TSC approves the application for mass teachers transfers
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TSC approves the application for mass teachers transfer of about 14,000 ahead of school reopening
TSC approves the application for mass teachers transfer of about 14,000 ahead of school reopening.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) approved the applications for mass transfers of teachers across different counties, ahead of schools reopening on Monday, January 23.
According to reports, Nancy Macharia, the chair of the commission, gave the go-ahead to follow the deadline set by the National Assembly’s committee on education to reverse the delocalization strategy, which saw instructors posted far from their homes.
The TSC boss gave orders to all regional directors and the commission’s secretary to guarantee a smooth procedure and make it easier for the teachers to settle before the schools reopened.
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Out of 14, 613 approved teachers’ applications, 10,934 will affect primary teachers while 1,984 headteachers and 189 deputy head teachers will also be transferred in the exercise.
In addition, 1,316 secondary tutors and 226 high school principals will be transferred.
The mass transfer takes into account a number of important factors, including the gender balance, age, health, and level of disability of the instructors.
The exercise is the TSC’s first mass transfer after the pandemic, which caused the process to be permanently suspended.
The delocalization policy saw teachers who were transferred to different counties expected to serve at least three years in Northern Eastern regions and five years in other regions before requesting a transfer to the commission.
The policy received mixed reactions from the various education stakeholders as the majority opined that transferring tutors hurts the basic structure of the family.
The National Assembly, on November 3, 2022, unanimously approved a motion on the Review of Teacher Deployment Policy, challenging the policy allowing TSC to deploy teachers away from their homes.
The committee gave the commission until the end of January 2023 to allow teachers to serve in their own capacity.
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