• Home
  • News
  • TSC
  • Featured
  • Higher Education
  • Vacancies
  • KUCCPS
  • Notes
  • Uganda
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Teachers Updates
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • TSC
  • Featured
  • Higher Education
  • Vacancies
  • KUCCPS
  • Notes
  • Uganda
  • Home
  • News
  • TSC
  • Featured
  • Higher Education
  • Vacancies
  • KUCCPS
  • Notes
  • Uganda
No Result
View All Result
Teachers Updates
No Result
View All Result
Home TSC

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act: Citation and Interpretation

Hezron Rooy by Hezron Rooy
July 14, 2024
in TSC
0
Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act: Citation and Interpretation

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act: Citation and Interpretation

825
SHARES
4.9k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act: Citation and Interpretation

The Teachers Service Commission Act is a crucial legislative framework in Kenya, governing the administration and regulation of teachers.

It outlines the roles, responsibilities, and rights of teachers, as well as the powers of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

READ ALSO

Teachers Sue TSC to Block New Hardship Allowance Zoning Plan

Verification of Certificates: What TSC Expects from Applicants During Recruitment Process

How to File a Complaint If You’re Unhappy with TSC Recruitment Results

TSC Recruitment Merit Lists: How They’re Compiled and Where to View Them

TSC Recruitment Timelines and Submission Deadlines Explained

No Pay Rise for JSS Heads Despite Added Duties – CS Ogamba

Below you can download the regulations set forth by the Teachers Service Commission pertain to the Code of Conduct and Ethics for Teachers.

TeachersServiceCommissionAct20of2012-Teachersupdates.news_Download

Understanding the citation and interpretation clauses of the Act is essential for ensuring clarity and consistency in its implementation, promoting professionalism and welfare of teachers in Kenya.

Citation: This Code may be cited as the Code of Ethics for Teachers.

Follow Teachers Updates On Facebook

 Interpretation

In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires— 

“Act” refers to the Leadership and Integrity Act (Cap. 185C).

“Asset” means a thing, tangible or intangible, owned, whether wholly or in part, or controlled by a teacher, which has an actual or determinable economic value and can be sold, exchanged, or otherwise used or applied to meet an obligation or acquire something else in return; 

“Bid rigging” refers to a benefit that is given or received for not submitting a tender, proposal, quotation, or bid; or withdrawing or changing a tender, proposal, quotation, or bid; or submitting a tender, design, quotation, or bid with a specified price or with any specified inclusions or exclusions; 

“Conflict of interest” refers to instances when a teacher’s interest clashes with his or her official duties; 

“Client” refers to an individual to whom a teacher provides services, encompassing learners, parents, and other members of the public;

“Employer” refers to a person, institution, or entity that employs a teacher’s services;

“Harmful sexual activity” means any act of a sexual nature that may cause physical, emotional, or psychological torture which includes but is not limited to flirtation, sodomy, sexual intercourse, lesbianism, defilement, indecent touching, rape, sexual assault; 

“Learner” refers to a person undergoing instruction in an educational institution; “pornography” refers to the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter, whether electronically or otherwise;

“pornographic materials” include but not limited to material such as literature, photography, or other printed or visual material depicting sex organs or sexual activity in a way that is designed to arouse sexual excitement, and erotic stimulation rather than education; 

“Teacher” means a person who has been trained as a teacher as provided for in law and registered as a teacher; 

“Unethical behavior” refers to any action or omission that violates the provisions, spirit, and tenor of this Code.

“values” refers to norms, principles, and standards of behavior expected of a teacher as amplified by Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya and the Commission’s core values; 

Article 250(12) of the Kenyan Constitution appoints the Chief Executive Officer of the Teachers Service Commission as the “Secretary”.

“Sex toy” means an object or device that is primarily used in facilitating human sexual pleasure; 

“Sexual harassment” refers to an act by a teacher who persistently makes any sexual advances or requests including gestures, cat calls, jokes, or comments including innuendos, 5 No. 20 of 2012 Teachers Service Commission [Rev. 2022] [Subsidiary] regarding another person’s sexuality if the person doing it knows or ought to know or has reasonable grounds to know, are unwelcome; 

In Our Other News: Retirement age for teachers and Lecturers in Kenya

“Subversive activity” means any act which by its nature, upsets public order, peace, and security and shall include anything done to endanger, undermine, or is detrimental to public policy and interest; and 

“Vacancy” means an existing and available post for recruitment, transfer, and promotion at the Commission.

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act: Citation and Interpretation

Follow Teachers Updates on Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), WhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram. Get in touch with our editors at [email protected].

Tags: TeachersTeachers Service Commission (TSC)
Next Post
KJSEA Pilot Program for Grade 8 Students Begins Tomorrow

KJSEA Pilot Program for Grade 8 Students Begins Tomorrow

Discussion about this post

Categories

  • Featured
  • Higher Education
  • KUCCPS
  • News
  • Notes
  • TSC
  • Uganda
  • Vacancies

Recent Posts

  • Teachers Sue TSC to Block New Hardship Allowance Zoning Plan
  • Cash-Strapped Schools Enter Week Three Without Capitation Funds
  • Why One-Third of Kenyan Children Can’t Read – Literacy Survey
  • Principals Caught Between Politics, Pressure, and Pennies: The Harsh Reality of Managing Kenyan Schools
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions (T&c)
  • Contcat Us

© 2025 Teachers Updates

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • TSC
  • Featured
  • Higher Education
  • KUCCPS
  • Vacancies
  • Notes
  • Uganda

© 2025 Teachers Updates

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?