The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has also pushed non-academic activities to weekends and holidays to ensure curriculum completion and implementation. But it is the decision to curb teacher absenteeism that will hit lazy teachers particularly hard, coming just weeks after the employer announced radical measures to ensure teachers deliver on set targets in schools. "Heads of primary schools to obtain written permission from TSC sub-county directors while all principals in primary institutions will be granted the same by TSC county directors," reads the circular dated November 2, 2017. It is addressed to TSC county directors and principals of all public learning institutions, including colleges and polytechnics. The new measures mean the days when teachers would disappear from school without permission will come to an end.

Source: Standard Digital February 02, 2017 18:45 UTC