Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion has called for a national conference to deliberate on the future of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
He said the body has lost direction and urgently needs radical reforms to restore its credibility and efficiency.
Sossion said the commission must undergo “revolutionary reorientation” to recover from what he described as a deep historical rot that has undermined the teaching profession.
“We need a national conference on how to revamp TSC. Radical, revolutionary reforms and reorientation are highly needed to bring the commission back to its feet from this historical rot that we are witnessing now,” he stated.
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He faulted the TSC for failing to uphold the same ethical standards it demands from teachers, saying it should lead by example through transparency, fairness, and accountability.
“TSC should lead by example by upholding the strong values they want to see in teachers,” Sossion emphasized.
The former union leader further accused the commission of gross violation of the Constitution, arguing that it had overstepped its mandate.
He called for a clear separation of powers within the education sector and urged the TSC to restrict itself to its core human resource functions.
“The commission should stick to its human resource role only and devolve services like pension processing to counties,” he said.
Sossion urged education stakeholders including unions, policymakers, and civil society, to come together and craft a new roadmap for the TSC, warning that failure to act could worsen the crisis already facing the teaching profession.
His remarks come amid growing discontent among teachers over stalled promotions, poor working conditions, and the handling of junior secondary school teachers under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
By Philip Koech
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