3,654 newly appointed Heads of Institutions in last three years - Education News

By Allan Kibet

A total of 3,654 Heads of Institutions for taechers training colleges, secondary and primary schools have been appointed by Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in the last three years where in the three categories; tertiary institutions received a total of 11 heads of institutions while secondary and primary schools took 554 and 3,149 respectively.

TSC also appointed 18,585 teachers alongside the 3,654 Heads of Institutions in the last three years; 7,888 being absorbed in the 2018/2019 period, 5,166 in 2019/2020 and 5,531 teachers in 2020/2021 fiscal year.

At the same time, a total of 22, 239 teachers including newly employed teachers and Head of Institutions underwent Induction, Mentorship and Coaching (TIMEC) programme initiated by TSC.

“The Commission, in its Strategic Plan 2019 -2023, committed to implement mentorship and coaching as a preventive strategy that pre-empts indiscipline amongst teachers rather than corrective mechanisms in management of discipline,” stated Dr. Macharia in the policy document.

Recently at Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) annual conference that was held at Sheikh Zayed Hall in Mombasa in April, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General, Collins Oyuu, urged TSC to review its promotion policy for school administrators.

“We wish to encourage that this policy be reviewed so that fairness in determining promotions is done locally in devolved units. Indicators of forced promotions have recently been seen in the manner and way in which unrests in schools were witnessed,” said Oyuu.

Currently in the country, there are 341,760 active teachers employed by TSC while 170,000 are in the private sector teaching in private institutions and another 238,686 are registered by the commission but are yet to be absorbed either in the private sector or in government.

Below is the table with data of Heads of Institutions appointed.

NEWLY APPOINTED HEADS OF INSTITUTIONS
S/NO	COUNTY	NUMBER APPOINTED
		2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021
Teachers Training Colleges
1	Nyandarua	1
2	Kilifi	1
3	Garissa	1
4	Mombasa	1
5	Siaya		1
6	West Pokot		1
7	Kisii		1
8	Kakamega			1
9	Machakos			1
10	Migori			1
11	Kisumu			1
	TOTALS	4	3	4
Primary Schools
1	Baringo	10	12	1
2	Bomet	10	17	1
3	Bungoma	61	79	16
4	Busia	26	44	21
5	Elgeyo Marakwet	0	21	7
6	Embu	6	11	29
7	Garissa	0	4	8
8	Homabay	34	114	106
9	Isiolo	0	6	0
10	Kajiado	4	7	24
11	Kakamega	38	123	74
12	Kericho	7	15	1
13	Kiambu	0	23	22
14	Kilifi	5	15	43
15	Kirinyaga	11	4	6
16	Kisii	51	40	44
17	Kisumu	25	49	57
18	Kitui	37	67	95
19	Kwale	4	13	5
20	Laikipia	0	12	0
21	Lamu	6	2	8
22	Machakos	32	70	33
23	Makueni	51	81	21
24	Mandera	3	7	30
25	Marsabit	2	13	2
26	Meru	0	42	22
27	Mombasa	7	5	0
28	Migori	7	47	40
29	Murang’A	0	24	27
30	Nairobi	0	17	7
31	Nakuru	22	64	54
32	Nandi	16	31	48
33	Narok	14	18	3
34	Nyamira	24	28	1
35	Nyandarua	4	21	6
36	Nyeri	7	13	10
37	Samburu	0	6	4
38	Siaya	24	66	63
39	Taita Taveta	2	7	2
40	Tana River	0	1	11
41	Tharaka Nithi	6	27	3
42	Trans Nzoia	18	53	21
43	Turkana	4	30	12
44	Uasin Gishu	35	30	6
45	Vihiga	25	56	10
46	Wajir	0	6	12
47	West Pokot	4	34	16
	TOTALS	642	1475	1032
Secondary Schools
1	Baringo			10
2	Bomet			7
3	Bungoma			21
4	Busia			8
5	Elgeyo Marakwet			8
6	Embu			16
7	Garissa			10
8	Homabay			12
9	Isiolo			10
10	Kajiado			1
11	Kakamega			20
12	Kericho			14
13	Kiambu			27
14	Kilifi			6
15	Kirinyaga			17
16	Kisii			12
17	Kisumu			18
18	Kitui			11
19	Kwale			3
20	Laikipia			4
21	Lamu			3
22	Machakos			19
23	Makueni			13
24	Mandera			12
25	Marsabit			8
26	Meru			28
27	Mombasa			4
28	Migori			6
29	Murang’A			28
30	Nairobi			10
31	Nakuru			25
32	Nandi			10
33	Narok			1
34	Nyamira			2
35	Nyandarua			12
36	Nyeri			19
37	Samburu			11
38	Siaya			14
39	Taita Taveta			4
40	Tana River			8
41	Tharaka Nithi			16
42	Trans Nzoia			17
43	Turkana			8
44	Uasin Gishu			8
45	Vihiga			7
46	Wajir			12
47	West Pokot			14
	TOTALS			554