Teachers Service Commission Stories

TSC to send unemployed teachers overseas under new framework
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 08, 2025

The framework outlines how teachers will be selected, matched with suitable openings, and deployed through formal agreements between Kenya and foreign...

Teachers slam TSC for barring union activities in schools during third term
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 05, 2025

A section of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) officials said the directive was an attempt to silence teachers ahead of the...

World Teachers’ Day 2025: UNESCO warns poor support systems are driving teachers out of the profession
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 05, 2025

Only 14 per cent of low-income countries have policies mandating continuing professional development for primary school teachers.

SASRA on the spot over alleged mismanagement, wrangles at Nandi Teachers Sacco
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 03, 2025

National Assembly’s Public Petitions Committee, chaired by Muchangi Karemba, questioned David Sandagi on SASRA’s role in supervising the Sacco since i...

Sh7.9 billion at centre of prolonged gov't–lecturers standoff as students warn of joining strike
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 02, 2025

As the financial dispute remains unresolved, the strike has amplified existing challenges in public universities, including crumbling infrastructure a...

Government unveils reforms for Junior Secondary Schools amid staffing, infrastructure concerns
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 01, 2025

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba said the reforms are aimed at strengthening independence, addressing staffing shortages and refining t...

Education Ministry sets up special unit to tackle teenage pregnancy in schools
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 01, 2025

Nominated Senator Catherine Mumma, who chaired the session, warned that both girls and boys are increasingly vulnerable to abuse in schools.

CBE transition at risk as specialized teacher gaps widen
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 26, 2025

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said the total number of teachers needed across basic education institutions is 137,500, despite large-scale...

Petition seeks to block Ruto's directive on affordable housing units for police and teachers
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 25, 2025

The petitioners told the court that millions of citizens — including unemployed youth, informal sector workers, other civil servants, and the general...

Senator Omtatah demands Senate probe into hospital failures and teacher exploitation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 25, 2025

Omtatah also condemned the abrupt cancellation of internship placements for 306 nursing officers. He described the move as unlawful and discriminatory...

Teacher shortage persists in remote counties despite record recruitment drive
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 24, 2025

Ogamba said that while the government has hired 76,000 teachers in recent years and plans to recruit an additional 24,000 by December 2025, some regio...

Education stakeholders reject calls to separate JSS from primary schools
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 23, 2025

He warned that moving learners to separate institutions could expose them to greater risks, pointing to recent unrest in some secondary schools as an...

TSC rejects calls to lower entry grades for ECD teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 21, 2025

TSC Director of Teacher Professional Management, Reuben Nthamburi, said lowering standards would undermine the foundation of learning in Kenya.

Teachers’ unions reject plan to migrate them from Minet to SHA, demand proper consultation
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 21, 2025

The unions warned that the scheme remains vague, lacks transparency and could jeopardise access to essential health services.

MPs accuse TSC of mishandling teachers' hardship allowances
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 18, 2025

The legislators demanded an urgent review of the system, warning that the current arrangement undermines transparency and denies teachers their rightf...

TSC unveils new policy for teacher transfers, aims to increase fairness and transparency
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 15, 2025

The new policy will now be based on factors such as available vacancies, equitable staffing, and verified medical grounds.

TSC deregisters 69 teachers over sexual abuse and misconduct
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 15, 2025

TSC Director of Legal, Labour and Industrial Relations Cavin Anyuor said the commission had received 111 cases, ranging from sexual relations with lea...

Ex-Alliance Girls teacher accused of sexual abuse found guilty of misconduct, TSC says
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 15, 2025

TSC Director of Legal, Labour and Industrial Relations Cavin Anyuor told the Senate Education Committee that an investigation conducted on July 25, 20...

Inside Ruto’s bag of goodies aimed at appeasing frustrated Kenyan teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 14, 2025

The meeting at State House, Nairobi, brought together more than 10,000 teachers, union leaders and school heads’ associations, who pressed the governm...

Junior schools crippled by shortage of 72,000 teachers, as poor pay drives graduates away, TSC warns
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 14, 2025

TSC has revealed that Junior Secondary Schools are operating at only 50 per cent of their required staffing levels, leaving millions of learners under...

Ruto reserves 20 per cent of affordable housing units for teachers
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 13, 2025

The President also defended his decision to host teachers at the State House, stressing that the event was not a political gathering but a forum to de...

TSC announces strict invigilation guidelines ahead of national exams
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

Supervisors with conflicts of interest will be reassigned, and centre managers will verify the details of all personnel and submit records to KNEC. KC...

Court halts government plan to scrap teachers’ hardship allowances
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 05, 2025

The report had proposed a reduction of hardship allowances and the scrapping of some categories altogether. It has also proposed the degazettement of...

House committee grills TSC over gaps in teacher welfare, policy
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 04, 2025

Legislators raised concerns that unresolved gaps have left thousands of teachers frustrated, warning the Commission to act swiftly.

KNUT protests transfer of Nairobi teachers, warns of ‘return of delocalisation’
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 04, 2025

He noted that learners would lose the mentorship of teachers who have guided them for years, especially at a critical time when candidates are prepari...

JSS teachers demand autonomy, call for delinking from primary schools
Farhiya Hussein  |  Sep 01, 2025

The teachers further raised concerns over promotion policies, which they say have left many of them sidelined.

TSC under fire for 'discriminatory' hiring of teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 01, 2025

Teachers argue that the policy is discriminatory and undermines the principle of equal opportunity in hiring.

Kakamega, Bungoma get highest share of TSC internship vacancies, as Isiolo, Lamu receive least slots
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 31, 2025

National Secretary of the Kenya Teachers in Hardship and Arid Areas Welfare Association, Ndung’u Wangenye, protested the allocations, calling for affi...

Teachers who resigned or were dismissed after April 2018 eligible for pension, says TSC
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 29, 2025

Under the new deal, resignation or dismissal no longer leads to total loss of benefits, as those leaving service will now qualify for gratuity and pen...

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