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New National Assembly Committee Seeks to Curl TSC’s Regulatory Powers

Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) could lose its powers with a new National Assembly Committee (NAC) proposal seeking to assign regulatory responsibilities to another body. The National Assembly could review TSC’S mandate and curl the Commission’s regulatory powers. The National Assembly Committee on Education is set to discuss the separation of […]

SRC Starts Reviewing Allowances of Civil Servants

Join Our Facebook Page A new allowances scheme will kick in starting from April 2022 with civil servants earning a completely new set of allowances after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) completes its review. This means that before the review kicks in, all public institutions will be required to submit a list of the […]

Monday, October 10 Declared a Public Holiday

Join Our Facebook Page With Utamaduni Day falling on Sunday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has declared Monday the 10th of October, 2021. “In line with the provisions of Section 2 and 4 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 110), it is hereby confirmed that 11th October 2021 will be a public holiday,” announced CS […]

Facebook Rewards Teacher after Developing Online Teachers’ Platform

Dr Peter Ogudoro has received Facebook’s reward after developing a teacher’s platform called ‘Nigerian Teachers’. The reward was issued after the Nigerian teacher’s online platform was deemed helpful and engaging among Nigerian teachers. The good news was revealed via the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the Nigerian Teachers Platform revealed the information. The reward […]

These Courses never received a single application from 2020 KCSE Candidates

The 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates avoided applying to study some courses at university. 2020 KCSE candidates followed the normal trend of applying for the most marketable courses in the country. By marketable we are referring to courses that enable graduates to self-employ or get employed. This includes courses like medicine, nursing, […]

Collins Oyuu Pledges Support for TPD amid Opposition from Teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) current Secretary-General Collins Oyuu has come forward and pledged his support for TSC’s TPD programme. However, many teachers have been venting their frustrations over the TPD and are not in support of the move with a yearly stipend of Sh. 6,000 for the training stressing the already cash-strapped […]

Misconceptions People Have About Teaching As A Career

Majority of the people we live with believe a couple of things about teachers, and they actually fabricate these opinions and get other people to believe them as if they were true. However, if you have never been a teacher, you can’t tell the truth from the lies, and you might be compelled to believe […]

Tabichi among Teachers TSC Honoured during World Teachers’ Day

The Teachers Service Commission Has recognized and honoured the efforts of teachers among them the Global award during the World Teachers’ Day celebrations. TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia has revealed that criteria of identifying the teachers honoured were done in following with the TSC Performance Recognition, Reward and Sanction Policy Framework. According to […]

Venues and Dates Kakamega County Internship Applicants will attend interviews

In the recently advertised internship posts, applicants who applied in Kakamega County can smile as we provide venues and dates that the interviews will take place. The recruitment schedule and venues are shown in the table below. SCHEDULE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS S/NO SUB-COUNTY VENUE DATE 1. BUTERE TSC OFFICE 12/10/2021 2. KAKAMEGA CENTRAL AMALEMBA PRIMARY […]

Show Cause Letters Issued to Kisumu County School Heads TSC Officials over TPAD

Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs), Principals, Headteachers, TSC Sub-County Directors and ICT officers in Kisumu County have received show-cause letters over Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) system 2 report. According to the Term 3 2021 Appraisal Report, as of the 31st of July 2021, Kisumu County was in position 41 out of 47. The region […]

Government to Rip up TVETCDACC and Assign Roles to KICD and KNEC

The National Government’s plan to scrap off the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council (TVETCDACC) is close to completion. According to the Saturday Standard, the government’s plan to disband TVETCDACC will immensely affect the way thousands of TVET learners do examinations as well as how their curriculum is developed […]

How To Avoid Getting Mad At Your Students

Getting angry is so very common among both the new teachers and the experienced ones. When I was a student, I always wondered why we had some of our teachers with this unique ability of not getting angry even when the situation called for it, or at least they did their best not to show. […]