And top Teachers Service Commission (TSC) officials will today begin nation-wide monitoring of progress in the implementation of performance contracting and teacher appraisal programmes. According to the circular, term one secondary school games hosted by Nairobi School will run from April 7 to 16. Primary school games championships have, too, not been spared the restrictions. According to TSC Head of Communication Kihumba Kamotho, the two performance management programmes are intended to improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in public schools. On February 2, TSC issued rules to discourage absence of teachers from schools.

Source: Standard Digital February 12, 2017 19:43 UTC