The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has dismissed circulating reports that it plans to transfer high school teachers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS).
Cabinet has approved the new programme which is being backed by the World Bank to the tune of Sh 25.7 billion and will target students, teachers, head teachers
President William Ruto has directed the Ministry of Education to launch an investigation into the absence of approximately 3,000 students who registered for the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) but did not appear for the exams.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia, in a recent Gazette Notice, publicly disclosed the names of these teachers, along with their TSC numbers, disciplinary case references, and removal dates.
In a notable update, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) declared successful negotiations with major teacher unions, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), and Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET).
Amidst the sombre atmosphere, a poignant moment emerged when a man broke through the crowd's veil of grief, moving purposefully towards the podium. There, in the presence of Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu and the assembled guests, he dropped to his knees with an earnest plea for a Teachers Service Commission (TSC) appointment.
According to the announcement by TSC, 18,000 of the vacancies are in junior secondary schools and 2,000 in primary Schools to support the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum.
Instead of the traditional permanent and pensionable basis, the Senate National Cohesion Committee proposed that teachers be hired on a contract basis.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has replaced the chief examiner at Francis Mang'u Girls High School response to the strike by some teachers grading the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) papers.
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