End of TSC Delocalization as 14,613 Teacher Transfers to Home Counties Get Approved
The Teachers Service Commission has authorized the transfer of 14,613 teachers to their home counties, putting an end to the agency’s delocalization policy.
Only 120 teachers’ transfer petitions were not approved because TSC did not have their replacements.
When TSC opened the transfer window, 14,733 teachers from throughout the nation had submitted transfer requests to their home counties.
According to a memo approved by the Star, TSC will continue to locate a match for the outstanding transfers prior to approving the remaining requests.
“All teachers and deputy headteachers are reporting on January 23 while school heads are to report on January 16,” the memo reads.
According to the data, 226 school principals, 189 assistant principals, and 1,948 principals of primary schools were moved to the counties of their choosing.
There will be a transfer of 1,316 secondary school teachers and 10,934 primary school teachers.
The commission specified that TSC regional heads shall supervise transfers within their respective regions.
The commission’s headquarters will facilitate the transfer of teachers from one region to another.
“The purpose of this memo is to seek approval to mail the list of teachers to be transferred within regions and the memo to the regional headquarters,” the memo reads.
This is intended to allow teachers to relocate their workstations within the allotted time frame.
According to the memo, 12,019 teachers will be transferred between regions, and 2,594 will be transferred between regions.
A second memo sent to regional directors required the submission of handover/takeover reports by school principals by February 10.
“Ensure that all handing and taking over of school heads is overseen by TSC County Director and MOE,” the memo reads.
The government of Kenya Kwanza vowed to reverse the delocalisation policy after teachers and lawmakers expressed shock and fury over it.
The administration of President William Ruto described the policy as harsh and designed to destroy families.
The education and research committee of the National Assembly had already instructed TSC to approve all teacher transfers.
The head of the Education Committee, Julius Melly, stated on January 15 that the committee will require transfer data.
“By January 31, any teacher who is asking to reverse delocalization should have been sorted, “ Melly said.
Malulu Injendi, vice-chairman of the committee, questioned why Jamleck Muturi, chairman of the TSC, appeared uninformed that delocalization had been abandoned.
“I think at this point we now need to work with timelines. We give this commission up to January to finalize all the 14,000 cases,” Injendi said.
The TSC legal officer requested that case-by-case transfers be permitted, but the MPs denied the request.
Melly stated, “You will be recruiting more than 30,000 teachers so you have no excuse for that.
Parliamentarians prompted TSC to evaluate the delocalization policy, which resulted in its elimination.
The resolution sponsored by Titus Khamala, a member of parliament for Lurambi, was approved by the Parliament on November 3.
Khamala penned the motion urging an immediate process of the ongoing delocalization of teachers’ workstations.
This means that if the TSC wishes to transfer a teacher, they should be moved to a different school within the same zone.
End of Delocalization as TSC Approves 14,613 Teachers Transfers to Home Counties