PRIVATE SCHOOLS

The Commission has now directed its officers to ensure that all teachers engaged to teach in both public and private schools are registered in line with the requirements of the TSC Act.

“No teacher who has been deregistered, for whatever reason, should be assigned to teach or conduct training in co-curricular activities in schools,” reads the letter to TSC county directors.

Ms Macharia has also directed principals and head teachers to ensure that the names of all teachers, their TSC numbers and teaching subjects at all times are prominently displayed in their offices and staffrooms.

“Compliance with registration requirements for private schools should be continuously monitored, through physical checks at least twice every term. TSC county directors should submit to regional directors, details of any schools that may not have complied for necessary action,” adds the CEO.

COMPLIANCE

She has directed regional directors to file termly reports to director (quality assurance) on the level of compliance and any action taken in cases of non-compliance.

Some schools have also turned to Form Four leavers as teachers in order to cut costs of running their institutions.

According to the Act, one can only teach after being registered. Institutions that employ unregistered teachers are guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than Sh100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Sections 30 (4) and (5), 23 (2) of the Act provides that where the name of a teacher is removed from the register, such a person shall not be reinstated except by direction of the commission.

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES

In July last year, the Education ministry released a report that exposed details on the rates of teenage pregnancies, child defilement and drug abuse in schools countrywide.

The report indicated that teenage pregnancies had hit an all-time high — with Narok County leading with more than 60 per cent of the reported cases countrywide.

The sexual harassment report is supported by another study by the Unesco, which raised a red flag about sexual harassment of learners aged 13 to 17 by teachers in 2016.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

The Commission has now directed its officers to ensure that all teachers engaged to teach in both public and private schools are registered in line with the requirements of the TSC Act.

“No teacher who has been deregistered, for whatever reason, should be assigned to teach or conduct training in co-curricular activities in schools,” reads the letter to TSC county directors.

Ms Macharia has also directed principals and head teachers to ensure that the names of all teachers, their TSC numbers and teaching subjects at all times are prominently displayed in their offices and staffrooms.

“Compliance with registration requirements for private schools should be continuously monitored, through physical checks at least twice every term. TSC county directors should submit to regional directors, details of any schools that may not have complied for necessary action,” adds the CEO.

COMPLIANCE

She has directed regional directors to file termly reports to director (quality assurance) on the level of compliance and any action taken in cases of non-compliance.

Some schools have also turned to Form Four leavers as teachers in order to cut costs of running their institutions.

According to the Act, one can only teach after being registered. Institutions that employ unregistered teachers are guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than Sh100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Sections 30 (4) and (5), 23 (2) of the Act provides that where the name of a teacher is removed from the register, such a person shall not be reinstated except by direction of the commission.

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES

In July last year, the Education ministry released a report that exposed details on the rates of teenage pregnancies, child defilement and drug abuse in schools countrywide.

The report indicated that teenage pregnancies had hit an all-time high — with Narok County leading with more than 60 per cent of the reported cases countrywide.

The sexual harassment report is supported by another study by the Unesco, which raised a red flag about sexual harassment of learners aged 13 to 17 by teachers in 2016.