Teachers have 30 days to update their data on TPAY, as part of enhancing the security of their information, in line with the Data Protection Act 2019.

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Secretary Nancy Macharia has urged all heads of institutions to verify and approve the profile of teachers under their supervision in a process that started yesterday.

“TPAY validation exercise takes effect from June 9 and will close on July 15,” Macharia says in a circular dated June 8.

She said that heads of institutions who will not have validated details of teachers under their supervision within the stipulated time will not be able to access their TPAY accounts.

Profiles for primary school heads are to be verified and approved by the Sub County Directors while County Directors will approve for post-primary institutions heads.

To validate the data, teachers are expected to access the payslip page through the TSC website and log into TPAY.

They are then required to upload a passport photo showing their face, without spectacles or head cover after which they enter and verify their phone numbers.