TSC School Heads to Serve Under Term Limits With Earlier Retire

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A new plan has been tabled seeking to the Teachers Service Commission TSC to review Primary and secondary school Heads of Institutions (HOI’s) to serve for a specific period or term limits and retire.

According to the proposal argument,  the school heads just like other heads of government institutions are regarded as  chief executive officers  managing public funds and as a result they should serve term limits which should be renewable based on their performance.

However, the proposal has not given a the specific period of service but  Incase this proposal by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) sees the light of the day,  then more than 30,000 heads may be on contracts to lead schools with expiry dates.

The success of this proposal will mark a new journey  from the present scenario where heads only get into performance contracts with the employer but still serve until their retirement.

As highlighted in the proposal, Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will be expected to retire the headteachers and the principals after serving a specific term that is renewable based on satisfactory performance of the leader.

 

This analogy is derived from the former education cabinet secretary Jacob Kaimenyi back in 2014 where he had proposed for school heads to serve three terms of five years each but was unfortunately dropped in 2015.

Former Knut secretary-general Wilson Sossion addresses the Kenya Primary School Headteachers Association Annual Delegates During Conference in Mombasa on December 2017.

Former Knut secretary-general Wilson Sossion addresses the Kenya Primary School Headteachers Association Annual Delegates During Conference in Mombasa on December 2017; Image/ File

According to educate CS Machogu,the proposal should be revived so as to  appoint heads as agents of the ministry, and the Cabinet secretary incharge of education should gat full powers to punish those who mismanage public funds under their jurisdiction.

The new proposal on school heads to serve on term limits was part of memoranda presented for consideration in the fine-tuning of the Basic Education Bill 2024 .

The  discussions above were raised during a meeting at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) on Friday. this week.

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