*Official List Of Teachers TSC Has Settled On For April Mass Transfers*

According to TSC sources, a total of 4035 teachers’ names have been sent by the counties to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

This follows the compilation and transmission of teacher data by counties to teachers’ employers which ended successfully.

TSC, through Dorothy Jonyo, deputy director of staffing, ordered its field staff to collect and forward the data of all school heads who have been residing in an institution for more than nine years.

Most of those targeted are school heads and deputies serving in their home county. TSC will also transfer teachers who have worked at the same station for a long time.

In a February 26 memorandum to all regional directors, the commission requested details of primary head teachers and principals of primary and secondary schools who have been out of teaching service.

Under the field of secondary schools, regional directors were ordered to capture the principals’ home county with details of their current institutions.

Information included station size, school sponsor, and school category and enrollment data.

The average scores recorded by the schools for the last 3 years between 2017 and 2021 were also to be taken as the host county of the school.

The principal’s designation, job group and gender were also captured. County schools are headed by principals who fall under Grade D2.

There are approximately 7,000 sub-county schools with approximately 650,000 students nationwide. Additional county school principals fall under Grade D4. There are approximately 531 sub-county schools in Kenya with approximately 130,000 students.

For elementary schools, the teacher’s employer wanted to obtain data on the institution’s principals’ ages, their home county, designation, current school, and host county.

In the April wave, TSC is targeting school administrators who have worked long hours in the same station and whose promotions have been delayed, ensuring a fair transition while continuing the delocalization program.

The delocalization process for school heads began back in 2018 and resulted in the relocation of primary and secondary school principals and principals from their home regions or county schools to other regions.

TSC says this will better curb corruption, reduce student indiscipline rates and bring a more national approach to school management.

Earlier, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) had rejected claims that it was planning a mass transfer of teachers across the country, citing reasons for the TSC body to wait for the completion of examinations first.

Affected teachers will receive their letters once they become available in their respective counties. However, teachers can visit the TSC website www.tsc.go.ke to check whether their names are appearing there or not.

However, teachers with medical conditions as well as those who are about to retire will not be affected by the upcoming delocalization exercise.