This archive report was first published on 18 June 2020.
On June 18, 2020, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) announced a major overhaul of its hiring and promotion process for senior school administrators, including school heads, deputies, and senior teachers.
According to the new guidelines, regional TSC directors will now have the power to deploy primary and secondary school heads, their deputies, senior teachers, and other administrators. However, recruitment and promotion of administrators in extra-county and national schools will be conducted by TSC from its headquarters.
“Pursuant to section 20 of the TSC Act, and in view of the Commission’s strategic pillar on re-engineering of its processes as per the current Strategic Plan, the Commission has directed that the Appointment and Deployment of institutional administrators be decentralized and coordinated by the Regional Director,” said TSC chief executive officer Nancy Macharia in a circular.
The TSC specified that Institutional Administrators will comprise of the Principal, Deputy Principal, head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, Dean, Registrar, Senior Master and Senior Teacher.
Ms. Macharia further announced that the commission has developed guidelines to enable the officers to effectively perform the function. The guidelines are to be read together with the Commission’s policy on appointment and deployment of institutional administrators, career progression guidelines, the code of regulation and other regulations governing the teaching service.
The aim of the change is to promote efficiency in the appointment and deployment of administrators to public schools. In the new regulations, county directors will identify the available administrative vacancies, which will then be advertised by the head office. The head office will also shortlist candidates and send the lists to respective counties.
The regional directors will be expected to conduct interviews for selected candidates in collaboration with the respective county directors. The regional directors will then appoint and deploy successful candidates.
