TSC transfers 515 school principals, sacks nine

TSC chief executive Nancy Macharia. FILE PHOTO | NMG

What you need to know:

  • A total of 197 principals of county boys schools have been moved while 169 in county girls schools have also been transferred.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has transferred 515 secondary school heads and dropped nine over poor performance in national examinations and assessment reports.

In the latest transfers, four national schools principals have been transferred and 33 heads of extra county schools moved. A total of 197 principals of county boys schools have been moved while 169 in county girls schools have also been transferred.

At sub-county schools, 108 heads have been moved while four heads of tertiary institutions have been transferred while there is one swop.
Two heads of institutions are retiring while two others have stepped down.

TSC has also dropped four heads of institutions due to adverse assessment reports while five heads of institutions have been dropped due to poor performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination for the last three years.

The appointment board meeting took place on April 13 and the letter for the cases have been done and are ready for collection.

“Handing and taking over to be concluded latest by Friday April 27,” said Mr Abdirizak Farah, a senior Deputy Director Teacher Management in a memo dated April 23 to all TSC county directors.

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