Introduction
TSC teachers retirement age, The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has launched a retirement programme for teachers aged 50 and up.
In a message to county and sub-county directors, the commission directed that a venue be created for sensitizing teachers about retirement.
The instructors will meet in designated sites in their sub-counties this week and next week for the sensitization programme.
Training on the TSC teachers retirement age
The training comes at a time when members of parliament are drafting legislation to retire teachers and civil personnel aged 55 and up.
Around 85,000 teachers and civil personnel are expected to retire over the next three fiscal years, putting strain on taxpayers, with pension bills expected to average nearly Sh210 billion per year during the review period.
According to Sections 80(1)(a) and (b) of the Public duty Commission Act 2017, a Public Officer must retire from duty on the date they reach the obligatory retirement age.
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TSC teachers retirement age
The current required retirement age is 60 years, and 65 years for people with impairments.
However, the parliamentary committee is exploring lowering the required retirement age from 60 to 55 to provide young people a chance to work in the public sector.
On Thursday, August 3, the National Assembly’s Labour Committee, while reviewing the Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2023, said that it will present an amendment to the proposed legislation to cap the retirement age at 55.
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Legislators take on retirement age
Kangundo MP Fabian Muli stated that if the committee intends to serve the interests of the youth, it should make additional revisions to the Bill to lower the retirement age.
“We need to think further and reduce the age to 55 to make the youth of this country proud,” stated Mr. Muli.He stated that if the committee did not consider the age reduction proposal, he would present it on his own.
Kilifi South MP Ken Chonga stated that the committee must change the relevant legal rules regarding the retirement age.
“We need to get to know how the 60 years retirement age was arrived at so that we can amend those provisions,” Mr. Chonga told reporters.
Lunga Lunga MP Mangale Munga, although supporting the reduction of the retirement age, stated that there is a need to accommodate the increase of young people.
“Why sixty years? It should be made 55 years old to make room for the younger generation. “That is a proposal;
it may be popular or unpopular, but that is what I believe,” Mr Munga stated.
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Conclusion
If the measures are approved, the majority of federal servants who are slated to retire in the next five years would leave earlier,
which will have far-reaching consequences, including burdening a government that is already struggling financially with a higher pension expense.
As the government struggled to keep up with a mounting pension bill, the mandatory retirement age was raised from 55 to 60 years old in 2009. TSC teachers retirement age
