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TSC's new rules will demoralise teachers

The Teachers Service Commission's new rules designed to see that all the 278,000 teachers work on weekends and holidays are likely to cause chaos in the education sector.

According to TSC, teacher's in charge of saccos and union officials wishing to meet their members will be required to have written permission to be away from school on weekends or public holidays. The same applies to sports, drama or music teachers when co-curricular activities are taking place on those days. The new directives are meant to keep teachers in class for effective curriculum implementation.

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