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Schools Heads Worry over Looming April-May Delocalization

Join Our Telegram Group According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia, the Commission is set to transfer thousands of teachers to new stations starting from April to early May. The TSC CEO revealed that the delocalization process will take place across all schools with the main aim being […]

Lydia Nzomo Confirms TSC to Sign Pay Deal in June CBA

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to sign an agreement for payment with its employee unions by the 30th of June. The New Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will address the conflicts that have been in existence between teachers and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The conflicts often lead to teacher […]

726 TSC Deployment Letter Released for P1 Graduates to Counties

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) released a total of 726 deployment letters to counties as of Monday 1st March 2021. More P1 graduate teachers who had been in job grade B5 and now in C1 will be posted to teach in secondary schools. The teachers shall earn a salary ranging from 27,195 to 34,900 every […]

KNUT could call for a Strike over CBA 2021-2025

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has threatened full-blown industrial action against its employer if TSC does not conduct new salary talks within the next two weeks. KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion said that the current rates of salary, where teachers earn a cumulative sum of Sh. 54 million, was negotiated to cover the […]

TSC Removes Payment of Hardship Allowance in Some Counties

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has made an official announcement to remove payment of hardship allowance in some sub-counties that they previously listed as hardship areas. TSC commenced the process of mapping and reviewing the hardship regions in the country at some point in September 2020. The scrapping of the payments for teachers in the […]

KNUT Issues Conditions for Reopening Of Schools in January

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has listed conditions that they feel must be addressed before schools reopen in January 2021. KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) have been locked in a tussle that has gone on for a long time. The National Intelligence Service and the umbrella union […]

Cash Trouble as Knut Offices Closed

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has begun closing its offices in 110 offices countrywide amid ongoing financial problems. Property in offices of KNUT is being sold at auction due to rent arrears, revealed KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion yesterday. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has continued to withhold the dues of KNUT since 2019. […]

TSC Proposes 16% Teachers’ Salary Increment

In the new CBA, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has proposed at least a 16% increment in basic salary for teachers in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The new CBA will begin to take effect beginning as of July 2021. TSC already deposited the new CBA at the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). TSC […]

It’s Time to Reopen Schools, Says Magoha

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has said that now is the time to reopen schools as he rules out reopening in January. According to CS Magoha, the situation with COVID-19 is not going to change even if the government pushes the reopening of schools to January 2021. “We have to bite the bullet as […]

Schools Shall Reopen If Kenyans Are Prepared, Sossion

There has been a mixture of emotions as Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) secretary-general Wilson Sossion suddenly changed tone as he aired his perception on the status of school reopening. Mr. Sossion put his focus on the Kenyan people and asked all Kenyans to prepare for the resumption of all learning activities. In an […]