Nancy Macharia, the long-serving Chief Executive Officer of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), has announced that she will be retiring early next year, marking the end of her decade-long tenure. Macharia, who took office in June 2015 and was reappointed in 2020, shared the news during her address at the annual general meeting of the […]
Nancy Macharia’s tenure as the head of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been nothing short of a disaster, defined by a blatant disregard for transparency, accountability, and the welfare of Kenyan teachers. The latest fiasco—a completely dysfunctional job portal that locked out over 46,000 qualified applicants—perfectly exemplifies her consistent incompetence. The TSC’s claim that […]
Members of the National Assembly are now demanding a forensic audit on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) payroll system amid rising expenditure attributed to salary overpayments. The bid to audit the public service teacher employer gained momentum on Tuesday after the House Public Accounts Committee (PAC) grilled TSC CEO Nancy Macharia over a Sh466 million […]
TSC Announces Internships: The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced the availability of 20,000 intern teacher positions for both Junior Secondary Schools (18,000) and Primary Schools (2,000). According to the commission’s job advert, the interns will be distributed across 47 counties, with Kitui County receiving the highest allocation of 758 intern teachers. Those placed in […]
Teachers Pressure Group (TPG) spokesperson, Martha Omollo, has been transferred from Nairobi to Trans Nzoia County. This comes a day after Omollo called for the revocation of tutors’ medical insurance under Aon Minet. According to Omollo, TSC is fighting back TPG since it’s the only saviour for teachers, that would fill the vacuum left by […]
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