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Join Our Telegram Group On Wednesday there was a reason for joy among all civil servants including teachers after the National Assembly turned down the Salaries and Remuneration Commission’s (SRC) proposed law that could have given the agency powers to cut their pay and allowances. The SRC promised to scrap some allowances with some civil […]
Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to deploy an additional 7,282 serving primary school teachers to various public Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) countrywide. The Commission revealed that these teachers were identified after verification of their persona files which confirmed that they met the set qualifications for posting to the JSS. […]
Join Our Telegram Group The government has proposed scrapping hardship allowances in areas that it has since developed over time and should no longer be categorized as hardship areas. A report to do a review on hardship allowance is set to be tabled in parliament for adoption in the coming week and has unsettled teachers […]
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia, the Commission is set to recruit 20,000 intern teachers to teach Grade 7 in July this year. The move is intended to address the shortage of teachers in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). The TSC CEO revealed this in parliament when asked what […]
The Senate has issued the following invitation of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Dr Nancy Macharia to issue the status on the delocalization of teachers. Delocalization of teachers was abolished by the National Assembly. The Senate Standing Committee on Education is established under standing order 228(3) of the Senate Standing Orders and is mandated to […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is intending to promote 36,829 teachers in both primary and secondary schools. Last week when she appeared before the National Assembly’s Education Committee According to TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia implored Members of Parliament to allocate Kes. 2 billion that will be used in promoting 12,634 teachers […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has made the process of approving and transferring delocalized teachers back to their home counties a continuous process. Even though TSC has a policy of approving transfer requests of teachers and those delocalized at the end of the year and academic term, this is now set to change as Regional […]
Following the National Assembly’s abolishment of the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) delocalization policy teachers expected to be re-routed back to their home counties unconditionally. However, some counties are yet to effect any or most of the re-routing as teachers are still stuck in their delocalized stations. The Teachers Service Commission was instructed by the Education […]
The government has given indications to invest a mouth-watering Kes. 5 Billion from the capitation funds towards the establishment of Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). The investment is a move intended to ensure there is adequate infrastructure and materials for the 1.26 Grade 7 learners who are transitioning within the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Education Principal Secretary […]
The Ministry of Education’s mandate is stipulated in the Constitution of Kenya Chapter Four, Articles 43, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 59 which provides for children’s rights to free and compulsory education. This includes quality services and access to educational institutions and facilities for persons with disabilities. In the Constitution, there are also provisions […]
The Deputy Speaker to the National Assembly, Gladys Boss Shollei had implored the government to let grade 6 learners stay in primary school. According to the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC), Grade Six learners are supposed to join Junior secondary schools which are domiciled in secondary schools. There are more than 1.6 Million Grade 6 learners who […]
Teachers are now set to wait for even longer to get any meaningful salary increment under the new administration of President William Ruto. Earlier, the current administration through Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua revealed that salaries and allowances of teachers will be reviewed upwards in the Kenya Kwanza government. However, this seems unlikely for the time […]