TSC Teacher Delocalization Policy to be Reinstated
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC may reinstate its five-year teacher delocalization policy.
The National Assembly was condemned by senators for canceling the delocalization and allowing the teachers to go back to their homes.
The Senators remarked after TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia responded to inquiries from the Senate National Cohesion Committee about teacher hiring and transfers.
The Senators, however, argued that allowing teachers to go back to their home counties would leave areas without native instructors short-staffed and called for a return to the delocalization approach.
If there are openings, the commission sends instructors back to their home counties. Mrs. Macharia informed the committee that as of April, the commission had moved 15,824 teachers to their favorite counties.
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Mr. Mandago, the chair of the committee, criticized the National Assembly for pressuring TSC to rescind the delocalization initiative.
The action is against Article 10(2)(b) of the Constitution, which states that “human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality, human rights, non-discrimination, and protection of the marginalized” are among the national values and governing principles.
He encouraged the upper house to reevaluate and overturn that choice.
According to the Kenya Kwanza platform, “to address the challenge faced by teachers as a result of delocalization, we will replace this policy with a nationalization programme that will reward teachers who choose to serve in other parts of the country.”
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Many educators have already gone home. Numerous regional and interregional transfers have been performed by TSC.
Teachers still work there. Last week, more than 50 teachers from elementary schools camped out in front of the Tharaka Nithi County TSC office in Chuka town to ask for transfers to their home sub-counties.
Teachers from Tharaka North, Tharaka South, and Chiakariga sub-counties applied to return to their home sub-counties after President William Ruto revoked the delocalization scheme.
They received word from the Tharaka Nithi County TSC office that only the Igambang’ombe, Maara, and Chuka sub-counties had openings after filing their transfer letters
Teachers promised to remain at the county TSC office until they achieved their objective to the media. Office was closed due to protests.
A Kitui County teacher from the Tharaka North sub-county claimed that because of hardship allowances, their bosses are sending their friends to schools in the Tharaka North, Tharaka South, and Chiakariga sub-counties with as few as four instructors.
He continued by saying that they had proof that teachers from other counties had taken advantage of corruption to be reassigned to difficult areas, putting local teachers at a disadvantage.
For a variety of reasons, we requested to be transferred to schools close to our homes, and we will not consent to being stationed in other counties, he said.
Most young teachers desired transfers to schools close to their homes so they could reunite with their wives and start families, according to Mrs. Jane Mwangi, a Tharaka South resident and teacher in Meru County.
The majority of teacher marriages have failed as a result of their low pay.
She mentioned that some teachers were relocating from challenging locations and had significant loans that they were unable to repay without the hardship allowance.
Mrs. Mwangi remarked, “Someone like me, I’m married but I’ve never enjoyed married life because I’ve been working away from my spouse.”
Working in Tigania East in Meru County, Mr. Mutinda Muriungi asserted that the county TSC director had refused to address them and that they would camp out in front of her office till she heard their cries.
Njeru Mutani, executive secretary of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Tharaka Nithi County chapter, and Ndia Gwatia, executive secretary of the Tharaka constituency, joined the teachers on Tuesday morning and outlined their demands.
The instructors must be returned home to take care of their families after working overseas for years, according to Mr. Mutani, Knut’s national trustee.
Teachers are forced to rent homes because they are paid so little and cannot make a living outside of their homes, according to Mr. Mutani.
Mr. Gwatia accused the county TSC office for favoring teachers from outside the Chiakariga, Tharaka South, and Tharaka North sub-counties.
“Teachers from other sub-counties and even the neighboring Meru and Embu counties are requesting to be taken to Tharaka South, Tharaka North, and Chiakariga sub-counties because of the hardship allowances, but the locals must be given priority,” declared Mr. Gwatia.
Mr. Gwatia asserted that the county TSC director, Rosemary Sokotian, who is now out of the office, promised a speedy resolution.
Unable to be reached was the county deputy TSC director.
TSC Teacher Delocalization Policy to be Reinstated
