Ubuni Film Workshop Series

Date: 13th September 2014
Time: 10AM - 2PM
Venue: Katanazi Restaurant. Kirichwa Road
Charges: Ksh1000

Back to School with Jumia Kenya

Jumia Kenya Rolls out Back to School online store and promo for students

Nairobi, Kenya, 20^th August 2014- Kenya’s leading online retailer JUMIA Kenya has today rolled out its Back to School online store with a promotion giving students a chance to win incredible prizes and go back to school in style.

The back to school online store comes with different categories including school accessories, books, stationery, Mobile phones, laptops and tablets among other products and students will enjoy free deliveries anywhere in Kenya.

In this unique promotion, students across all levels are encouraged to participate in the different competitions on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Winners will take home a Huawei Ascend Y300, Xtouch Phonetab PF83 and an Asus T100 Transformer book worth ksh. 45,000 among other prizes.

MILOÒ COMMITS KSHS 5 MILLION FOR THE NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL BALL GAMES

 

Mr. Enos Oyaya, Education Secretary, Ministry of Education (left) receives a sports kit and soccer balls from Svetlana Obruchkova, Managing Director, Nestle Kenya during the announcement of a the MILO sponsorship package worth Kshs 5 million for this year’s Kenya Primary National School Ball Games. The Games are scheduled to take place in Bungoma this month from June 19th to 21st, 2013.

-Press Release
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Nestlé Kenya, through its leading MILOÒ brand has announced its sponsorship for this year’s Kenya Primary School Ball Games to the tune of KShs. 5 Million.  The Games are scheduled to take place in Bungoma this month from June 19th to 21st, 2013.

The company also committed to extend its partnership with the Ministry of Education towards providing support for the Primary Schools Games with the focus being on football.

Nestlé announced the sponsorship package partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Kenya Primary Schools Sports Association (KPSSA), which will cover the provision of playing kits to participating teams, track suits to games officials, balls, trophies, medals, certificates, T-shirts among other items.

Nestle Kenya To Sponsor Kenya Nationals Primary Schools Games

Food manufacturing giant, Nestlé Kenya in partnership with the Ministry of Education is set to announce the sponsorship of this year’s Kenya Nationals Primary Schools Games on Thursday, June 13th, 2013, at the Norfolk Hotel from 10.00am to 11.30am.

The National Games are expected to be held in Bungoma County, this month from June 19th to 21st, 2013.

Doodle 4 Google 2013 Competition Launch

Wangari Maathai Google Doodle, 1st April 2013

As Kenya celebrates its 50th anniversary since independence in December, Google Kenya will launch the Doodle 4 Google 2013 competition, which will be open to all Kenyan school students aged between 6 years to 18 years.

The competition will encourage them to create their own doodles, allowing the students a chance to win a techie prize for himself/herself and for his/her school.

The theme for the 2013 contest is “My Kenya.”

Golden Climate: International Environmental Project Olympiad

Date: 2-3rd May, 2013
Time: 8AM
Venue: Light Academy, Nairobi
Live Coverage on KTN TV

Golden Climate is an international environmental project competition organized by Light Academy and Wananchi Online's Zuku. 100 schools from 20 countries are expected to participate and generate solutions to contemporary environmental problems.

For more details visit http://www.goldenclimate.com/

Sounds of the Heart with the Morans & OCs

Date: Thursday 11th April 2013
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, Westlands
Time: starts at 7pm
Charges: Kshs 500/-

Musicians from Nairobi School (Old and New) on one stage. The concert, apart from being a wonderful evening of music-making, is aimed at raising awareness of how important music is in the government school curriculum. You’ll be surprised at how many fantastic Kenyan musicians have come out of the Kenyan government school system. The evening includes the following groups:-

Over 12000 Schools to benefit from PesaPal's Fees Automation

Online payment platform PesaPal now has over 12,000 schools signed up for its School Pay service offering parents and guardians an easy solution to paying their children's school fees.

According to Pesapal.com no bankers cheques, no queues and no repeat visits to the school are required anymore.

The platform allows transactions online via Safaricom's MPESA, Airtel's ZAP and Essar Group's YU CASH accounts.

For more details on Pesapal's SchoolPay and listed schools visit https://www.pesapal.com/schoolpay

2012 KCSE Results to be Released on Friday

The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Chief Executive Officer Paul Wasanga has announced today that the council will release the 2012 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) on Friday, March 1, 2013.

Education minister Mutula Kilonzo is expected to announce the results at Mitihani House, Nairobi starting at 10am.

2012 KCPE Results are Out

The results of the 2012 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations were released on Monday morning by Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo, seeing three pupils announced top with 430 marks  each. 

The three were Kinoti Joy Kathure from Meru County, Mwaura Boniface and Wachira Njomo, both from Kiambu with 430 marks out of a possible 500. 

According to the minister, the results were far much better than those of 2011 and 2010, where a total of 416,900 candidates scored above 250 marks representing 51.35 percent of the candidates who sat for the 2012 examinations.