TSC starts to hear appeals from 742 terminated JSS intern teachers

A total of 742 junior school intern teachers who had their contracts terminated by Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for deserting duties will now have a chance to defend themselves before a disciplinary panel.

TSC has ordered the County Directors to constitute hearing panels consisting of at least three officers to hear and consider the applications and make recommendations to the Commission based on the merits of each case.

The Commission directed the process to be concluded by 15th July 2024.

The intern teachers together with thousand others were first issued with ‘show cause’ letters after they failed to report to work when schools reopened in second term and were participating on strike agitating for their confirmation on permanent terms.

However the 742 interns failed to respond to the ‘show cause’ letters within 14 days as was directed by TSC.

The teachers also did not participate in the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) retooling sessions organized by TSC in sub counties.

They were interdicted and their names struck off from TSC payroll. TSC gave them 21 days to appeal.

Below is a memo issued by the Commission guiding the process.

TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION
INTERNAL MEMO

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS
TSC/DHRMO/MEMO/14

DATE: 25th JUNE 2024

APPEAL BY TEACHER INTERNS

The above captioned matter refers.

The Commission has received several inquiries on the status of appeals by the teacher interns whose engagement with the Commission were terminated on account of desertion of duties.

To address these inquiries, you are guided as follows:-

a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 46 of the TSC Act, the Teacher Interns whose contracts with the Commission were terminated are entitled to seek review against of the Commission’s decision.

b) The applications for review be submitted to the respective County Directors together with supporting documents by 10th July, 2024;

c) The County Directors to constitute hearing panels consisting of at least three officers to hear and consider the applications and make recommendations to the Commission based on the merits of each case;

You are required to work closely with the County Directors to facilitate a fair, efficient and transparent review process. The process should be concluded by 15th July 2024.

E.J MITEI (MS)
A.g. DIRECTOR HRM&D