Teachers Who Applied For Transfers Receive Their Letters
For delocalized teachers who had submitted rerouting applications as of November of last year, more transfer letters have been made available by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
The Commission took action and approved transfers for teachers, even those whose status was listed as “pending.”
The TSC County offices currently have a sizable amount of transfer letters. The Commission is being pushed to guarantee that all delocalized teachers who submitted transfer applications get rerouted.
Delocalized teachers were urged by TSC officials to check with their TSC County Directors offices to see if their transfer letters were still accessible.
Additionally, teachers must frequently check their transfer status online. Successful candidates will move from “pending” to “acknowledged,” then to “approved.”
Teachers whose status was acknowledged online were sent transfer letters by the Commission as of two weeks ago.
Most transfer requests for delocalized teachers in the areas were handled by TSC Regional Directors.
Many teachers throughout many counties reported receiving the transfer letters that they picked up from respective TSC County offices.
Before the start of the new school year, TSC had said it would fulfill transfer requests for 21,544 delocalized teachers.
The Commission intended to grant the requests for intra- and interregional transfers and publish the letters early in May.
Most instructors who requested transfers outside of their regions during the most recent transfer approvals were not taken into account.
Pressure is mounting on the Commission to send delocalized teachers home. TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia said before the Senate that procedures have been put in place to make it simple to transfer the instructors back to their home regions.
As a result, criteria like the five-year limit and the availability of suitable replacements that previously prevented teachers from being transferred would no longer be taken into account.
At first, transfers were based on vacancies at the station, the need for replacement, current staffing standards, and medical justifications that were approved by a licensed physician.
However, Macharia informed the Senate Committee on Education that the necessity for equitable distribution and effective use of instructors underlies the transfer of teachers from one school to another.
It was discovered this week that Nairobi City County is the area that instructors looking for transfers want the most.
TSC reported that between November 1 of last year and January 31 of this year, 36,277 teachers made transfer requests in a document to the Senate Committee on Education.
According to TSC, 14,733 of the teachers were matched and approved, while 21,544 are still pending.
Teachers Who Applied For Transfers Receive Their Letters
