Teachers Stories
According to the TSC, the allowance ranges from Sh43 to Sh80 per kilometre, with teachers in the highest grade, D5, receiving the maximum rate.
In her audit report for the financial year ending June 2024, Gathungu disclosed that TSC had overpaid teachers Sh433.9 million, blaming the situation...
This comes after teachers sued their employer for interdicting them when they fled their workstations following deadly Al-Shabaab attacks.
The Commission warned Kenyans against making payments for the documents, insisting that they are fake and hold no legitimacy.
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said the Ministry of Public Service and the Ministry of Education have agreed to halt the rollout of th...
This development follows mounting public pressure after a report by African Uncensored brought the allegations to light, sparking national outrage and...
Between 2019 and 2024, the Teachers Service Commission deregistered 470 teachers, 419 of whom were male, five female, and 46 whose gender was not spec...
Kuppet is demanding salary increases of up to 70 per cent, enhanced allowances, and the elimination of unpaid acting roles.
Bitok said the Ministry had engaged the TSC to initiate the teacher’s interdiction, as part of broader efforts to root out similar misconduct in schoo...
TSC Acting CEO Evaleen Mitei disclosed that only 2,837 of them disclosed their counties and sub-counties, while the remaining 36,180 failed to provide...
Teachers joining the service at Grade B5 will move to Grade C1 after serving for three years.
This is especially important in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, where large-scale collaboration between Chinese and Tanzanian professiona...
The case, filed at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, challenges the TSC’s decision to exclude teachers from hardship-designated counties from...
Following the failed talks with the TSC on Tuesday, KNUT has issued a seven-day strike notice, warning of nationwide disruption in public schools star...
Despite a nationwide shortage of 98,461 teachers in public schools, over 300,000 registered teachers remain jobless in Kenya.
The union is proposing to have the JSS level fully equipped and independent of primary and higher secondary levels in a bid to resolve CBC challenges.
National Secretary Abdi Noor Haji said 1,864 school heads who had been promoted to principal, senior principal, and chief principal roles had their pr...
They argued that in 1996, the Commission promoted untrained A-Level teachers while sidelining those who had undergone formal training, a move they des...
The CS revealed that a major challenge facing the sector is teacher distribution, with an estimated 62,000 to 65,000 trained teachers holding Teachers...
TSC has revealed that it has adopted a standardised scoring system aimed at ensuring merit-based advancement during promotion interviews.
The union has warned that the employer's failure to initiate talks within the stipulated period could trigger a nationwide teachers’ strike and other...
MPs questioned how the TSC and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) determine hardship allowances, with some legislators accusing the commis...
Approximately 1.2 million learners are expected to transition from junior to senior school at the start of 2026.
The teachers held a candlelight vigil in Malindi, mourning their colleague and voicing outrage over what they described as increasing risks facing tea...
Recently, Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the government is targeting to recruit 24,000 more teachers by the end of the year.
TSC will receive the lion’s share of Sh387.2 billion, including Sh7.2 billion earmarked for the recruitment of intern teachers and Sh980 million for c...
The teachers are demanding salary harmonisation, citing discrimination in the government's decision to raise science teachers' pay while leaving arts...
Knut, Kuppet and Kusnet officials say they submitted fresh proposals months ago, but have not received any meaningful response from the TSC.
In the proposed 2025–2029 CBA, Knut is pushing for a 60 per cent increase in teachers’ basic salaries, citing the rising cost of living that has place...
