The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has intensified disciplinary action against educators found guilty of serious professional misconduct, including sexual offences involving learners.
Recent reports indicate that several teachers have been struck off the register in 2025 as part of the commission’s continued push to safeguard students and uphold the integrity of the teaching profession.
Data from 2019 to 2024 show a persistent pattern of teacher deregistration. Within these six years, about 470 teachers lost their teaching licenses, with an overwhelming 419 of them being men, nearly 89 percent of all affected cases.
The figures reveal a troubling trend, pointing to widespread ethical breaches within the profession, particularly among male educators.
The year-by-year trend reinforces the urgency of intervention. In 2022 alone, around 100 teachers were deregistered, with only a minimal number being female. The pattern intensified in 2023, when approximately 168 educators were removed from the register for failing to meet professional and moral standards. Early 2025 has already seen 69 teachers stripped of their licenses following 111 complaints, the majority linked to the abuse of learners.\
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According to TSC, sexual misconduct remains the leading cause of teacher deregistration, followed by professional negligence, breach of ethical standards, corruption, and other criminal acts affecting learners. The commission has repeatedly emphasized zero tolerance for any behaviour that threatens the welfare and safety of students.
The imbalance between male and female teachers involved in disciplinary action has raised questions about the underlying causes and the need for greater awareness, monitoring, and training focused on teacher conduct and child protection.
The TSC continues to assure the public that it will persist with firm disciplinary enforcement to restore and maintain public trust in Kenya’s education sector.
The members of the public can verify the status of any teacher, including those deregistered for criminal offences, through the official TSC online portal.
Those found guilty of child-related offences are not only barred from teaching in Kenya but are also subject to criminal penalties and cannot secure teaching jobs anywhere in the world.
By Hillary Bolo
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