MPs Proposes TSC Alternative Criteria for Teacher Promotions
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education has proposed policy interventions to the Teachers Service Commission in order to prevent exam irregularities.
The committee has instructed the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to identify alternative criteria for teacher promotions that are not solely based on individual school performance.
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The report suggested that starting with the 2024–2025 exam cycle, the TSC should add more requirements for teachers to be promoted, such as more discipline, better infrastructure, participation in extracurricular activities, and personal growth.
The MPs have also proposed that headmasters, who presently serve as examination center managers for their own schools, be deployed annually to administer examinations in schools outside of their subcounties.
Starting from the 2024–2025 examination cycle, Knec plans to limit invigilators, center managers, and supervisors, preventing them from overseeing exams at the same center for more than two consecutive years.
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The members of parliament argue that candidates who are ill or hospitalized for various reasons should not be required to write their exams in hospital wards.
Candidates who are ill, including those who have experienced natural disasters, will need to take additional exams within six months of the prior exam if there is reliable evidence.
The report also recommends that the Kenya National Qualifications Authority conduct an audit of the examination procedures and make the report public as soon as Knec releases the results.
MPs Proposes TSC Alternative Criteria for Teacher Promotions
