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TSC offences and required evidence (Updated full list)

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The Teachers Service commission, TSC, acts tough against a teacher who is found to have breached the Code of conduct for teachers. The Commission takes any breach of the articles of the Code seriously and may interdict a teacher who violates any of the articles.

To be on the safe side it is important that you understand the TSC Offences, when they happen and the evidence required.

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FULL LIST OF THE UPDATED TSC OFFENCES

S/NTYPE OF OFFENCE
1Immoral behavior
2Negligence of duty
3Chronic Absenteeism
4Desertion of Duty
5Insubordination
6Infamous Conduct in any Professional Respect
7Forgery/Impersonation /Collusion/Fraud and Corrupt deals/Bribery
8Mismanagement/Misappropriation/Embezzlement of Public Funds
9Conviction of Criminal Offense

Below is the full list of TSC offences and evidence required for interdiction of a serving teacher, by the Commission:

  1. Immoral behavior

  • Sexual intercourse
  • Sodomy
  • Lesbianism
  • Sexual
  • harassment/flirtation/indecent Act
  • Love relationship
  • Exposure to pornographic
    materials

Evidence required

  • Handwritten statement from victims/witnessed
  • Exhibits
  • Love letters
  • Photographs
  • Gifts
  •  Agreements
  •  Court proceedings
  • Investigation reports by heads of institutions, county Directors or Sub-county Directors.
  • Minutes of BOM following interview of pupils/students, teachers and other witnesses.
  •  County discipline panel minutes.

2. Professional Misconduct

A. Negligence of duty

  • Willful neglect to perform any work or careless or improper performance of any work assigned to the teacher.
  • Failure to teach scheduled lessons .
  • Failure to prepare professional documents e. g. schemes of work.
  • Allowing examination cheating.
  • Grading fake marks.
  • Failure to perform T.O.D. duties.
  • Failure to attend school assemblies and official
    meetings.
  • Failure to take students for official duty/functions.

Evidence required

  • Staff meeting minutes.
  • Police reports
  • Written reports by agents/County Directors/Supervisors.
  • Statements from witnesses.
  • Minutes where teacher and witnesses were interviewed.
  • Investigation reports.
  • Statement from witnesses.

B. Chronic Absenteeism

  • Persistent/repeated absence from
    duty without permission
  • Lateness for duty

Evidence required

  • Casualty returns
  • Letters from authorities reporting the teachers absence.
  • Monthly staff returns.
  • Warning/show cause letters for absenteeism.
  • Daily attendance registers/clock in register.

C. Desertion of Duty

Absence from duty for 14 continuous days ( without written permission) including weekends and public holidays. These may include:

  • Failure to report for posting after expiry of study leave.
  • Proceed on study leave without approval.
  • Failure to report to new station after release.

Evidence required

  • Casualty returns.
  • Letters from relevant authorities reporting the teacher’s desertion/release or reporting for duty.
  • Letter granting study leave stating when to resume duty.
  • Monthly staff returns.

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D. Insubordination

Failure to obey official/instructions from supervisors e.g. Commission Secretary, Heads of Institution, County Directors and Sub-County Directors . e.g.:

  • Failure to respond to letters from supervisors.
  • Failure to take up posting after disciplinary process/transfer/deployment.
  • Proceeding on transfer without formal release.
  • Failure to forward correspondence by teachers to and from the Commission.
  • Failure to handover/takeover an institution upon transfer.
  • Failure to submit books of accounts.

Evidence required

  • Written reports by agents/County Directors/Supervisors.
  • Letters giving directives/instructions and evidence of failure to adhere.
  • Statement from witnesses.
  • Minutes of the full BOM, minutes where the teacher and witnesses were
    interviewed.
  • Minutes of disciplinary panel.
  • Investigation reports.
  • Staff meeting minutes.
  • Police reports.
  • Medical reports.

E. Infamous Conduct in any Professional Respect

  • Drunkenness or any form of intoxication during working hours.
  • Fighting in public or any violent
  • behavior that may bring the profession to disrepute.
  • Conduct or behavior which contravenes chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.

