The Ministry of Education, (MoE) has revealed that more than 137,000 additional teachers are required in secondary schools to bridge severe staffing gaps. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba disclosed the figures during the Teacher Education Conference in Mombasa, where over 600 stakeholders were in-attendance. According to TSC data, junior secondary schools are short of 72,422 […]

The government will employ 24,000 new teachers by January 2026 as part of ongoing efforts to address teacher shortages in public schools, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos announced on Sunday. Speaking during World Teachers’ Day celebrations at the Moi International Sports Centre, Migos said the new recruitment will push the number of teachers hired over

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) National Chair Emuhaya Member of Parliament Omboko Milemba has intimated that the push to have Junior Secondary School (JSS) secure autonomy might bear fruit. Speaking during the World Teachers’ Day celebrations at the Moi International Sports Centre on Sunday, Milemba said that the intensifying push for autonomy

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced the dates for promotion interviews for teachers and Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) in October 2025. According to Circular Ref. TSC/ADM/192A/VOL.X/63 dated 11th September 2025, the exercise will be conducted in two phases between 6th and 24th October 2025. The Commission has indicated that the promotional exercise will be

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has written to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) requesting an urgent meeting over the management of Junior Secondary (JS) teachers. The union is  pushing for the independence of the Junior Secondary wing or, alternatively, the transfer of JS to existing secondary schools. In a letter dated October

Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers in Bomet County, led by officials of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), held peaceful demonstrations to demand full administrative autonomy and improved working conditions for JSS staff. The teachers, who marched through Bomet town streets, called on the government to grant JSS schools independent leadership structures to

Teachers have criticised the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for restricting their participation in union activities during the third term, describing it as unconstitutional and a violation of their rights to association and expression. A section of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) officials said the directive was an attempt to silence teachers ahead

In the quiet corridors of a rural primary school in Turkana, Mr Kamau, a senior teacher with over thirty years of service, arranged his lesson plans meticulously on the desk. His students shuffled in, eager for the day’s lesson, but his mind was elsewhere. He had just received a circular from the Teachers Service Commission

A qualified teacher since 2013, he spent a decade waiting, applying, and hoping, each passing year ending in heartbreak as his name failed to appear on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) list. “I graduated from Machakos Teachers College in 2013,” he recalls. “Since then, I have been tarmacking, applying for a TSC job almost every