Performance Management in Kenyan Public Schools: Implications and Challenges
Performance Management in Kenyan Public Schools: Implications and Challenges

Summary/Abstract: This paper reports findings of a recent conceptual literature review ofteacher performance management systems as implemented by the TeacherService Commission in Kenya. It was undertaken by reviewing several TSCcirculars, documents used in teacher management, HR literature and the TSCAct. It reflects the perspectives of the authors and TSC management in relationto HRM good practices and theories. Its main purpose was to apprise processesfrom earlier procedures, to ascertain current levels of use and satisfaction, andto determine whether performance management has become a more effectivestrategic tool in the human resource management repertoire. The conclusionssuggest, that the use of, and satisfaction with performance managementsystems remain challenging, although there are some indications that theincreasing integration of the current perspectives of HRM appears toencourage more strategic links between individual, group, and organizationaloutcomes to improve TSC teacher management systems.

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