The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced the removal of 64 teachers across the country from the Register of Teachers as a disciplinary measure.
In a notice on Saturday, April 20, the commission’s CEO Nancy Macharia warned the teachers whose names were listed against engaging in any teaching activities.
Further, the notice indicated that the named individuals had been removed from service between October 23, 2023, and March 8, 2024.
“Where the name of any teacher is removed from the register under this Act, such name shall not be reinstated except by direction of the Commission. A teacher whose name has been removed from the register shall cease to be a teacher for purposes of this Act with effect from the date of such removal.”
“A person shall not engage in the teaching service unless such a person is registered as a teacher under this Act,” TSC stated.
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Warning Issued to School Heads
At the same time, the Nancy Macharia led commission issued a warning to school heads who will engage the listed individuals in any teaching activity before they are approved and cleared by the commission.
The notice indicated that anyone who hires any of the deregistered teachers will suffer imprisonment for two years or a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings (Ksh100,00) or both.
“Further to the provisions of the TSC Act, Regulation 18 (1) (c) and (d) of the Code of Regulations for Teachers as read together with section 45 of the TSC Act provides that any person who suffers or permits or employs in any school a person not being a registered teacher shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both,” explained the statement.
The named individuals are also banned from becoming teacher assistants for any institution.
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TSC Announces promotion of Teachers
Earlier in March, the commission listed teachers who had been promoted to higher grades after successful interviews.
According to TSC, a total of 36, 505 teachers were promoted to higher grades following interviews completed in January 2024.
In August 2023, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia announced the plans to promote 36,000 teachers which were to be done across nine grades.
“Promotions will be spread across primary, secondary schools and Teacher training colleges,” TSC said.
