Teachers to be disciplined at county level
Ms Sicily Musyoki, the head of discipline division at the Teachers Service Commission takes head teachers through the procedures of handling teacher discipline in schools during the second day of the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association workshop in Nakuru on September 9, 2016. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Officer in charge of teachers’ conduct, Ms Cicily Musyoki noted an increase in drunkenness among teachers.
- Ms Musyoki said Teachers Service Commission had allowed three-months paid leave for rehabilitation.
The Teachers Service Commission will soon decentralise its discipline docket to counties in order to safeguard students’ welfare.
The move comes at a time when the TSC is grappling with increased indiscipline cases among teachers in the country.
Officer in charge of teachers’ conduct, Ms Cicily Musyoki, said the new development is in line with the TSC code of conduct and regulations for 2015.
“The cases are many and have affected learning as some of the culprits have been dismissed from the service while others are serving interdiction,” said Ms Musyoki.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
During her address to more than 700 headteachers at a two-day workshop at Hotel Kunste in Nakuru Town, she told the head teachers to closely monitor cases of sexual harassment of students. The workshop ended last Friday.
“Any case of reported sexual molestation should be handled with speed and as the school managers your have crucial responsibility to ensure justice is done,” said Ms Musyoki.
She also noted an increase in drunkenness among teachers and said TSC had allowed three-months paid leave for rehabilitation.
The counties represented in the workshop organised by Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association included: Nakuru, Uasin Gishu, Kajiado, Narok, Baringo, Nairobi, Nyeri and Kiambu.
