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The petition, lodged last month before the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Kisumu, had sought to block the nationwide transition from the Min...
Many more teachers become eligible each year, and the lack of adequate resources is threatening to slow career progression and affect the quality of i...
Kenyan MPs have invited bids for private medical insurance for themselves and their families, bypassing the SHIF scheme they publicly praised, raising...
While international standards recommend a learner-to-teacher ratio of 1:25, Kenya’s figures vary widely: 1:38 in pre-primary, 1:46 in primary, 1:38 in...
TSC said the internship programme equips teachers with practical teaching experience, improves pedagogical skills and provides jobs for unemployed you...
The warning follows multiple complaints from teachers, who argue that the proposed election framework favours incumbents and violates the court’s stay...
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has ordered TSC to immediately transfer teacher Geoffrey Lelon from North Eastern, citing security risks, in...
Kenya’s TSC projects a shortage of 58,590 teachers for Grade 10 in 2026, with STEM and specialised subjects hardest hit, as over one million learners...
TSC explained that the extension aligns with the Teacher Internship Policy and Guidelines (2019) and is intended to ensure a smooth transition while p...
Parliament is reviewing a Bill to convert TSC chair and commissioners to part-time roles, aiming to save about Sh70 million annually while expanding r...
Kenya faces a 137,500 teacher shortfall, with key subjects like Home Science, Social Studies and Creative Arts hit hardest, as thousands of trained te...
Teachers will start using the new Social Health Authority cover from December 1, 2025, with TSC and SHA assuring uninterrupted treatment and wider acc...
The new SHA medical scheme for teachers begins at midnight despite concerns over registration issues and legal challenges. Teachers express frustratio...
TSC Chairperson Jamleck Muturi said the commission will now place greater emphasis on the welfare and well-being of teachers.
Teachers’ unions, which earlier indicated openness to the change, now say they have stepped back after receiving widespread concerns from their member...
The revelation comes even as President William Ruto’s administration has pledged to hire 24,000 teachers by January 2026 to address the ongoing shorta...
Two petitioners argue that the shift could compromise the welfare of over 400,000 teachers, exposing them to risks such as lapses in cover, denial of...
The new appointments will be permanent and pensionable, covering primary, junior, and secondary school levels across the country.
Over 30,000 educators, drawn from 9,626 schools, will take part in the three-week programme scheduled to run from December 1 to December 19, 2025, aim...
The TSC confirmed receiving 131,734 applications for the 21,313 promotion vacancies, reflecting an oversubscription of 618 per cent.
Senators have called for an immediate policy review to guarantee that deserving teachers are not forced into prolonged temporary roles.
Ruto noted that this move, combined with the 76,000 teachers already hired, will bring the total to 100,000 within three years.
They argue that placing junior school teachers, many of whom are recent college graduates, in high-ranking roles undermines the experience and authori...
The tutors said their one-year agreements with the Ministry of Education were meant as a transition into permanent employment, arguing that their low...
The TSC chairperson said CBE is about upgrading competencies in curriculum design, assessment for learning, classroom management, digital literacy, in...
They cautioned that this oversight could weaken the moral and ethical foundation traditionally fostered through subjects such as Islamic Religious Edu...
Milemba said the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has no legal authority to hire teachers as interns, and that the practice is “wasting our teachers”...
Transition to SHA guarantees uninterrupted medical services and expanded benefits for over 400,000 teachers nationwide.”
The looming transition has sparked anxiety within the teaching fraternity, with unions demanding a full breakdown of how the new scheme will operate.
Her appeal comes at a time when Kenya's breastfeeding rates have plateaued at around 60 per cent, remaining largely unchanged for over a decade, under...
