Kenyans engaging in teaching services without requisite registration now risk facing jail or paying a heavy fine, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has warned.
TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eveleen Mitei, through a gazette notice dated January 2, 2026, warned that any person found engaging in such activities without registration is liable to a two-year imprisonment or a fine of Ksh100,000 or both.
"The TSC Act provides that any person who, not being a teacher under the Act, teaches or assists in teaching in any school shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years," Mitei said.
On the same note, she cautioned schools and other learning institutions against employing Kenyans without registration by the Commission, warning that such institutions risked facing similar penalties.
According to Mitei, such actions contravened provisions of the TSC Act, Regulation 18 (1) (c) and (d) of the Code of Regulations for Teachers, alongside section 45 of the TSC Act.
Her warning follows the deregistration of three teachers whose names were struck from the TSC register in November last year after undergoing a disciplinary process.
The trio whose TSC numbers are 778322, 1024775 and 739070 ceased being teachers after allegedly going against the Commission's code of conduct.
The Commission further noted that where the name of any teacher is removed from the register under the TSC Act, such name shall not be reinstated except by direction of the Commission.
"A teacher whose name has been removed from the register shall cease to be a teacher for purposes of this Act with effect from the date of such removal," TSC added.
Meanwhile, a teacher's code of conduct requires them to, at all times, perform their duties and to conduct themselves responsibly and professionally at the place of work.
In a case where a teacher is reported to have gone against the code of conduct, the commission will immediately institute investigations either directly or through its agents.
Consequently, a teacher will be served with a letter of interdiction specifying the exact allegations levelled against them, and upon verification of the accusations, the interdiction is upheld.
