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Counties With Alarming TSC Teacher Shortages in 2020

Join Our Facebook Page Kakamega County has the biggest problem of teacher shortage in the country, according to the Teachers Service Commission. Earlier this year, the CEO of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC), Nancy Macharia, tabled a report to the National Assembly’s Education Committee to show the biting teacher shortage problem around the country. According […]

KCSE 2019 Examinations Marking Centres and Direction Guide

Join Our Facebook Page Here are the centers where marking of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations KCSE 2019 will take place. In addition we are giving the detailed travelling direction to the location of the centers. Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has promised that the KCSE 2019 Examination results will be out before Christmas. […]

Examiner Dies at the KCPE Marking Centre

Join Our Facebook Page The country has yet again lost examiner, Mr. Robert Kiua Muindi of Tusunini Primary School. The sad, shocking news was released by KNEC in a communication sent to the newsrooms by Dr. John O. Onsati. Mr. Kiua was a KCPE Examiner and a teacher at Tusunini Primary School, Kilungu Sub County, […]

KCSE Day 2: Student Gives Birth to Twins

One of the students undertaking 2019 KCSE examinations gave birth to twins in the wake of day 2 of the Kenya national exams. The girl was admitted to Kapsowar mission hospital in Marakwet, and without any complications, successfully delivered the twins. The student who hails from one of the secondary schools in Elgeyo Marakwet County […]

School Principal Dies while going to Collect KCSE Examination Papers

The school principal for Rev Jeremiah Gitau Secondary School in Naivasha has been reported dead after her vehicle hit a stationary lorry in Longonot on the Maai Mahiu – Naivasha highway. This occurred at around 5:10 in the morning when she was on her way to collect KCSE examination materials in Naivasha. Unfortunately, she died […]

TSC Formally Deregisters Sossion

After a long tussle, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has formally deregistered the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) embattled Secretary General Wilson Sossion. In a gazette notice posted on October 29, the teachers’ employer said that it had terminated the contract of Sossion. This means that he is no longer a teacher and is […]

Do You Know the New per Diem Rates Set by The SRC for Public Servants?

Did you know that the raise of Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rates for teachers and other government employees based on local and international travel came from quite a sad and embarrassing story? Well, well, we all know that not long ago, the Teachers Service Commission made plans for conducting promotion interviews for teachers to various […]

“Triple Our Salaries”, Kenyan Teachers Now Demand

After years of relentless back and forth struggle between the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Teachers’ Service Commission, teachers have now demanded that their salaries be tripled in the next two years. Their demands are contained in a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that will come into effect for the period 2021-2023 […]

TSC Moves to Expedite Cases Involving Teachers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is speeding up the hearing of disciplinary cases involving teachers by sending out its commissioners to six regions across the nation to spearhead the process. The commission is racing against time to ensure that all pending cases are heard and determined before the end of the year. The commission has […]

KUPPET Opposes New Directives On Principals’ Qualification

The teachers union, Kenya Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), has condemned a directive requiring that principals and deputy principals should have a Master’s degree. The union’s Secretary-General, Akello Misori, claimed that the new requirements are not only punitive but also discriminatory. In an advert published in August, the Teachers Service Commission had required that teachers […]

KEWOTA Requests TSC for 500 positions

After the recent announcement by the Teachers Service Commission regarding the opening of new positions, KEWOTA (Kenya Women Teachers Association) has made its request to their employer- the Teachers Service Commission to grant them at least 500 of the newly advertised positions. Their claim is those female teachers are also worthy of 50 % of […]