NAIROBI, DECEMBER 6, 2016(CISA)-The government will move away from the current 8-4-4 education system and unveil a new education curriculum on Thursday December 8. The new structure 2-6-6-3-3 has three levels: early years, middle school and senior school education. According to a document from the Ministry of Education and Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), […]
Month: December 2016
DR CONGO: Catholic Nun Murdered in Bukavu
KINSHASA, DECEMBER 6, 2016 ( CISA)- Sr Clara Agano Kahambu, a catholic religious sister of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King was killed on November 29 at Mater Dei Parish in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu. Sr Clara who advocated for women’s rights was in her office with a student when […]
S. SUDAN: Remind the Young Generation that We Once had Peace, Bishop Taban Urges Elders
JUBA, DECEMBER 6, 2016 (CISA) – Bishop Paride Taban, emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Torit has urged the elders to remind the younger generation how they once had lived in peace and harmony regardless of tribe. “South Sudanese were never so much tribalistic during my youth. We are dying because we are not sincere […]
KENYA: First Lady Calls for Increased Efforts to End Spread of HIV/AIDS
NAIROBI DECEMBER 2, 2016(CISA)-First lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for increased efforts to end the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. “We are needed on this war front. We must take our places and do our parts because over the years, all of us have been affected by this disease. All of us have lost […]
GAMBIA: Opposition Candidate Adama Barrow Wins Presidential Election
BANJUL DECEMBER 2, 2016 (CISA) – Gambia’s electoral commission has declared opposition candidate Adama Barrow as the winner of the 2016 presidential election. According to official results Adama Barrow won 263,515 votes 50,000 more than President Yahya Jammeh with 45.5 percent of the vote against Jammeh’s 36.7 percent during the elections held on December 1. “Having […]
KENYA: 2016 KCPE Candidates to Join Secondary School in January, says CS Matiang’i
NAIROBI DECEMBER 2, 2016 (CISA) –Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has said that the candidates who sat the 2016 KCPE exams will join secondary school in the first month of 2017, a change from the usual February entry. “Form one selection begins immediately and on December 9, we shall meet here at Kenya Institute of […]