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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.

350,000 Teachers Waiting For TSC Interviews on the 9,000 Posts Advertised

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has released lists of shortlisted unemployed but trained teachers who are hoping to secure employment in just 9,000 posts that the Commission advertised. At the moment of writing this article, the number of trained but unemployed teachers is almost the same as the number currently on […]

Regular and SNE Teachers attend KNEC’s CBC Training in Hundreds

The Competency-Based Competency (CBC) training started yesterday and will end on the 23rd of July 2021. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) organized the training that will take five days to complete and is for Primary school teachers who teach in Grades 3, 4, and 5. Teachers including Headteachers and their Deputies, Curriculum Support Officers […]

Unpaid 2020 KCSE Markers Appeal to CS Magoha and KNEC

It is now months after the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination was released yet markers who participated in the exercise have not seen a dime in their accounts for the job they did. 2020 KCSE candidates have since applied for placement to universities and colleges with some securing placement seemingly a telling concern […]

KNUT Members Want Officials to Reveal Contents of the Signed CBA

According to reports, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) grassroots officials, commonly known as BEC’s are not aware of the contents of the just signed Collective Bargaining Agreement talks between KNUT and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This has led to widespread anger from union members as the signed CBA did capture monetary value for […]

MoE to Pilot Foreign and Indigenous Languages in Selected Schools

The Ministry of Education (MoE) andthe Teachers Service Commission (TSC) are set to pilot teaching of foreign and indigenous languages in some selected primary schools in the next term. Schools are set to reopen for the first term of the 2021 academic year before the end of this month of July. The Foreign languages are […]

Pension to Be Processed Faster: Here Is What TSC Have Done To Solve Delays

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has moved to eliminate delays in the processing of Pension by merging the pensions department with the human resource department. The Pension Department handles records of more than 2000 teachers retire every year. TSC intends to eliminate bureaucracies that have hindered the processing of pension details for teachers before they […]

TSC to Recruit 6,000 Intern Teachers to Primary and Secondary Schools

According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Nancy Macharia, the Commission is going to recruit 6,000 teachers following the completion of the recruitment exercise of the TSC vacancies that were announced recently. The TSC CRO also revealed that the Treasury had set aside Sh. 2.5 billion to recruit teachers in the […]

No Pay Rise; Here Is TSC’s Official Statement after convincing teachers’ unions to sign the 2021-2025 CBA

On June 29, 2021, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) met with officials of all the three recognized trade unions representing teachers in the public sector to kick-start negotiations for the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The Three unions are: The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), […]