January 6, 2025: Top news events to look out for today
By Arnold Ngure, January 6, 2025
Here is what you need to know to get up to speed with today’s happenings.
Back to school
Millions of learners are expected to get back to school for term one in various levels of learning right from kindergarten, primary, junior secondary and secondary schools.
The learners will be facing several challenges including the inadequacy of classrooms for some junior secondary school learners as they open school after weeks of rest.
The other set of challenges expected to face learners are inadequate teachers, fewer resources disbursed to schools and inadequate learning materials.
“The term dates for the Academic Year 2025 were communicated to basic education institutions and generally publicized on 18th October 2024. Term One of 2025 will have 13 weeks, with 5 days for mid-term break. All schools are expected to re-open for the new term on Monday, 6th January 2025,” a statement from Education CS Julius Ogamba indicated.
KPSEA results
Parents and learners are set to receive the grades attained by grade 6 learners who sat the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) exams.
In a statement on January 4, 2025, Education CS Julius Ogamba advised parents and learners to check for the results on the schools’ portals on Monday, January 6, 2025.
“The Kenya Primary School Education Assessment learner reports will be accessible on school portals in the week commencing January 6, 2025,” Ogamba noted.
Anti-abduction protest
Protests are expected to rock several parts of the country as activists demand the release of individuals abducted due to their perceived criticism of President William Ruto.
Organisers of the protests have vowed to continue with the demonstrations until every single abductee is released.
This will be the second wave of the anti-abduction protest after the first one on December 30, 2024, saw several people including Busia senator Okiya Omtatah arrested and later released.