating body for teachers so as to scrap some roles from TSC. TSC should just be an employer not a regulator of matters education.

7. Someone has seen an easy kill, the same way someone came up with KEWOTA sasa wameleta TPD. The teachers payslips cannot be stretched any longer.

8. Each year, TSC has trainings for it’s secretariat staff for free. It even pays for their subsistence halafu the same institutions wants to charge the teachers who are also it’s staff. This is a joke taken too far.

There is obviously no lesser death but some deaths, more than others, descend with added malice and clearly drive a stake in the heart of society.

The death of author and journalist Ken Walibora is one such death. It was unexpected, unfair and unbelievable.
Walibora was the author of many books in Kiswahili, the most famous being Siku Njema.

In my view, his contribution to the language rivals that of Julius Nyerere, Shaaban Robert, and Wallah Bin Wallah, but I will leave the measure of his contribution to be determined by Kiswahili scholars.

Different schools

Each of the boys in our class had come from different schools from all over Kenya, and from all walks of life. Ken had come by way of Olekejuado High School but he was from Trans Nzoia, Cheranganyi to be exact.

I remember him then as a devout Christian who was later to profess Jehovah Witness convictions but with an ever-inquisitive mind.

We all knew him then as Kennedy Wafula Waliaula, and had nicknamed him «Alufa,» which was based on a reverse reading of the name «Wafula.» He was a great soccer player, a lanky boy who played the goalkeeper and was the captain of the school soccer team.

At one time, he actually broke his leg while playing for Koelel and spent six weeks with a humongous orthopaedic cast and crutches. He looked cool with it and even got a special dispensation to sit special end of term exams.

Yours truly, then called philosopher, mainly for reading huge, dog-eared novels, was the unofficial reporter for all school games and other functions and events.

At one time, we gatecrashed into a Catholic function just so that we could be within striking distance of interesting visitors from Njoro Girls High School who were easy on the eyes of the beauty-famished boys. For our troubles, six of us were sent home for two weeks.

Notable author

To complete his three A-Level subjects, Walibora also studied Kiswahili under Mr Alex Ngure, who was to become a notable author himself after publishing Utoro and Fasihi Simulizi.

Truth be told, however, we focused more on reading novels than reading textbooks.

The son of a teacher, it was evident from our discussion those days that Walibora was quite well read. His exposure to literature was however more structured, unlike some of us whose reading was more of the free reign kind.

Walibora was a genius when it came to languages. People know his prowess in Kiswahili. What they don’t know is that he could write equally well in English. Indeed English was his language of deep scholarship. He wrote his PhD in English and published several academic papers in the language.

At Koelel, he penned many poems and regaled us with many mashairi that he composed. I hope some of those early works, which he once told me he had misplaced, will be re-discovered and published posthumously.

After A-Level, Walibora trained as a probation officer at the Kenya School of Government while I pursued journalism. We used to meet while we were in different colleges in Nairobi. He envied my luck. And I felt bad about it knowing where his heart really was.

There is something to be said about the nature of abiding resilience and focus. Those with evergreen resilience always get what they ask for. Walibora never gave up the pursuit of a career in letters.

A great deal has also been said about the correlation between great grades and success.

News casting

While still working as a probation officer, Walibora eventually found his way to the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, initially in a talk show, before gravitating into news casting. He later pursued further education at Ohio State University where he finished his PhD and later taught at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, before returning to Kenya.

Along the way, he worked for NTV as a news anchor. He was until his death a senior lecturer at Riara University in Nairobi.

When talked last year, he told me he had been charged with establishing a centre for the study of international languages at the university.

In life, however, even incidental experiences are a resource.

«I am an avid reader and good keen observer and patient listener. Like all humans, I make mistakes from time to time, regret them, and I apologise, but most importantly, I learn from them and move on. I strive to attain more humility in all spheres of my life in good times and bad times, and to always avoid being prejudicial and celebrating another person’s crisis or calamity. I want to appreciate people more and not to judge them harshly by relying on one-sided sources».

Clearly, Walibora desired to be understood in a particular way, an acknowledgement that no one is an open book, not even the writers of books.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has applauded the efforts by Kenyatta University Students for coming up with a ventilator prototype to help in the fight against COVID-19.
Kenyatta University students developed ventilators for COVID-19 patients who developed difficulty breathing since they are only a handful in the country.

Speaking during a presser today, April 16, 2020, the Head of State commended the efforts initiated by Kenyans of goodwill to win the fight against COVID-19, adding that everyone should take responsibility.

The invention was done by 16 KU students in under one week and detailed the prototype, a cubical unit made of hard silver plastic parts with pipes connecting to an oxygen tank and two other pipes delivering the air.

The mechanical unit is controlled from a computer on top of it from where doctors can monitor the concentration of oxygen in the air that the machine is pumping into the patients’ lungs as well as control the ventilators’ intensity.
If approved, the University Vice-Chancellor indicated that the institution was capable of producing 50 ventilators per week.

We came up with the idea to make a ventilator when we heard that there were in short supply and with almost all the countries in lockdown, we could not import them from elsewhere, he said.

Further, President Uhuru announced a welfare package for health workers to cushion medical workers on the frontline against COVID-19.
He also directed medical insurance companies to cover hospital staff managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a student or recent graduate there are many important things we were not taught in class. You were not shown how to get a job and what to expect in the professional world.

1. That you need a professional CV to get a job

While in school, no one, even teachers and lecturers ever mentioned to me that having a CV was a very important tool for successful job search after graduation. All were taught was ‘Education is the key to success. So most of us just wanted to graduate, get a job automatically and succeed in life.

After looking for a job for two years without success, I approached a friend who asked to see my CV. He pointed out that my CV was the one letting me down. It was not professional to fit the current job market.

A professional CV is your marketing tool in the real world. Even when you don’t have any work experience, you need one that contains your skills and introduces you to Kenyan employers.
It is important that you seek help from CV Writing professionally in Kenya and ensure that you increase your chances of getting interviews with a professional CV.
You have probably heard of something called Personal Branding.

2. You need a personal brand

Just to remind you, it is the art of marketing and positioning your skills and competencies in order to package yourself well for the job market.
I was never taught in school that failing to brand you can affect your job search. You need to brand yourself as an expert in your own field even when you are not. Let the potential employers believe in your abilities by just looking at your CV.

3. Having a mentor is important to your career

Do you have a mentor? If you don’t, it is time to find one. In the university, I rarely heard people talked about the importance of having a mentor. Many people wanted to finish school, work on their own and achieve their goals.
However, in the real world, I have noted that everyone needs a support system. In the course of your career, you need to find someone to guide and advise you through the journey.
A mentor is someone you admire. The one who has gone through the life you want to live. They have firsthand experience in your field and so you can learn from them.

4. Networking is good

Some have been lucky, while others are yet to see the fruits of having good networks.
You may have not been taught on how to network by networking, but we all live in a world where information is accessible anytime through social media.
Online platforms provide great professional networking without much stress. You can consider using LinkedIn or interpersonal relationships to develop networks which can connect you with opportunities.
This way, you might get a job and progress in your career.

5. Never burn bridges

If you want to live a very fulfilling life, never burn a bridge. Whatever someone has done to you, always show compassion and acknowledge that people are unique and can behave differently.
Truth is, you never know when you will need their help again.

Let me know in the comments section below.