A group of teachers under the banner Concerned Teachers of Kenya has formally petitioned the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over what they describe as a discriminatory recruitment score sheet that unfairly disadvantages humanities graduates.
In a letter dated August 26, 2025 and addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of TSC, the petitioners protest against a scoring system that allocated 65 marks to science subjects, 40 marks to technical/creatives, 25 marks to languages, and only 25 marks to humanities subjects such as History, CRE, and Geography.
“This unfair weighting ensured that fresh science graduates of 2023/2024 were absorbed almost immediately, while many humanities and language teachers who had graduated as early as 2015/2016 had not secured employment,” the petition states.
The teachers argue that by maintaining such disparities, TSC violates the constitutional principles of equity and fairness enshrined in the 2010 Constitution and the Basic Education Act of 2016.
“By repeating such disparities, the Commission disregards the principle of equal opportunity and risks creating a generation of permanently jobless humanities teachers,” the petition warns.
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They further claim that, despite marginalising humanities teachers, schools still face staffing shortages in English and literature — subjects critical to the Competency-Based Education (CBE).
“Current reports show that in many counties, science teachers are being forced to teach languages they were never trained for, lowering the quality of education and undermining CBC implementation,” the teachers noted.
The group is now urging TSC to urgently review the recruitment score sheet, establish a fair quota for long-waiting humanities graduates, and deploy teachers to teach subjects for which they were trained.
“Education thrives when all disciplines are valued equally. No teacher should be made to feel lesser or disposable,” the petition emphasised.
The petition was signed and stamped by the Concerned Teachers of Kenya on 26th August 2025.
By Joseph Mambili
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