Shock in Education Sector: MPs Move to Strip TSC Bosses of Full-Time Jobs in Cost-Cutting Shake-Up
A new development comes from the Parliament, which has the potential to greatly affect the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
The parliament has presented a bill that proposed to alter the status of the TSC chair and the TSC members from full-time to part-time.
The proposal of the Teachers Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2025, plans to save more than Sh70 million from the government coffers every year and reduce what the MPs say to be unnecessary governmental expenses.
The proposal, which was brought by Barasa, the MP for Kimilili, is aimed at changing the whole structure and functioning of the TSC. In case it receives approval:
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– The TSC chair and the commissioners will no longer be full-time employees.
– They will only gather for duties when needed.
– Their salary and benefits will be heavily slashed.
Barasa, while addressing the members of Parliament, said that the current leadership structure was both costly and antique.
He has shown savings of Sh71.6 million in the first year, which will culminate in almost Sh79 million every year by the third year.
The amendment further proposes that the commissioners must be from the sectors closely associated with education, i.e., primary and secondary teachers, TVET trainers, and professors.
Barasa is of the opinion that the inclusion of the active teacher in the Commission will lead to better representation and also that the policy-making will be done with the direct involvement of the real classroom needs.
The proposal has some support among MPs, but it has also raised concerns from various stakeholders about the impact it might have on the Commission.
Education analysts, for example, warn that allowing part-time leadership could mean weaker decision-making, and the TSC is responsible for more than 400,000 teachers across the country.
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