Join Our Telegram Group The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a warning to the government regarding the closure of schools over the omicron variant that is quickly spreading across the country. At the moment schools have been closed or will be closed this coming week latest by 23 December just in time for […]
Join Our Telegram Group 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 […]
Join Our Telegram Group Following a string of schools fires and school walkouts by students from various schools across the country, the government has taken the initiative to release guidelines on managing discipline in schools. Below is the circular containing guidelines on managing discipline in schools. Ref No: MOEHQS/3/13/3 Date: 2nd December 2021 To: Regional […]
A proposed bill is set to give Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha the powers to appoint Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Principals and Deputy Principals of Constituent Colleges of Public Universities following competitive recruitment. In a bid to bring about transparency and accountability in the process of appointing the above-mentioned positions, a bill on the […]
Learners of Ikuu Boys High School located in Tharaka Nithi County have stormed out of their school after torching four dormitories on the night of Sunday. The school property was destroyed in the fire but fortunately, the fire did not harm any learner. The fire then reduced the four dormitories to mere ashes. The principal […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua has revealed information on the five per cent (5%) deductions on the basic salary of public officers in the new pension scheme as of the 1st of January 2022. Kinyua revealed that in the new order, public officers will have to comply with a 3% deduction on their […]
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. […]
Mount Kenya University (MKU) has offered a scholarship to Milly Nafula who has not been able to join university for the past fourteen (14) years. The 32-year-old’s case came to be known recently that she had not joined university despite achieving great heights in her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Milly Nafula sat for […]
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 […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has refuted suggestions that the Teachers Professional Development (TPD) is meant to be a punishment to teachers. The TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Macharia reassured teachers that the TPD programme is meant to equip teachers with skills to be able to tackle global trends in their profession as well […]