Browsing author

Dominic Gekonge

Dominic is a Computer Science Specialist with lots of bias on Education. If he's not writing about Education, then he's coding. If not, then you will find him watching series movies.

Good News As TSC Promotes 115000 Teachers and Registers 42000

Join Our Telegram Group Teachers across the country have reason to be happy after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) promoted 115,000 teachers and registered a further 42,000. The Commission is carrying out the difficult task of satisfying teachers as well as ensuring teachers who have acquired the required qualifications are registered as they await to […]

Kibera Court Charges Teacher with Defiling 14-Year-Old over Past Papers

Join Our Telegram Group A Kibera Court has charged a teacher with defiling a 14-year-old student in violation of the Sexual Offences Act. Kipkemoi Sammy Melly was charged before Kibera’s Senior Principal Magistrate, Philip Mutua where he pleaded not guilty. According to the charge sheet the offence was committed between the months of October 2021 […]

TSC Shortlisted Candidates to Begin Recruitment Interviews this Thursday

Teachers who applied for employment in the recently advertised slots are set to begin their recruitment interviews this Thursday. Some of the applicants have already received invitations via Short Message Service (SMS) for the interviews which shall start on the 21st of July at 8:00 am and end on the 27th of July 2022. However, […]

KNUT and TSC CBA Talks to Favor Classroom Teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has called on teachers to be patient while the union continues talks with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to include classroom teachers in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). While attending the burial of former Bungoma Central KNUT Executive Secretary Fred Sichangi at Sikusi in Kabuchai constituency, on Saturday, […]

TVET Examination Managers Told to Guide Students in Selecting Courses

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has called on Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) centre managers to ensure students have chosen the right courses and that they use the approved facilities during the examinations. KNEC’s TVET examination managers who attended a workshop held at the Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology were directed to ensure […]

136,833 Unemployed Primary School Teachers Apply For 1,000 Advertised Slots with 219,311 Applying for 4,000 Secondary Slots

The Teachers Service Commission has received 136,833 applications for the 1,000 newly advertised primary school teacher vacancies. Secondary schools have received the most applicants in the recently advertised slots with a total of 219,311 teachers applying for the 4,000 advertised vacancies. Following applications, shortlisted candidates will be recruited at the county level before being assigned […]

Magoha: School Capitation to be Released On Monday

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has assured heads of institutions that the government will send funds to schools in the coming week. According to Prof Magoha, the government will keep its word to school administrators and that most schools would start receiving capitation funds by Monday next week. CS Magoha was speaking […]

School ICT Champions Told To Support TPAD Appraisal

School Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Champions have been urged to support the Teachers Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) exercise in their schools. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) released a report detailing the number of teachers who did not manage to complete the appraisal process and submit their scores before the lapse of the provided […]

P1 Teachers Start Getting Deployment Letters

Primary Schools Teachers have started receiving deployment letters to secondary schools with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The Commission is planning to deploy practicing P1 teachers who qualify to teach in secondary schools to teach in various secondary schools that have vacancies. The Commission started implementing the policy in 2019 when 1,000 p1 teachers were […]