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Blogging will continue to bloom especially this year 2020. Most people these days stay at home and most of them are trying new skills like blogging or online writing . In the past years, it has been proven that blogs can be a source of income and it plays an important role in boosting content strategy for various types and sizes of businesses. Whether you will blog for fun or to earn, having a writing style is essential. Here are some tips to make it easier for your writing style to become recognizable on your blog, thus, attracting more readers to come back. 1. The Opening matters The headline is the most compelling part of your blog. It is consistent with the conclusion of a recent study where it states that 80 percent of readers go straight to the post because of the title. Thus, having a great title or headline is vital in having a distinct writing style. Check out some best essay writing services In addition to the title, writing short but fluid four or five sentences for the firs...

On Thursday, April 2 nd the portal was opened for KUCCPS second revision of diploma, degree and certificate choices. This came after 36,522 students who scored a C+ and above were unable to secure placement in degree programs while 6,654 candidates didn’t make any applications. Students who failed to secure placement have been urged to revise their choices before the KUCCPS second revision deadline which is on 15 th April. The online service published a PDF List of the index numbers of unsuccessful 2019 KCSE Candidates from the first revision . I believe this is a very crucial moment for these students and hence would like to give you some tips on securing successful placement in this 2020 second revision. First, how do you know whether you got placed or not? How to check your status There two ways of knowing your KUCCPS placement status Download the List published by KUCCPS and search for your index number. PDF List Log into your KUCCPS student portal. Check under the Available Prog...

Since the Presidentordered all learning institutions in Kenya to be closed due to the Coronavirus Pandemic ,students have become unoccupied as they stay at home to avert the spread of thevirus. Consequently, scholarshave been forced to wait for governments and health workers to bring thepandemic into control for schools to open and learning to resume. However, USIU – Kenya,(United States International University) is taking no chance in providingquality and timely education for its scholars. During the two weekspreceding the president’s announcement, the institution has indulged itsstudents in online learning through its advanced online platform, Blackboardfor instructional purposes and Zoom as their video conferencing tool. The innovativecombination lets interaction between lectures and students and access tolearning recourses seamless, thus providing a great learning experience withoutthe need for brick and mortar lecture rooms. Students use theirlaptops and internet to access th...

Once in a while the Ministry of Education announces the HELB waiver for all HELB beneficiaries in Kenya. This announcement is yet to be made in 2020. This announcement comes with a sigh of relief for many yet in real terms is not beneficial to many as expected. First, for the sake ofclarity, a waiver is a voluntary removal of a certain charge or money owned.The HELB loan waiver is meant to reduce the amount of money required to be paidby a HELB beneficiary. At least that’s what most expect. Annually the Minister ofEducation would announce a waiver on HELB loans. It comes in differentpercentages for instance 80% or 100%waiver that CS Amina gave in 2018 . This waiver however usually applies topenalties only and not the entire loan amount. Also, you are given thecondition to repay your entire loan in a lump sum over about 3 months to enjoythe HELB penalty waiver. Well, this doesn’t seem fair! The idea behind thewaiver is to make it easier for HELB beneficiaries to repay their loans fromth...

On Friday the 13 th ; a day synonymous with bad luck, the first case of Coronavirus was confirmed in Kenya. What followed were events we only witness in movies. The Nairobi Stock Exchange experienced a 120 Billion shillings wipeout , sanitizer and soap shelves in supermarkets started getting cleared and as typical for Kenyans, social media was washed with coronavirus-related memes. It’s quite clear there’sa little panic in the air, but the memes are keeping people alive per se. Yet wemust take serious precautions to protect ourselves from this pandemic as WHOputs it. The myth that Africansare immune to the virus was debunked yesterday. Yet that’s only a tip of theiceberg in the misinformation spreading online. This is why I seriouslypropose that each of us takes a keen interest in understanding the virus, howit spreads, its incubation period, signs and symptoms, statistics of recoveryand death, ways of preventing and containing the virus among other things. And don’t just read from eve...

On Monday the 17th of February, the KUCCPS Portal was opened after a press statement by the CEO of KUCCPS, Dr. John Muraguri. According to the press statement a total of 688,928 students were placed in tertiary institutions.  This is 10817 studentsless than the number of students who sat for KCSE 2019 representing a 98.45%placement. 125,449 who managed toscore C+ and above were placed in universities while 563,479 who scored C, D,or E, were placed in Technical and Vocational Education Training institutions. Meanwhile, alluniversities declared a total capacity of 193,878 which absorbed 100% ofall qualified students. TVET institutions had a total capacity of 350,000 whichcould only absorb 62% of the students who scored between C and E. However, the board notedthat other TVET institutions were offering additional training opportunitieswhich will absorb the remaining 38%.  The board indicated thatthe portal will be open until 9th March 2020 allowing the students to revisetheir pla...

Kisumu National polytechnic has been closed indefinitely today morning after students went on a rampage over unprecedented hiking of fees and abuse of power by the deputy principal among other issues. Earlier on, studentsgathered at the basketball courts following a notice signed and circulated by Kisumu National Polytechnic Student Association(KINOPSA) Secretary-General Mr. Amos Oduor and Chairman Mr. Joseph Mbaka. The notice urged studentsto boycott classes and join the union in a peaceful demonstration after theadministration had allegedly failed to address their grievances. Students later pouredinto the streets, blocked Nyamasaria – Kondele road and paralyzed transportbefore being dispersed by Anti-Riot police. Apparently, theadministration had hikedstudent fees by Ksh 6000 for some and Ksh 10000 for others a move that hasfinancially overburdened most students in the institution. Besides, the studentleaders were also demanding the reinstatement of more than 1000 students whoh...