Author: Fr. Symon Ntaiyia

To Friends of Father Ntaiyia Jubilee School and readers of Habari News, this month apart from editing to clarify and explain some terminologies this report is mainly written from reports by our teachers and compiled by our Deputy Head teacher Mr.Johnson Chepkowny who has been in charge of the school since May this year. BACK…

To our readers, you will notice as you read through that this is in the form of a report by our Deputy Head Teacher who is responsible for the administration of Father Ntaiyia School. We edit the report together to make it easier for readers in Kenya and those outside who may not be familiar…

June is the second month of the second trimester in Kenya’s School year trimester. It has been a busy month of uninterrupted learning as there were no extracurricular activities in the way. In Kenya this month starts with a public holiday June 1st, the day when we commemorated attainment of our internal self-rule in 1963…

In Kenya, elementary (primary) education, calendar year starts in January and ends in November. The academic year is divided into a trimester system that divides the academic year into three terms of about 14 weeks each, the time during which an educational institution holds classes. April, August and December are usually school holidays. I am…

REPORT ON THE SCHOOL’S MAJOR ACTIVITIES: TERM 1 2016 A well-known African proverb states that “it takes a whole village to raise a child” meaning that a child’s upbringing is a communal effort or that a child has the best ability to become a healthy adult if the entire community takes an active role in…

Dear Friends of Father Ntaiyia Jubilee School Beginning of the new school year in Kenya and especially the month of January had exciting moments. As students return to school from their long December break they look forward to hearing the news of the previous year’s examination results. They also get eager to join higher or…

Dear Friends, The year of 2015 has been as normal as any other year in my ministry doing all the things that I normally do.  Those things that especially keep me active year by year are:  Weekend and weekday liturgies mostly in our two churches and with help of other priests we have ten Sundays…

For the whole month of September public schools teachers in Kenya have been on strike, meaning there has been no teaching and learning in public elementary schools and high schools. Learning in private schools (Fr. Ntaiyia Jubilee Primary School operates as a private school) was going on smoothly until a circular issued from the Ministry of…

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Once again the Teachers in public schools have gone on strike just as the children are returning from a four weeks holiday to a very busy trimester that has public standardized examination to be done in about eight weeks. They are the examinations that determine the end of elementary education and the end…

Schools in Kenya have taken the second trimesters holidays or August holidays. It has been a busy time since the first week. We have a few new students who joined the school this trimester and this becomes those who transfer from other schools. All extra school activities went on well during the term and 27…