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Teachers Service Commission (TSC) requires an additional budget of Sh134 billion to ensure the successful implementation of its activities in the next five years. 

Secretary Nancy Macharia yesterday said the budget will among other functions cover recruitment of additional 111,870 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms and engage another 100,000 interns under its newly launched 2023/27 Strategic Plan to address the current shortage.

Other areas TSC seeks to cover within this period include establishing a teacher support institute, decentralising key functions and promotion of teachers.

“During the five-year plan period, we project to recruit a total of 111,870 teachers. I am happy to report that, in this financial year, the TSC has been allocated Sh4.68 billion for the recruitment of 20,000 intern teachers… For successful implementation of this Plan over the next five years, the Commission will require an additional budget of Sh134.4,” said Macharia.

TSC’s target is to employ at least 22,000 teachers annually, which amounts to over Sh70 billion within the period. She made the remarks at Kenya School of Government (KSG) during the launch of the new plan, presided over by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu among other education stakeholders.

The bulk of this funding is expected to come from the National Government, though the Commission also intends to supplement by strengthening its collaboration with stakeholders.

Macharia said that under the new strategic plan, the Commission has taken keen interest on the welfare of teachers who ultimately shape learners’ lives.

To enable us to serve our clients better, we have changed our corporate vision statement to  ‘A motivated, ethical and globally competitive teacher’ and mission statement to ‘Regulate, maintain and manage the teaching service through sound policies and operational excellence for quality teaching and lifelong learning’, said Macharia.

According to Macharia, each Strategic Plan pillar has clearly spelt out strategies whose full implementation will facilitate the transformation of Kenyans.