A number of mandatory documents are required to be attached as evidence to your TPAD 2 online form. Remember, it is important that you must attach a number of documents for each of the targets.
Remember, as much as these evidences are optional, it is advisable that you attach documentary evidence to back up your scores. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) places a lot of emphasis on the Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) in promoting teachers.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, KUPPET, and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) have been dealt a major blow that will see their membership reduce drastically. This is after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) signed a recognition agreement with a new outfit; the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (Kusnet).
An estimated 4,000 tutors with special needs, some of whom were in Kuppet and Knut have since decamped to Kusnet. But, membership to the new union will be limited to teachers with special needs only.
“The Commission hereby affords full recognition of the union as the body representing interests of special needs education teachers in the employment of the Commission and who are paid up members of the Union and teachers with special needs in the employment of the Commission and who are paid up members of the union,” read the recognition agreement between TSC and Kusnet.
Officials of the Kenya Union of Special Needs Teachers (KUSNET) pose for a photo with TSC Board and Management after signing a recognition agreement with the Commission in Naivasha on 03/03/2021. Kusnet will now tussle for membership with both Kuppet and Knut.
Kusnet will henceforth exclusively engage with TSC on matters pertaining to the welfare of special needs education teachers and teachers with special needs.
“All negotiations concerning terms and conditions of service in respect of members of the Union shall be carried out between the commission and the Union, provided that all negotiations concerning remuneration shall be based on mandatory and binding advisory of Salaries and Remuneration Commission,” the agreement reads further.
The recognition agreement also stated that negotiations between the employer and the Union will be conducted in a free and conducive environment devoid of threats to or actual industrial action or lock out and in a proper, structured, cordial and professional manner.
“Parties hereby agree to negotiate in good faith and solve all disputes amicably with a view to uphold and promote the best interest of learners. To this end, parties agree that there shall be no threats or actual threat to lock out or industrial action during the negotiations,” says the recognition agreement.
In what will be seen as a blow to administrators, the agreement provides that parties agreed that a teacher employed by the commission and who is in administrative position will not hold an elective position in the union. Where a teacher in the administrative cadre is elected as a union official, the teacher shall relinquish the administrative post forthwith.
Administrators continue to hold union posts in both Knut and Kuppet structures; a scenario that is likely to change, if the current developments are anything to go by. For instance, currently an administrator is only expected to relinquish his/ her responsibility once elected as the Branch Executive Secretary.
Membership to the new outfit will, though, be voluntary
“The union undertakes that no teacher will be compelled to become a member of the Union and the Commission undertakes that no teacher will be penalised on account of his/ her membership to the union or non- membership thereof,” adds the agreement.
Knut has been the biggest loser after seeing its membership dwindle drastically in the last two years; with Kuppet reaping big.
Kenya Union of Special Need Education Teachers KUSNET is a Union whose idea was hatched by our General Secretary James Torome before the year 2011.
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TSC TPAD NEWS 2021
The Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD)system 2 allows TSC teachers to log in and carry out appraisals. The TPAD 2 portal (http://tpad2.tsc.go.ke/) enables you to create a new account where appraisal data is captured. TPAD Login requires that you enter your TSC Number, ID Number and Password.
The TPAD tool is a performance evaluation mechanism that assesses the performance of a teacher as per the set standards prescribed by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC.
TSC GUIDES TO VARIOUS TPAD 2 PROCEDURES
The TPAD 2 system is more elaborate and detailed. To be sure that you will be carrying out the procedures correctly, it is good that you read the resources below;
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, payslip is a monthly generated document that shows the much a teacher earns. The payslip is generated from the TSC payroll and can be downloaded from the TSC payslips portal (T-pay) by using the address https://payslip.tsc.go.ke/.
The payslip contains such crucial information as the teacher’s monthly gross pay, allowances and deductions. deductions from teachers’ pay include: Statutory deductions (like Pay as you earn -income tax, National Hospital Insurance Fund- NHIF) and third party deductions.
Teachers remit various amounts to third parties that include teachers’ unions, SACCOs and other deductions. The difference between third party deductions and statutory deductions is that third party deductions are not necessarily mandatory while statutory deductions are mandatory.
You can for example opt out of a deduction towards a Burial Benevolent Fund (BBF) but the same can not happen for individual income tax.
COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE TEACHER’S PAYSLIP
YOUR payslip contains basic information as: the month and year, TSC Number of the teacher, Teacher’s name, Teaching Station, Retirement date, The teacher’s job group/ grade/ designation, ID Number, KRA Tax PIN, the employment terms (either probationary or permanent & pensionable) and the number of years to retirement.
Other details shown on the payslip are: The paypoint (Bank or SACCO name through which salary is remitted), Basic Salary, Allowances (Rental House, Commuter, Special, Hardship as appropriate), Total earnings, Third party deductions (Loans, insurance, medical cover, PAYE, NHIF and other deductions from the teacher’s gross pay), total deductions and then the teacher’s net pay for that particular month.
You can be able to access all your payslips, online, by setting the year and month on the payslips’ home page.
REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE PAYSLIPS AND THE LOG IN PROCESS
A teacher must first be registered in order to get his/ her payslips online. Initially the process was done online but, now you must visit your local TSC County office for you to be registered. To log into your T-pay account all you need is your TSC Number and Password.
Once registered you can then proceed to log into the T-pay system to view your payslips and P9 forms. The system also provides a function for teachers to send their latest pay slip to 30 parties such as banks, Saccos, among others, to facilitate acquisition of a loan.
HOW TO RESET YOUR T-PAY PASSWORD.
You can also easily reset your T-pay password. This can be achieved by following the simple steps below;
Fill in the required details; (TSC Number, Select the secret question, provide the answer, enter your phone number, email and password)
The click ‘Reset Password’.
Resetting your TSC T-pay password.
In case you have any queries or need any assistance, then you can send an email to: payslips@tsc.go.ke or call +254 020 289 2158.
TSC PROMOTIONS 2021
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, will now conduct Promotions and transfer of teachers. This is after the Commission launched a new E-platform for teachers. Consequently, effective March 1, 2021 there will be no manual applications for promotions, transfers and recruitment of teachers in the Country.
Via a circular by TSC boss Dr. Nancy Macharia and which is dated February 15, the Commission directs teachers to activate their emails by April 30th this year.
“The exercise of activating the emails takes effect from February 15 and will close on April 30. Upon the expiry of the registration window, all emails outside the e-platform shall not be acted upon,” the circular reads in part.
How the new TSC E-platform will assist teachers
The new platform will be used by all teachers employed by the Commission; including those on Internship. According to TSC, the new e-platform will be used for official emails, virtual meetings and remote learning. This will see official letters, Circulars, Pay-slips and responses to teachers’ inquiries among others done online.
These latest developments come at a time when TSC has completed digitizing teachers’ files at the head quarter offices in Upper Hill, Nairobi.
Teachers seeking transfers will now file their applications online as opposed to the manual application process.
A number of other TSC services that have now been fully digitized. These include: applications for promotions, applications for employment and new teacher registration among others.
All Heads of Institutions and teachers including those on internship are required to activate their email accounts provided on the platform and use it for all communications to the Commission. The official email will take the format of the teacher’s name, the last two digits of the TSC number @mwalimu.tsc.go.ke.
In addition to an official personal account, heads of institutions are to open a separate head-of-institution email. This address will be available to subsequent heads of institutions for continuity.
Heads of institutions shall update the teachers official email address and registered personal mobile phone number in the Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) within 30 days after all teachers in the institution have activated their emails.
The Commission runs a number of online portals for teachers. These include:
