Tribes Dominating TSC Employment
Tribes Dominating TSC Employment. According to recent data, only three ethnic communities account for half of the 346,760 tutors employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) throughout the nation, highlighting inequalities in the educational system.
The Kalenjin community has the most employees, with 59,538, followed by the Kikuyu community with 59,010, and the Luhya community with 52,882, according to the information provided to the National Assembly committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity.
About half of the TSC workforce, or 171,430 teachers, are employed in these three communities. The data also shows that there are 40,657 teachers in the Luo community, 39,807 in Kamba, 30,317 in Kisii, and 22,164 in Meru.
There are 8,745 teachers in the Mijikenda community, followed by 5,700 in the Embu community, 5,250 in the Maasai, 3,248 in the Taita, 3,138 in the Pokot, 1,438 in the Samburu, 1,438 in the Turkana, and 1,295 and 1,200 in the Tharaka and Borana communities.
Committee head Adan Haji Yussuf requested TSC Secretary Nancy Macharia to explain the racial differences in employment after the data was provided.
Macharia defended the commission by claiming that some ethnic communities’ members, particularly those in remote areas of the nation, had shown apathy toward recruiting.
She also pointed the finger at the National Assembly’s Education Committee, claiming that by advocating for the change in the method of employment, it was in part to blame for the extreme disparity in the racial makeup of teachers.
Macharia defended the commission by claiming that some ethnic communities’ members, particularly those in remote areas of the nation, had shown apathy toward recruiting.
She also pointed the finger at the National Assembly’s Education Committee, claiming that by advocating for the change in the method of employment, it was in part to blame for the extreme disparity in the racial makeup of teachers.
Macharia insisted that by advertising for open positions in its staff establishment, holding employment interviews, selecting and appointing staff while adhering to requirements for a workforce with a national outlook, TSC had embraced fair competition and merit as the basis for appointments and promotions.