The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is facing a looming staffing crisis as a growing number of its field officers retire without being replaced.
Over 24 Sub-County Directors are expected to retire by the end of this year, and from the look of things, TSC has no plans to recruit those to take over from them.
As of January this year, over 100 sub-counties across the country did not have a Curriculum Support Officer for Special Needs Education (CSO SNE) in place.
Teacher support services, learners’ assessment, coordination of co-curricular activities among the SNE schools, and stakeholder sensitisation have failed to take place in the sub-counties without officers.
Education News also revealed that several zones in various regions have had their curriculum officers retire without being replaced. Teacher management services have been impacted, forcing the commission sometimes to send officers from headquarters to audit the effectiveness of its systems due to glaring gaps.
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Early this week, TSC invited its Directors to a workshop in Naivasha aimed at evaluating its field operations.
The seminar themed “Transformative leadership -The TSC perspective” is expected to delve into a range of issues, staffing needs of field officers and the mentorship and coaching programme.
The issue of disquiet and absolute discontent among field officers, particularly regarding promotion, is also expected to take centre stage.
Recently, field officers have raised concerns about the commission’s failure to recognise their efforts, as it does for teachers.
Rumours are circulating that many officers, especially the younger ones, are contemplating transferring to other government departments should vacancies arise due to stagnation in their current job groups.
By Mark Jonyo Otieno
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