10 TSC Roles Transferred to Ministry of Education (MoE )
Under the new education reforms, the ministry or education will assume the following TSC roles
1. MoE will be Regulating Education:
2. MoE to be in charge of Quality Assurance
Education taskforce aims to eliminate duplication between the teachers employer and the Ministry, hence proposing that the Ministry handle quality assurance mandates.
3. Ministry to be in charge of Headteacher Accountability
The commission will focus on employment and deployment of teachers as school heads will be accountable to the Ministry.
ministry to take charge in CBC and Teacher Training
Teacher retraining for the competency-based curriculum (CBC) and related allowances will now be under the ministry.
5. Ministry to take over teacher Transfers
The decisions on teacher transfers will require joint approval from both the the TSC and the Ministry.
6. MoE to take over Teacher Disciplinary Cases
A new Education Appeals Tribunal will be formed that will handle disciplinary matters, replacing the TSC’s role.
7. MoE to take over Teacher Promotions
The teachers employer TSC will be doing consultation from the Ministry in teacher promotions.
8. MoE to be in charge of Health Insurance
In the latest review, teachers’ health insurance will involve both TSC and the Ministry.
9.Ministry to be incharge of Information Management
The new proposed changes include deleting Section 42 (5) of the TSC Act and registering the Commission under the Data Protection Act.
10.MoE to be incharge of Commission Affairs
The quorum for Commission meetings will change from half to two-thirds of its members under the new reforms .
10 TSC Roles Transferred to Ministry of Education (MoE )