The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced the deregistration of 15 teachers due to disciplinary issues.

In a gazette notice dated September 19, 2025, TSC’s CEO, Eveleen Mitei, claimed that the deregistered teachers have been barred from teaching in any school, whether public or private.

TSC warned that any institution found employing the deregistered teachers will be liable to a fine of not less than Ksh100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years for the school head, or to both, according to Mitei.

The Commission said that the deregistration of the teachers was in line with Section 30 (1) (e) of the Teachers Service Commission Act (Cap. 212), which gives it powers to deregister teachers in case of any professional misconduct.

“In Exercise of powers conferred by section 30 (1) (e) of the TSC Act, Cap. 212 of the Laws of Kenya, the Commission wishes to notify the public that the persons whose names are specified in the schedule herein below have been removed from the Register of Teachers pursuant to the provision of section 30 (2) of the Teachers Service Commission Act,” Mitei stated.

Mitei has emphasised that the teachers’ deregistration automatically precludes their reinstatement unless the TSC expressly authorises it.

“Further to the provisions of the TSC Act, Regulation 18 (1) (c) and (d) of the Code of Regulations for Teachers, as read together with section 45 of the TSC Act, provides that any person who—  Not being a teacher under the Act—teaches or assists in teaching in any school,” the notice read.

“Suffers or permits or employs in any school a person not being a registered teacher shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both,” it added.

The announcement comes after the TSC’s Director of Legal, Labour and Industrial Relations, Cavin Anyuor, revealed that since January 2024, the Commission has received 111 cases of teachers who have been accused of misconduct and immoral behaviour in schools.

Out of the 111, 69 teachers have been dismissed and deregistered from the service due to misconduct, which includes sexual relations with learners, molestation, and other inappropriate conduct involving learners, according to Anyuor.

9 teachers were dismissed but not deregistered; 25 were suspended and have a chance of reinstatement after the suspension period lapses. One intern teacher was deregistered, four were cleared after investigations, and three cases were dropped after the accused teachers passed on before the hearing of their cases.

Anyuor, who was appearing before the Senate Education Committee last week, further revealed that the Commission has deregistered 470 teachers for different offences over the past five years.