Students at the Technician university of Kenya (TUK) are set to officially resume learning following the end of a long-standing strike.
The move comes following a meeting between the Ministry of Education (MoE) and key stakeholders within the university including lecturers, where the two groups reached a deal.
A source that spoke to The Kenya Times explained that after the two groups came to an agreement, they formalized the decision through a signing process.
Therefore, after weeks of uncertainty and academic disruption, the lecturer and students’ strike has come to an end.
However, some lecturers still feel that the deal is largely a promise and does not fully address their concerns.
“Yes, and we go back to class. Although we feel given a raw deal because it’s all promissory,” a lecturer told The Kenya Times.
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Details of TUK Academic Calendar
Consequently, the university has released its revised academic calendar for the 2024/2025 academic year, following a Senate meeting held on February 18, 2025.
In the meeting, it was agreed that students would be granted a two-week revision period before sitting for their Semester I examinations.
This decision aligns with the Return-to-Work Formula, which was signed on March 17, 2025, and the draft revised academic calendar is now awaiting Senate approval.
For Semester one, students will begin their revision period on March 18, 2025, which will run until March 29, 2025.
After this, Semester one examinations will take place from March 31, 2025, to April 12, 2025.
On the other hand, the second Semester is scheduled to begin on April 14, 2025, with lectures running until May 17, 2025.
This will be followed by Continuous Assessment Tests (CATS) from May 19 to May 24, 2025.
Moreover, lectures will resume for the second part of the semester from May 26 to June 28, 2025.
The semester will conclude with another round of CATS scheduled between June 30 and July 5, 2025.
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Why Learning was Suspended
On February 25, TUK students engaged in running battles with police officers in Nairobi CBD, after they staged demonstrations, demanding answers on the sudden and indefinite closure of the institution.
Earlier on February 3, the university students were instructed to vacate the premises immediately and all diploma and undergraduate examinations, which were set to begin, were also suspended.
According to the university Vice Chancellor Professor Benedict M. Mutua, the students were causing disruption in the school, forcing him to suspend some of them and suspend learning.
The protests, led by UASU, KUSU, the TUK branch, and the KUDHEIHA Workers’ Committee, began on January 14, 2025. The Unions lamented that the Ministry of Education delayed staff salary disbursements, despite repeated demands.
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