TSC warns school heads over poor exam scores

Teachers Service Commission Chairperson Lydia Nzomo (left) and CEO Nancy Macharia at a past press briefing. Twenty-two teachers who had sex with their students have been banned from ever teaching in Kenya. PHOTO | ANTHONY OMUYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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  • When he released the 2015 KCSE results, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i tasked all stakeholders to scrutinise the results and address poor performance in national exams.

The Teachers Service Commission has warned headteachers against continued poor performance of their schools in national examinations.

The commission has directed its county directors to issue warning letters to all principals whose schools recorded poor results.

In a circular to all the directors, dated March 10, the TSC also asked the officials to submit an analysis of performance of their counties in national exams for the past three years.

“As you are aware, KCSE results for 2015 have just been released and have elicited mixed feelings among key education stakeholders. This is because of the fact that results of certain schools were cancelled, while others have dropped in performance,” says the circular that was signed by Abdirizak Farah for TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia.

The TSC county directors are required to submit the report by March 31.

The report will be used for key management and policy decisions that are important in running the affairs of the sector.

When he released the 2015 KCSE results, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i tasked all stakeholders to scrutinise the results and address poor performance in national exams.

An analysis of the results indicates that 165,766 out of 522,870 candidates attained the minimum university entry qualification of C+ and above.

“The fact that we have less than half of the entire cohort that sat the 2015 KCSE exam scoring a mean grade of C+ and above is quite worrying,” he said.