Evidence required

  • Written reports by agents.
  • Show cause letters.
  • Statement from witnesses.
  • Minutes of the full BOM minutes where the teacher and witnesses were interviewed.
  • Investigation reports.
  • Police reports.
  • Medical reports.

F. Forgery/Impersonation /Collusion/Fraud and Corrupt deals/Bribery

  • Causing payment of salary to teachers not on duty e.g. desertions, deceased persons.
  • Failure to report offences by teachers.
  • Forged signatures/stamps.
  • Obtaining registration through fraudulent means.
  • Submission of incorrect staff returns.
  • Submission of forged certificates.
  • Misrepresentation/falsifying information.
  • Some exam malpractices/irregularities.

Evidence required

  • Sample signatures/rubber stamps.
  • Copies of forged documents/certificates.
  • Confirmation of certificates by the issuing bodies e.g. KNEC, universities.
  • Investigation reports.
  • Statements by those impersonated/witness/experts in the related fields.

G. Mismanagement/Misappropriation/Embezzlement of Public Funds

Mismanagement is handling of public funds and /or property in an inefficient,
irregular or in any manner likely to cause loss to the institution.
Misappropriation is use of public funds for unauthorized purposes by a teacher.
Embezzlement is the fraudulent conversion of public funds and property entrusted to a
teacher to personal use.

  • Loss of public funds through negligence.
  • Failure to account for public funds as per
    the Law.

Evidence required

  • Financial reports presented to BOM and minutes.
  • Final audited accounts/Annual audited reports/interim audited accounts, promissory notes.
  • Investigation reports, relevant financial and accounting documents.

H. Conviction of Criminal Offense

A teacher is interdicted upon conviction (being found guilty of a criminal offence). Jailed/fine or non custodial sentence.

  • Conviction of a sexual offence or any offence against a learner.
  • Conviction of a criminal offence which in the opinion of the
  • Commission renders the person unfit to be a teacher.

Evidence required

  • Casualty return showing the date arrest/imprisonment.
  • Copy of charge sheet showing nature of offence.
  • Certified copies of court proceedings and judgment (CPJ).
  • Letters from authority reporting the arrest/reports.
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TSC list of causes f teacher absenteeism in schools

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has released a list of main causes for teacher absenteeism in schools. The Commission treats Teacher Chronic Absenteeism as a serious offence that can lead to interdiction and disciplinary action.

According to TSC, Teacher absenteeism is characterized by Persistent/repeated absence from duty without permission and Lateness for duty.

In taking disciplinary action, the Commission requires the following pieces of Evidence from the Head of Institution:

  • Casualty returns
  • Letters from authorities reporting the teachers absence.
  • Monthly staff returns.
  • Warning/show cause letters for absenteeism.
  • Daily attendance registers/clock in register.

After conducting a survey, recently, the Commission discovered that Illness was the main cause of teacher absenteeism in schools at 70 percent.

Other teachers skip lessons to attending burials while some have excess workload causing burn out.

Other reasons for teacher absenteeism include:

  • Over committed salaries leading to stress and inability to travel to school,
  • Domestic issues – marital/family disagreements,
  • Stress,
  • Alcoholism,
  • Following up issues at TSC offices,
  • Low morale as a result of low pay and lack of promotions,
  • Engaging in income generating activities; commonly known as side hustles,
  • Insecurity more so in hardship areas,
  • Running income generation activities,
  • Engaging in politics and
  • Confinement in police cell or prison.

To curb absenteeism the Commission introduced the Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD).

Among the activities that have worked in TPAD is maintenance of daily school and teacher attendance registers are important documents or records for teachers’ accountability and proof of performance for both the appraisees and appraisers.

Maintenance of these records helps to keep track of appraisee performance in lesson attendance, lessons missed and lessons recovered.

