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TSC plans to have teachers renew certificate in a move aimed at reviewing performance

School heads at the 13th Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA) annual delegates conference at Sheikh Zayed Centre in Mombasa, December 04, 2017. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU|STANDARD]

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it, teaches management guru Peter F Drucker. Plans by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to have teachers renew their certificates every five years are welcome. Obviously, the issuance of a certificate will be pegged on performance.

Like all other goal-setting initiatives applied in the workplace, we believe its aim is to ensure teachers perform their duties conscientiously. Among the causes of dismal performance, besides the disruption caused by frequent industrial disputes, is the absence of a proper performance measurement tool.

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