The sources say a team formed by Education CS Amina Mohamed to look into the transfers is yet to table a report with recommendations on how transfers should be handled. Following the uproar and opposition by teachers and unions, Uhuru had directed the TSC to ensure moving teachers will not hurt families. Kenya National Union of Teachers secretary general Wilson Sossion said the transfers amount to workplace bullying.
“The position of the union is quite clear. We oppose transfers because they do not conform to the ILO practice standards put in place by Unesco that champion for teachers to teach in their locality,” Sossion said. The TSC, in defence of the transfers, says the policy aims to ensure fresh ideas are infused into institutions after the long stay of some head teachers. It aims to promote diversity and ensure teachers do not get too cozy with a community.
The TSC says the transfers conform to the Code of Regulations for Teachers and CBAs signed between the TSC and teachers’ unions. In the first phase of the transfers, TSC delocalised 10,000 teacher. A second phase targeted 6,000 teachers. Knut has threatened to call a strike if the commission does not rescind the delocalisation policy.
