Why Teachers Are Quitting TSC for UK and US Jobs
Why Teachers Are Quitting TSC for UK and US Jobs
Why Teachers Are Quitting TSC for UK and US Jobs
According to reports, educators are leaving the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in search of better-paying jobs abroad.
In a Sunday interview with NTV, one of the teachers claimed that the six-figure incomes being offered overseas were significantly more than their local pay.
“As a teacher in Kenya, the only thing you can afford is maybe to build a small 2-bedroom house and pay school fees for two children,” Felix Wanyaga said.
Another educator bemoaned the fact that inadequate facilities and shifting promotion schedules were forcing tutors out of the teaching profession.
“We used to be promoted based on merit, but that stopped. Silvia Wanjiru, another tutor, said, “We were told that you need to go back to class if you need to get a promotion, so I had to go back to class.”
According to reports, the teachers favor employment in the United States and the United Kingdom, where there is presently a scarcity of teachers exceeding 400,000.
The government’s intention to employ 46,000 interns from junior secondary schools on a permanent and pensionable basis was put on hold when these departures occurred.
On Wednesday, President William Ruto announced that his administration will begin budget cuts following the full shelvement of the Finance Bill, 2024. One area that is impacted is the employment procedure for teachers.
Even though the nation’s unemployment rate is still rising, the administration declared in February of this year that it was developing a plan to export teachers to other nations.
The State Department for Diaspora Affairs reported at the time that there was a considerable demand for Kenyan instructors and laborers abroad.
However, TSC also put additional barriers in the way of primary and secondary school teachers wishing to advance in their careers at that same period.
Under the continuing professional development programs, the government declared that all of its tutors will need to take and pass a practicing certificate test through the Teachers Service Commission (Amendment) Bill of 2024.
The purpose of the bill was to modify the 2012 Teachers Service Commission Act.