UNESCO
Kilifi’s Gede Ruins set to join Unesco’s world heritage sites
Reading Time: 2 minutes Plans are underway to list the iconic Gede Ruins in Kilifi county (pictured) as a World Heritage Site, under the […]
Unesco joins calls for better oversight of private education
Reading Time: 2 minutes Poor oversight and regulation of private learning institutions worldwide continues to undermine the quality of education thus widening the educational […]
Uhuru signs Anti-Doping Amendment Bill into law
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2020 into law. The new law amends the Anti-Doping Act of […]
Training teachers to foster learning at home
Reading Time: 3 minutes Adalla Allan @Adalla_allan Over 3.1 billion children and 63 million teachers were affected by school closures globally, a study by […]
Unesco warns against education budget cuts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya and other middle-income countries must resist pressure to cut education budgets because of the difficult environment during the Covid-19 […]
Coronavirus puts teenage girls at higher risk of pregnancies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ann Nyathira @kamaunyathira Recently, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya issued a satirical order to chiefs under his administration— that they […]
Kenyan teacher shortlisted for Sh100 million award
Reading Time: 4 minutes A Kenyan teacher has been named in the top 50 shortlist for Sh100 million Global Teacher Prize 2020. Biology and […]
Somalia, UN ink deal to preserve culture heritage
Reading Time: 2 minutes MOGADISHU, Somalia and the United Nations culture and education agency on Tuesday signed an agreement aimed at strengthening efforts to […]
Chinese scientist awarded UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese Nobel laureate Tu Youyou has been awarded the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for […]