Nancy Macharia will leave TSC in March in preparation for her retirement in July.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer and Secretary Dr. Nancy Njeri Macharia’s term is finally coming to an end.
Macharia, who has applied for a terminal leave that starts in March 2025, will retire from the Commission on 30th June 2025 after serving for a decade.
Her two terms of five years each as the Commission CEO, however, are marred with controversies and myriad accusations.
She is accused of causing teacher job stagnation by implementing Career Progression Guidelines (CPG), which have hampered teacher promotions.
In January 2012, she issued an internal memo that stopped the promotion of teachers who upgraded their academic certificates.
This led to an outcry, especially from primary school teachers who acquired various Diploma and Degree certificates from colleges and universities.
Ms. Macharia is also accused of introducing unfavorable TSC policies that teachers view as oppressive.
These include the teacher delocalization policy, which has since been abolished by the Kenya Kwanza government.
Corruption in teacher promotion and employment is said to have been unprecedented during her tenure at the helm of the Commission.
Slots are allegedly being sold to the highest bidder. Under her watch, the teacher replacement exercise has been skewed and lacks merit, with politicians taking part in the recruitment process.
TPAD, which TSC uses to promote teachers, is said to be ineffective. Teachers claim TPAD is merely a routine exercise with no substantial impact despite consuming millions in budget allocations.
Macharia is also accused of being behind a shoddy teacher medical insurance scheme. Teachers have repeatedly raised concerns about poor medical services in various AON Minet hospitals.
Ms. Macharia is viewed by a majority of primary school teachers as having played a role in the downfall of their union, KNUT, orchestrating Wilson Sossion’s ouster, and installing a puppet union leadership.
Macharia took over the Commission from Gabriel Lengoibon, who retired in June 2015, after emerging as the best candidate.
Her appointment followed the conclusion of a competitive recruitment process that started on May 1, 2015, when the position was advertised and attracted 69 applicants, of whom four were shortlisted.
Ms. Macharia is the 9th Commission Secretary/CEO after Mr. Jesse Muhoro (1967 to 1974), Mr. James Kamunge (1974 to 1977), Mr. Duncan Mwangi (1978 to 1980), Mr. Joseph Lijembe (1980 to 1982), Mr. Jackson Kang’ali (1982 to 1998), Mr. Benjamin Sogomo (1998 to 2003), Mr. James Ongwae (2003 to 2004), and her predecessor Mr. Gabriel K. Lengoiboni.
Born in Murang’a in 1963, Ms. Macharia became the first female CEO of the commission since its inception.
She holds a Master of Education (Policy and Management) degree from Bristol University, UK, and a Bachelor of Education degree in English/Literature from Kenyatta University.
After graduating from Kenyatta University with a Bachelor of Education in English/Literature in 1987, she started working at Kahuhia Girls’ Secondary in Murang’a, where she remained for five years until she was promoted to deputy head teacher at Kianderi Girls’ Secondary in the same county.
Mrs. Macharia is credited with automating teacher services, making processes more efficient.
Automated services include T-Pay (Payroll), Leave, Casualty (Entry/Exit), TPAD, EDMS, Wealth Declaration, and now Pension.
In 2014, she was awarded the Order of Grand Warrior by former President Uhuru Kenyatta for her contributions to development within and outside her workplace.
She was a member of the team that steered the national integrated data system for TSC, including negotiating and securing funding from the World Bank.
In her CV, Ms. Macharia has listed traveling, gym, music, farming, and assisting the less fortunate as some of her hobbies.
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