Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has asked parents not to forcefully eject under-performing teachers from school, but instead let them (TSC) exercise their constitutional mandate of disciplining those teachers.
Speaking during a meeting between TSC management and the Western region leaders yesterday, the Commission Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Nancy Macharia reiterated that the Commission has put in place various measures to appraise teachers and they will take action on those that do not perform.
“The TSC has put in place measures of appraising teachers’ performance and would not hesitate to act on those who fail to meet the standards,” said Dr Macharia.
The TSC boss insisted that good performance and results in any school is a shared responsibility between the teachers and the communities, and they should avoid blaming teachers alone in the event a school performs poorly.
“I wish to urge communities and stakeholders to work with our teachers in their local schools to ensure that academic performance of their schools is as they would desire. It is unfair to target teachers and blame them entirely when the examination results are not up to parents’ expectations,” she pleaded.
She stated that the Commission’s decision to transfer all the 17 teachers at St Gabriel Isongo Secondary School was meant to protect the teachers’ lives, conduct investigations into the incident, and allow the community and its leaders to put in place measures that would guarantee the Commission that no similar invasion would befall the school in future.
“While we are aware of the rights of every child to education, and this is enshrined in the Constitution, which we all have to respect, we also considered the lives of the teachers as sacrosanct. We could not foresee a situation where the teachers could work in a community that is unfriendly to them and that posed a threat to them,” she said.
Dr Macharia confirmed that having received apologies from the political leadership of Kakamega County, the Commission will ensure that the 17 teachers report to the school with immediate effect.
“I wish to announce that the Commission will post 17 trained and registered teachers to the school to ensure that normal teaching and learning activities resume,” assured Dr Macharia.
On Wednesday last week, TSC transferred 17 teachers from the Mumias East institution when parents stormed the school and ejected the principal and the director of studies over poor results.
By Roy Hezron
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