Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Stories

Recruitment of new TSC boss halted after court injunction
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 27, 2025

In the petition, Oyugi has argued that the entire process was rigged with constitutional violations as well as discriminatory criteria.

Over 5,000 teacher promotions, zero merit? MPs turn up the heat on TSC
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 21, 2025

MPs accused the commission of favouring regions associated with its top officials, leaving out thousands of teachers who have served for years without...

Over 343,000 trained teachers remain jobless despite TSC registration
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

CS Ogamba said the crisis stems from limited budgetary allocations and uneven teacher distribution across counties.

TSC begins search for new CEO as Nancy Macharia’s tenure nears end
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

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...

TSC declares over 2,000 teaching posts vacant in bid to fill staffing gaps
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

Out of the 2,014 vacancies,1,309 positions allocated for primary schools, 32 for junior schools and 673 for senior secondary schools.

MPs demand explanation from TSC over failure to employ teachers aged over 45
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 05, 2025

MPs condemned the commission’s continued disregard of the 2019 Employment and Labour Relations Court ruling, which found the age restriction discrimin...

Teachers in hardship areas accuse Kuppet of neglect, demand increase in hardship allowance
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 22, 2025

They argue that the hardship allowance, being the only allowance specific to their working conditions, must be adjusted to reflect the daily struggles...

Teachers to receive non-pensionable allowances under new TSC reforms
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 23, 2025

The Bill proposes that while most of these allowances will be non-pensionable, the responsibility allowance will be pensionable if a teacher earns it...

TSC faces backlash from MPs over "skewed" teacher promotions
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Apr 19, 2025

Machakos County topped the list with 690 promotions, contrasting sharply with Garissa’s 303, the lowest among all counties.

TSC says it needs Sh3 billion to promote over 178,000 stagnated teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 15, 2025

TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia attributed the prolonged stagnation to years of underfunding, which she said had crippled the implementatio...

MPs want teacher redeployment policy scrapped amid concerns of discrimination
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 11, 2025

The delocalisation policy requires the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to transfer teachers to areas outside their place of origin to prevent confli...

TSC warns of worsening teacher shortage ahead of senior secondary school rollout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 08, 2025

According to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia, the situation is exacerbated by budget constraints that could impede the recruitment and promotion of teachers, f...

School heads fault TSC over mass teacher transfers in Turkana
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 09, 2025

KESSHA accused TSC of transferring more than 47 teachers from various schools in Turkana County without ensuring continuity of learning for students.

TSC to replace over 8,700 teachers in public schools
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 17, 2024

The vacancies are spread across public primary, junior, and secondary schools, with 5,862 positions in primary schools, 21 in junior schools, and 2,82...

TSC CEO Nancy Macharia to step down after decade-long tenure
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2024

Macharia, who took office in June 2015 and was reappointed in 2020, shared the news during her address at the KNUT AGM in Mombasa.

TSC under fire for slow recovery of Sh358 million in overpaid salaries
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 14, 2024

The push for urgent action comes after the TSC responded to an audit query regarding the excess payments, revealing that it has yet to recover the ful...

TSC announces 5,690 vacancies for school heads nationwide
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 12, 2024

The commission is looking to recruit 755 principals at Grade D3 and T-scale 13, and 816 deputy principals III at Grade D1 and T-scale 11.

Teachers Service Commission extends deadline for recruitment applications
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 08, 2024

The recruitment aims to fill a total of 46,000 vacancies across various educational levels: 6,000 in primary schools, 39,550 in junior secondary schoo...

TSC launches nationwide recruitment drive for 46,000 teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 01, 2024

According to TSC, 6,000 positions are available for primary schools, 39,550 for junior secondary schools and 450 for secondary schools.

TSC on the spot over union fees deduction for visually impaired teachers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 15, 2024

Kenya Visually Impaired Teachers' Association Chairperson Mbugua Kamau said that they never registered as members of the Kenya Union of Special Needs...

KNUT in talks with government amid fears of a nationwide teachers strike
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 13, 2024

Unions are requesting that the 2021-2025 CBA be fully enforced. The unions' agreements with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) were signed in June...

Teachers in acting roles to get defined timeline, allowances in proposed Bill
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 17, 2024

The Bill proposes that the TSC may appoint a teacher in an acting capacity for at least 30 days but not exceeding six months.

KUPPET urges Treasury to allocate funds for permanent employment of intern teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 16, 2024

The plea arises amidst the refusal of Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers to return to classrooms even as schools commence for the second te...

TSC directs striking intern teachers to obey court orders, resume classes
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 15, 2024

The directives come as the Junior Secondary School teachers continue to hold demonstrations vowing not to go back to class until TSC heeds their deman...

JSS intern teachers to protest over TSC labour practices from next week
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 25, 2024

The Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) ruled that the TSC violated the intern teachers' right to fair labour practices by hiring them under...

KUPPET threatens nationwide strike over flawed teacher promotion list
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 04, 2024

The union has now demanded accountability and transparency from the TSC, failure to which they will initiate a nationwide strike.

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