EDUCATION

Masters Degree in Kenya: Civil servants will no longer be required to obtain a Master's degree in order to get promoted at work. This is after the government announced that it has stopped using postgraduate qualifications as the base...

TSC Interns: The Teachers Service Commission is set to hire 5,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable basis. The commission is also set to hire 10,000 intern teachers starting this July. This is after National Assembly's Budget and Appropriation committee failed...

TSC Kenya: Last month, a fresh fight over the control of teachers between the Teachers Service Commission and the ministry of education came to light. This was after the cabinet secretary for education Professor George Magoha made a presentation...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has suspended learning at all primary and secondary schools, and universities following the confirmation of two more cases of coronavirus. Following this suspension, students across the country are expected to be home by March 18. During a national...

TSC Appointments: Questions have emerged over the nationality and academic qualifications of a TSC nominee appointed by president Uhuru Kenyatta. This is after the nominee, Ms Leila Abdi Ali, failed to produce her academic certificates for Kenya Certificate of Primary...

TSC Audit: KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion has thrown his weight behind the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) in a pay dispute with the Teachers Service Commission. Mr. Sossion, who does not see eye to eye with the TSC, has...

TSC Biometric Registration: The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to begin hiring enumerators for the biometric registration of all teachers in Kenya. This comes as teachers' unions Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) announced that it will back up...

Teachers' Career Progression Rules: The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has revised its position on teachers' career progression rules. Now, the TSC says that it will include the two main teachers' unions, KNUT and KUPPET in the development of the professional...

Teachers' Salaries: The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is facing off with the Teachers Service Commission over teachers' salaries. Specifically, the SRC has waded into the row between teachers and their employer over the issue of two payrolls that have been...

TSC Act: BY NEWSPOA MEDIA: Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha wants Parliament to review section 11 (e) and (2) of the TSC Act to provide for mechanisms through which his Ministry can relate with teachers. Magoha argues that MPs should...