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Government Set To Reduce University Funding

Join Our Telegram Group IThe government has warned of an impending reduction in university funding with Yatani urging innovation on the part of universities This was revealed by Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani who stated that the government will not keep funding universities to the levels that they desire. During an interview with the Star, CS […]

Minet Reveals Number of Teachers Who Die Annually

Join Our Telegram Group According to data revealed by Minet Kenya, three teachers die every day leading to a total of 1095 deaths per year. For the last half-decade, the year 2020/2021 had the highest number of teachers dying (1430) teachers dying while the year 2015/16 had the fewest with a total of 880 deaths […]

60,000 Teachers Set To Undergo April Training on Junior Secondary

Join Our Telegram Group More than sixty thousand (60,000) secondary schools teachers are set to undergo training on how to teach in junior secondary schools. The training is set to take place in March and April this year. At the moment of writing this article, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has trained 120,000 primary school […]

Qualification for Teaching in Secondary Schools Set At C+ And Above

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has reiterated that it will not lower the qualification grades for candidates who want to join teaching courses for both primary and secondary schools. The Commission revealed that candidates who will not have achieved a mean grade of C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination will not […]

Magoha Urges Schools to Vaccinate Learners

Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has urged schools to vaccinate students under the age of 15 in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus. According to CS Magoha, the National Government through the Ministry of Health has approved the vaccination of learners under the age of 15 whom he said make up […]

Court Makes Decision on TPD That Excites Teachers

The Labor Law Court has stopped the implementation of the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) that was set to commence this month. In the Friday ruling Friday, the judges said that the programme intended is not valid because there is no TSC regulation on TPD. “The teacher professional development will not be implemented because they fall […]

Heads of institutions to Report on Non-Compliance in Wealth Declaration

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has directed Heads of Institutions to report on those teachers who will not have declared their wealth by 31st December 2021. Besides the Commission has also revealed two crucial requirements that are required when declaring wealth. Teachers just like other public officers are required to declare their Income, Assets and […]

TSC Reshuffles County and Regional Deputy Directors

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has made a number of notable transfers among its field officers. A good number have been transferred to other transfers underway. According to reports, seven more transfers are set to be done at the start of the new year. TSC county directors are the representatives of the overall TSC administration […]

TSC CEO: TSC Will Not Lock Out P1 Teachers Yet To Upgrade

Primary school teachers who had not upgraded from the Primary Teacher Education (PTE) certificate to Diploma Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) may have feared for their future since the Commission’s directive was straightforward. However, the Commission has now come out to reveal that it will not be locking these teachers out of employment with the Commission. […]

TSC Starts Posting Interns to Schools this January

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to assign 1,995 successful interns to schools at the start of next year. Even though the successful interns have waited for a long time to be posted to their new schools it seems they will now have a reason for excitement with the Commission set to do so […]

TSC under Investigation over Tribal Appointments

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is under investigation from the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) over recruitment done at the Commission in all its top jobs. The Chairperson of the CAJ, Ms Pauline Mumbua is in charge of an investigation on the issue. A petition was filed on the 23rd of November 2021 that is […]