Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Stories
MPs questioned how the TSC and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) determine hardship allowances, with some legislators accusing the commis...
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...
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...
The petition, presented by Edwin Juma, the national chairperson of special needs education teachers, sought to compel the TSC to immediately halt the...
In a notice in May, TSC had invited applications for the Commission Secretary/CEO role. The job, which is tenured for five years and renewable once, i...
A total of 5,291 teachers were promoted despite not having served the required minimum time in their grades. The majority of these promotions were to...
In the petition, Oyugi has argued that the entire process was rigged with constitutional violations as well as discriminatory criteria.
KUPPET’s proposals focus on salary increases to cushion teachers from the effects of inflation and the rising cost of living.
MPs accused the commission of favouring regions associated with its top officials, leaving out thousands of teachers who have served for years without...
TSC Chief Executive Officer, Nancy Macharia, revealed this during a session with the Senate National Cohesion Committee, chaired by Marsabit Senator M...
Appearing before the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Education, TSC Director of Finance Cheptumo Ayabei confirmed that the commission is...
CS Ogamba said the crisis stems from limited budgetary allocations and uneven teacher distribution across counties.
Macharia is scheduled to exit on June 30, 2025, bringing to a close a decade-long leadership that began in July 2015. She is currently serving her sec...
Out of the 2,014 vacancies,1,309 positions allocated for primary schools, 32 for junior schools and 673 for senior secondary schools.
MPs condemned the commission’s continued disregard of the 2019 Employment and Labour Relations Court ruling, which found the age restriction discrimin...
They argue that the hardship allowance, being the only allowance specific to their working conditions, must be adjusted to reflect the daily struggles...
The Bill proposes that while most of these allowances will be non-pensionable, the responsibility allowance will be pensionable if a teacher earns it...
Machakos County topped the list with 690 promotions, contrasting sharply with Garissa’s 303, the lowest among all counties.
The MPs argued that the promotions, which had been celebrated by some, were skewed and unfair, with certain counties benefiting disproportionately fro...
TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia attributed the prolonged stagnation to years of underfunding, which she said had crippled the implementatio...
The delocalisation policy requires the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to transfer teachers to areas outside their place of origin to prevent confli...
Macharia explained that the reversal of delocalisation has created a significant challenge in balancing teacher staffing across different regions.
According to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia, the situation is exacerbated by budget constraints that could impede the recruitment and promotion of teachers, f...
The Teachers Service Commission has been allocated Sh17 billion, making it the largest recipient of the additional funds.
KESSHA accused TSC of transferring more than 47 teachers from various schools in Turkana County without ensuring continuity of learning for students.
The transfers are part of ongoing preparations for leadership changes within the TSC and an effort to bring fresh leadership and management across var...
Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers is preparing to resume negotiations with TSC to ensure the promotions are implemented this year.
Muturi emphasised that the promotions reflect the commission's ongoing commitment to recognising and rewarding the hard work of educators.
