Anxiety & stress in the workplace during Covid-19 pandemic

University Health Services (UHS) has organized a training on sensitization of staff on how to cope with stress, anxiety and stigma at workplace during COVID-19 pandemic. This is because several people have requested to be tested for COVID-19 and are anxious of “What if”. As a result they are experiencing fear and worry. Chronic anxiety and stress can have impact in the workplace due to consequences such as burn-out, depression and stigma among others. This training will be for all staff in ODEL/SWA/Central Administration.

HELB waives application fees for the Non-Loanee Compliance Certificate

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has announced the waiver of non-loanees compliance certificate application fees of Ksh. 1,000.00.The fee was levied to all applicants of the certificate of compliance irrespective of whether you are a loanee or not. This comes as a great relief to thousands of job seekers who had to part with their hard earned money to receive a certificate from an institution they never engaged with during their university studies. This therefore means all non-loanees will receive certificate free of charge. Other compliance certificates that are required during job applications are Certificate of Good Conduct, Tax Compliance Certificate etc.