The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has started mass transfer and reshuffle of its senior officers with majority being Regional, County and Sub County Directors.
This major reshuffle comes as the commission prepares to appoint a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in July 2025 as the current TSC CEO, Dr. Nancy Njeri Macharia proceeds on terminal leave in March, 2025.
According to TSC, the transfers are part of a plan to improve the management of education services in the country.
Some of the senior officers have reached retirement age, while others have been promoted to higher positions. These promotions include key roles such as regional, county, and sub-county directors.
Deployment letters for the officers who have been transferred or promoted will be sent out this week.
TSC has assured all affected staff that the process has been carried out fairly and based on merit.
Nancy Macharia will be retiring in July 2025 after serving the Commission for a decade.
Macharia took over the commission from Gabriel Lengoibon, who retired in June 2015, after emerging as the best.
Her appointment followed the conclusion of a competitive recruitment process that started on May 1, 2015, when the position was advertised and attracted 69 applicants of which four were shortlisted.
Ms Macharia is the 9th Commission Secretary/CEO after Mr Jesse Muhoro (1967 to 1974), Mr James Kamunge (1974 to 1977), Mr Duncan Mwangi (1978 to 1980), Mr Joseph Lijembe (1980 to 1982), Mr Jackson Kang’ali (1982 to 1998), Benjamin Sogomo (1998 to 2003), Mr James Ongwae (2003 to 2004) and her predecessor Mr Gabriel K Lengoiboni.
She became the first female CEO of the commission since its inception.
