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
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