Teacher’s Attendance Register is a document that records the regularity of teacher presence in school and in teaching. Teachers regularly sign this register as proof of their presence at school. It shows the number and nature of leave taken by teachers which include casual leaves, sick leaves, and leave without pay.

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TSC- A list of all offences that can lead to a teacher’s interdiction and the evidence required

TSC interdiction process; How is a teacher interdicted by TSC?

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TSC latest list of offences that can lead to removal from teachers’ register

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LATEST LIST OF OFFENCES THAT CAN LEAD TO REMOVAL FROM THE TSC REGISTER

A number of offences can lead to a teacher’s removal from the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, register. To be on the safe side, it is good that you understand these offences so as to avoid disciplinary action from the Commission. As it is said, ‘prevention is better than cure’, please be advised.

1. Negligence of duty

This includes;

a) Willful neglect to perform any work or careless or improper performance of any work assigned to the teacher.

b)Failure to teach scheduled lessons .

c) Failure to prepare professional documents e. g. schemes of work.

d) Allowing examination cheating.

e) Grading fake marks or favouring some students

f) Failure to perform duties of the teachers on duty

g) Failure to attend school assemblies and official
meetings requested by B.O.M.

2.Chronic absenteeism

If the teacher is involved in persistent or repeated absence from
duty without permission or lateness in duty. This could lead him/her to be deregistered from the list of teachers by TSC.

3. Desertion of duty

Absence from duty for 14 continuous days ( without written permission) including weekends and public holidays. These may include:

a) Failure to report for posting after expiry of study leave.

b) Proceed on study leave without approval.

c) Failure to report to new station after release.

4.Insubordination

Failure to obey instructions from supervisors e.g. Commission Secretary, Heads of Institution, County Directors e.t.c. These includes;

a)Failing to respond to letters from supervisors.

b) Failure to take up posting after disciplinary process/transfer/deployment.

c) Proceeding on transfer without formal release.

d) Failure to forward correspondence by teachers to and from the Commission.

e) Failure to handover/takeover an institution upon transfer.

f) Failure to submit books of accounts.

5. Infamous conduct of any professional respect

If a teacher is involved in the following actions ;

a) Drunkenness or any form of intoxication during working hours.

b) Fighting in public or any violent actions.

c) Behavior that may bring the profession to disrepute.

d) Conduct or behavior which contravenes chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.

6. Forgery/impersonation and corrupt deals / bribery

If the teacher indulges himself/ herself in forgery, impersonation presenting forged documents to the teachers service commission or if a teacher obtains employment through fraud or bribery. These may include;

a) Causing payment of salary to teachers not on duty e.g. desertions, deceased persons.

b) Forged signatures/stamps.

c) Obtaining registration through fraudulent means

d) Submission of forged certificates.

e) Misrepresentation/falsifying information.

f) Some exam malpractices/irregularities.

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7. Mismanagement/misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds

Mismanagement is handling of public funds or property in an inefficient,
irregular or in any manner likely to cause loss to the institution.

Misappropriation is use of public funds for unauthorized purposes by a teacher.
Embezzlement is the fraudulent conversion of public funds and property entrusted to a
teacher to personal use.

7. Conviction of criminal offence

A teacher is deregistered upon conviction or being found guilty of a criminal offence( Jailed/fine or non custodial sentence) that may render him or her unfit to perform their duties.

9.Incitement

If a teacher is involved in any way of inciting students to do delinquent deeds like strikes or fires in school.

10.Immoral behavior

Immoral behavior includes sexual intercourse, sodomy, lesbianism, sexual harassment/flirtation and exposure to pornographic materials. If one is found committing such an offence with a fellow colleague or student it leads to deregistration by the teachers service commission.

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TSC list of interdicted and suspended teachers 2021

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has published the list of teachers who have been interdicted in 2021. According to the Commission, the teachers have been removed from the register of teachers for committing a number of offences. 

“Pursuant to section 30 of the TSC Act (2012), the Commission wishes to publish names of teachers who have been removed from the Register of Teachers. Further, under the law, these teachers cannot engage in teaching in any learning institution.” Says TSC Boss Dr. Nancy Macharia.

