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Cover for Teacher Lost His Job After 25 Years of Service: What Every TSC Teacher Should Know About Compassionate Leave
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Teacher Lost His Job After 25 Years of Service: What Every TSC Teacher Should Know About Compassionate Leave

A detailed VibeSchool Teacher Desk explainer on the 2026 court decision upholding TSC’s dismissal of a veteran teacher after a 15-day absence to care for his critically ill father, and what TSC rules say about compassionate leave.

1 Sept 2026Read article →
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Longer Nights Aren’t Always Better Revision

Late-night revision can feel like commitment near exams. But a sustainable routine must protect the learner’s ability to think, remember and perform the next day.

26 Aug 2026
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The Topics Your Child Loves Revising May Be Protecting the Topics They Fear

Learners naturally return to topics that make them feel competent. During exam preparation, that comfort can leave important weaknesses untouched.

26 Aug 2026
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Another Past Paper Won’t Fix a Mistake Your Child Doesn’t Understand

Past papers are valuable, but repeating them without understanding lost marks can turn revision into a loop of the same errors.

26 Aug 2026
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They Know the Answer at Home. Then the Exam Paper Arrives.

Some learners can explain a topic perfectly at home and still freeze, rush or misread it in an exam. The gap is real, and it can be trained.

26 Aug 2026
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Two Marks Here, Three Marks There: How an Entire Grade Slips Away

A marked paper can look full of small mistakes while hiding a much larger pattern. Here is how parents and candidates can turn scattered lost marks into a focused recovery plan.

26 Aug 2026
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The Signs Your Child Isn’t Ready for KCSE Yet — and the Ones You Can Still Fix

A calm way for parents to distinguish ordinary exam nerves from revision gaps that still need attention before KCSE.

26 Aug 2026
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There Is Still Time — But Not for the Same Revision That Isn’t Working

When exams are approaching and results are still disappointing, parents and learners need a narrower, evidence-led revision plan rather than more of the same.

26 Aug 2026
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Before You Pay for Another Tuition Class, Look at the Last Exam Paper

Before spending again on tuition, use the evidence in your child’s latest paper to identify whether the problem is knowledge, practice, feedback or exam technique.

26 Aug 2026
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Your Child Is Studying Every Night. The Marks Still Aren’t Moving.

When long study hours are not changing results, the answer is not automatically more pressure. A practical guide to finding what is actually blocking progress.

26 Aug 2026
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“I Don’t Want to Disappoint You”: What Exam Candidates Rarely Tell Their Parents

Behind late-night study sessions can be a fear many candidates struggle to say aloud. Here is how parents can respond with less pressure and more useful support.

26 Aug 2026
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KCSE Is Close. Stop Trying to Revise Everything.

If KCSE is getting close and the syllabus feels impossible, this is not another timetable. It is a practical way to decide what deserves your next hour, recover marks and stop letting panic choose what you study.

26 Aug 2026
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The Night Before KCSE: What Should You Actually Do?

When the exam is hours away, more notes are not automatically better. Use the final evening to arrive prepared, organised and able to think.

26 Aug 2026
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You Don’t Need to Study 10 Hours a Day

If your revision plan only works when you are superhuman, it is a bad plan. Build a routine you can actually repeat.

26 Aug 2026
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Grade 9 Is Ending. What Happens Next?

A clear guide for Grade 9 learners who are hearing about pathways, subjects and Senior School but still do not know what the choices mean for them.

26 Aug 2026
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The Marks Candidates Keep Giving Away

You can understand the topic and still lose marks through rushed reading, incomplete working, weak explanations and avoidable exam habits.

26 Aug 2026
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You Study for Hours and Remember Almost Nothing. Here’s Why.

If your notes feel familiar but disappear when the book closes, this is the revision trap to fix before the exam.

26 Aug 2026
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Grade 10 in Kenya: what changes at Senior School?

A source-backed explanation of Grade 10, Senior School choices, pathways, subject combinations and what official systems do.

18 Aug 2026
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Senior School Pathways in Kenya: STEM, Social Sciences, Arts & Sports

Understand Kenya's Senior School pathway structure and how pathways connect to subject combinations and schools.

18 Aug 2026
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Grade 10 subject combinations in Kenya: how to think about the choice

A practical, source-backed guide to subject combinations, school availability and the difference between official facts and guidance.

18 Aug 2026
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Choosing a Senior School in Kenya: pathway fit before school name

A practical guide to checking pathway, subject-combination and school-offering fit before submitting Grade 10 choices.

18 Aug 2026
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