TSC bans manual Applications for teachers’ transfers, recruitment, and promotions

TSC CEO Dr Nancy Njeri Macharia has announced closure of critical Applications for teachers’ transfers, recruitment, and promotions on manual and analogue systems.
The process has been digitized and will now be done online as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) goes digital in all its communication with staff.

Communication from the TSC confirmed that it has shifted its services including but not limited to recruitment and promotions of teachers to an online system and cautioned that there will be no more manual application accepted from March 2021.

In a circular sent to all teachers, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said all applications for transfer, promotions, and recruitment shall be accessed through the TSC website.

Dr Macharia also said that all communication between TSC and its staff will be carried out through staff emails and cautioned that any correspondence performed outside the e-platform will not be acted on starting May.

She said that all teachers have a few weeks between now and the end of the month to activate their staff emails which will be the only communication channel with the employer.

“The exercise of activating the emails takes effect from February 15 and will close April 30, 2021,” said Dr Macharia.
Dr Macharia said the platform will be used for official communication between the Commission and teachers including the transmission of official letters, Circulars, Pay-slips, and responses to teachers’ inquiries amongst others.”

Presently teachers log into the Commission website to access their payslips.

And circulars are sent to teachers through a beaurocratic chain of County Directors and Sub County Directors.

The platform targets all teachers employed by the Commission and those undergoing internship programmes.

“All Heads of Institutions and teachers including those on internship are required to activate their email accounts provided on the platform and use it for all communications to the Commission,” said Dr Macharia.

Other than teachers’ individual emails, headteachers will also activate and use school email addresses that will be the express communication channel between the school and then Commission.

“Heads of institutions shall update the teachers’ official email address and registered personal mobile phone number in the Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) within 30 days after all teachers in the institution have activated their emails,” reads the circular.

Dr Macharia said the school email address will be issued to subsequent heads of institutions for posterity.
Through the e-platform, Dr Macharia said schools can also mount online or virtual meetings.

“Institutions can therefore use the platform to hold virtual meetings while teachers will be able to create peer groups to carry out learning activities including mentoring and coaching.”