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Circulars, News, and Updates from the Teachers Service Commission TSC.
1.0. INTRODUCTION Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is mandated by the Constitution of Kenya (2010), Article 237 to among others; Register qualified persons as teachers and Review the standards of education and training of persons entering the teaching service. The TSC Act (2012) Section 23 (2) prohibits any person from engaging in […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has issued a SHOW CAUSE LETTER to a teacher who walks 20km trips to deliver KCSE examinations to 18 candidates in a school located in Trans Mara East, Narok County. The teacher was asked to record a statement of her story that was published in ‘The […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Ministry of Education is in the process of making changes in the Basic Education Act which will enable it to recruit school managers in all public learning schools. The Ministry is of the opinion that school managers will help headteachers to run schools more efficiently. The Ministry’s proposals could be […]
Following the depletion of the COVID-19 vaccine, there have been concerns that the country may have to suspend the ongoing vaccination process. The second batch under the COVAX facility was expected this month but following India’s ban of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the ongoing vaccination is set to be affected immensely. At the moment, less than […]
The Ministry of Education Principal Secretary Dr. Julius Jwan has issued a circular to County Directors of Education on how Form Four students will travel in and out of locked down counties after KCSE examinations. In a circular dated Friday the 9th of April, 2021, county directors of education have been directed to work in […]
A police report has revealed an incident that happened at Karigu-ini mixed secondary school. A student refused to be searched before sitting for the CRE papers 1 exam on Thursday 8th of April, 2021. The police officer who was guarding the examination center realized that the student did not have a facemask and after asking […]
A high school teacher, 32 years of age suspected to be the main culprit of the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination malpractice has been nabbed in Homa Bay County. On Wednesday the 7th of April 2021, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officials in Mbita arrested Calvin Magolo who teaches at Nyagwethe […]
The Ministry of Education has warned seven national schools over interfering with the Form One selection exercise that is set to happen soon. Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha said that within the next two weeks the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) shall be released. CS Magoha said that multiple-choice papers have […]
The Principal was nabbed following allegations of examination malpractice in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Machakos sub-county Criminal Investigations Officer Rhoda Kanyi said that the principal was released while awaiting feedback from a cybercrime detective regarding the confiscated phone before the suspect can be arraigned in court. DCI officials arrested the Principal, Betta […]
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have been directed to begin online classes immediately. The directive was effective Wednesday the 7th of April 2021. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive of suspending all physical learning in the country following the emergence of the third wave of COVID-19. The spiralling of new daily […]
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has extended the school/center application period till April 16, 2021. This allows schools that have not submitted choices of KCSE candidates to do so before the deadline. KUCCPS opened its online portal on the 6th of January till the 31st of March 2021 allowing the Kenya […]
Last week, a non-existent school was discovered in a parliamentary report and is among four institutions that a publisher was not able to trace in 2018. This revealed a long-standing corruption scandal that education officials have stolen public funds using ghost schools. The publisher had been contracted to supply books and reported to the Ministry […]