Kenya teachers outfit outlines tough promotion criteria

Nairobi. Teachers’ performance will be appraised based on their implementation of the curriculum, with those who score poorly facing the sack, their employer has said in a new code to guide their conduct.

The Code of Conduct and Ethics for Teachers, which was tabled in the National Assembly last week, states that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will use the appraisal reports for promotion, deployment and other rewards for teachers.

“Any teacher who consistently displays poor performance or adverse appraisal ratings may after due process have his services terminated,” adds the regulations developed by TSC. The regulations will be scrutinised by the Committee on Delegated Legislation, which can only annul sections it would consider illegal or the entire regulations but cannot introduce changes.

School heads will be required to provide oversight in the performance appraisals of teachers in their respective schools. “Every head of institution shall submit an annual staff appraisal report to the Commission,” states the code.

The commission will determine the intervals at which appraisals in the educational institutions will be conducted.

The TSC will take disciplinary action against a teacher who fails to complete and submit an appraisal report to the supervisor or refuses or neglects to discuss or sign the appraisal report.

The commission will also have quality assurance and standards officers at the county and sub-county levels. (NMG)