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Acting TSC CEO Evaline Mitei is driving major reforms to enhance teacher welfare, digitization, and career progression.
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Stakeholders report renewed confidence due to Mitei’s focus on consultation and improved service delivery since June 2025.
By Kithinji Njeru
Teachers across the country are expressing optimism over reforms being implemented by Acting Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer, Eveleen Mitei, barely a year after taking over the leadership of the commission.
Mitei assumed office in June 2025 following the departure of former CEO Dr Nancy Macharia and has since overseen a series of changes aimed at improving service delivery, teacher welfare and transparency within the commission.
Education stakeholders have credited her administration with accelerating digitisation of teacher services, enhancing the online transfer system, introducing the “Swapmate” transfer programme and spearheading reforms targeting career progression and promotions for teachers.
Under her leadership, TSC has also been involved in negotiations for the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), discussions on teachers’ transition to the Social Health Authority (SHA) and plans to promote thousands of teachers across the country.
The commission has further pushed for the absorption of intern teachers into permanent and pensionable terms while addressing staffing challenges in Junior Secondary Schools.
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Teachers’ unions and education stakeholders have welcomed the increased engagement between the commission and teachers, noting that Mitei’s leadership style has focused on consultation and addressing long-standing concerns affecting educators.
Reports indicate that she has maintained regular interactions with teachers and education officers across the country to better understand challenges facing the profession.
Last month, Mitei’s leadership efforts received regional recognition when she was honoured at the East Africa Superwoman Awards 2026, where organisers cited her transformative leadership, institutional reforms, and efforts to improve service delivery within Kenya’s education sector.
Many teachers now hope that the ongoing reforms will translate into faster promotions, improved welfare, fair deployment, and better working conditions, issues that have remained at the centre of discussions within the teaching fraternity for years.
As the commission continues implementing key education reforms, stakeholders say the progress made under Mitei’s stewardship has renewed confidence among teachers and strengthened expectations for further improvements in the sector.
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