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FULL LIST OF DEREGISTERED TEACHERS IN 2021

S/nTSC NoCase NoNamesDate of
Removal
14933270277/07/2019/2020Benjamin Mutuku13/4/21
25690930467/11/2019/2020Collins Bitinyu13/4/21
36520680337/08/2019/2020Timona Too13/4/21
45752530286/2019/2020Nicholas   Kilonzi13/4/21
56893820492/12/2019/2020Geoffrey  Nyamanya13/4/21
62724070441/2019/2020Godfrey  Kinoti13/4/21
77347590256/2019/2020Joseph    Nalelia13/4/21
85016830301/08/2019/2020Francis Maroa13/4/21
95085750354/09/2019/2020William Mung’oni13/4/21
105430730336/08/2019/2020Robert  Kipyegon13/4/21
115068750365/09/2019/2020Stephen Ketuu13/4/21
125490540284/08/2019/2020Alex Thuita13/4/21
135148610519/02/2019/2020Grace Mutheo13/4/21
145096630310/08/2019/2020Wilson Muriithi13/4/21
154664620258/01/2019/2020Fredrick Lekaasu13/4/21
163848120374/05/2019/2020Florence Magara13/4/21
176674830428/11/2019/2020Anthony Mungania13/4/21
185133810452/11/2019/2020Josphat Onsango13/4/21
195359660436/2019/2020Raymond Onyango13/4/21
205748690372/09/2019/2020Ateng Musa13/4/21
215496790298/08/2019/2020Hosea Bosire13/4/21
222307790371/09/2019/2020Francis Namugerwa13/4/21
234726640391/10/2019/2020Thaddeus Wanampui13/4/21
246708710384/10/2019/2020Hassan Musyoka13/4/21
257570810260/07/2019/2020Evans  Mwabora13/4/21
264291190383/05/2018/2019Joseph Ritho13/4/21
275791390385/10/2019/2020Charles Njeru13/4/21
285054270357/09/2020/2021Erick Omondi13/4/21
293912360034/07/2019/2020Anyoka John13/4/21
304863660532/03/2019/2020Evans  Agido13/4/21
315088610469/11/2019/2020Ferdinard Wekesa13/4/21
323837890390/10/2019/2020Jackson  Mulinge13/4/21
336018630395/06/2018/2019Joseph  Ogal13/4/21
345627200285/08/2019/2020Abednego Tello13/4/21
355085280520/02/2019/2020Peter Sila13/4/21
365266000109/07/2019/2020Wilton Nampaso13/4/21
375276390542/06/2019/2020Thomas Kinyua13/4/21
383353330448/11/2019/2020Joseph Abuto13/4/21
396039570513/02/2019/2020Kenneth Bundi13/4/21
406508010389/10/2019/2020Nathan   Kosgey13/4/21
41480054002/07/2020/2021Anthony Kamau13/4/21
427936050497/01/2019/2020Vincent Nginsale13/4/21
436098330489/12/2019/2020Geofrey Tantaine Kapaito13/4/21
443542370493/12/2019/2020Evans Nyarera13/4/21
456881630423/10/2019/2020Nathan Mbera13/4/21
46522978006/07/2020/2021Joseph  Maina13/4/21
475187570187/11/2018/2019/RC/
026/12/2020/2021		Idle Abdi Haret13/4/21
485723370276/02/2018/2019/RC/03
3/10/2019/2020		Mohammed Fowzy Radhfan13/4/21
493252790247/01/2018/2019/RC/03
2/09/01/2019/2020		Christopher O. Otieno13/4/21
504305150121/09/2018/2019/RC/12
8/01/2019/2020		Peter Mutua13/4/21
515841530277/02/2017/2019/RC/03
3/12/2020/2021		Alfayo Ntwiga13/4/21
522812040259/07/2019/2020/RC/02
2/12/2020/2021		Joackim Nganga13/4/21