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TSC-Brochure.Pdf INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE CONTACT US CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION OFFICES ADDRESS ▼ National / Head 7 Priscilla Street, Freetown Office COMMISSIONERS Kailahun Dis- Old Barracks Road, Education District Office, ▼ trict Office Kailahun The Chief Education Officer HoD Education Division. Dean, of Education, Legal Ministry of basic and Senior University of Sierra Leone Njala University practitioner THE SIERRA LEONE Secondary Education Kenema District District Council Compound, Bo Road, Mattru Office Jong (via Court House) TEACHING SERVICE COMMISSION National President, Chairman, National Council for Technical, Chairman, Local Conference of Principals Vocational and Other Academic Awards Council Association Kono District DO Barracks, Kono Office Chairman, Tertiary Rep. Sierra Leone President, Inter-Religious Rep. Council of Education Commission Teachers Union Council Polytechnics Tonkolili Back of District Education Office, Magburaka Chairman, National Chairman, Non-formal Qualified and Experienced Female District Office Council of Head Education Council Special Needs Educationist Educationist Teachers Port Loko Lungi Airport Road (Front New District Edu- District Office cation Office HEAD OF THE SECRETARIAT Koinadugu Adjacent District Education Office District Office SECRETARY Bombali District Mena Hills (Front District Education Office) Office ▼ TEACHER TEACHER REGISTRATION TEACHER MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND Kambia District Main Kambia-Madina Highway (Back of AND LICENSING DIECTORATE PERFORMANCE Office District Education Office) DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE Karene District MBSSE, Kamakwie I Office TEACHER-EMPLOYER CO0RPORATE RELATIONS (SUPPORT) SERVICES DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE Falaba District Mongo Parish, Catholic Mission Quarters Office Bo District Of- Baima Road, Bo (adjacent District Education fice Office) OUR PARTNERS Bonthe District District Council Compound, Bo Road, Mattru Office Jong (via Court House) Better Teachers, Stronger Nation Moyamba Dis- Yoyema Road, Moyamba (Back of Education trict Office Office Pujehun District Off District Education Office, Pujehun Office Western Area Benguema Community (adjacent Benguema Rural District Community Primary School), Waterloo Office Western Area 7 Priscilla Street, Freetown Urban District (Head Office ground floor) Office Web: www.tsc.gov.sl Follow us on TWITTER Join the community on FACEBOOK INTRODUCING THE COMMISSION the organizational structure, its key tasks and Organize continuing professional The Teaching deliverables. The Commission has five development programmes for serving Service Commission departments that oversee the execution of its teachers was established by functions. Appraise the performance of head teachers an Act of Parliament and principals in accordance with TEACHER REGISTRATION AND (TSC Act, 2011) to subsection (3) of section 35 of the LICENSING manage the affairs of Education Act, 2004 Key functions include: teachers in order to Register and license all trained and qualified TEACHER-EMPLOYER RELATIONS improve their professional status and teachers Key functions include: economic wellbeing, and for other related Maintain and upgrade annually a register of Review and enforce adherence to codes of matters. professional conduct for teachers all licensed teachers and publish the register OUR MISSION STATEMENT in the gazette Define the rights and obligations of To ensure that adequate, professionally Vet all teachers’ qualifications and teachers in relation to their employers and recruited, equitably distributed, qualified, determine their equivalence based on a the management of the institutions where motivated and disciplined teaching staff is qualification’s framework. they serve available in all Government and Government Define the rights and obligations of school -assisted schools and that all teachers in both TEACHER MANAGEMENT management in relation to their employees public and private schools meet professional Key functions include: Discipline teachers in government and standards for the attainment of quality Recruitment government assisted schools in accordance learning outcomes. Promotion with the Code of Conduct for teachers. Posting Serve as an advocate body for the OUR VISION Transfer and improvement of conditions of service of The TSC aspires to be a center of excellence Dismissal of teachers in Government and teachers in government and government in the management, development and general Government-assisted schools. assisted schools including a reward scheme oversight of the teaching workforce in Sierra TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND for teachers in service Leone. PERFORMANCE CORPORATE (SUPPORT) SERVICES OUR CORE VALUES Key functions include: Key functions include the management of the Professionalism Advise the Minister on the pre-service day-to-day running of the Commission’s Transparency training needs of teachers Secretariat, overseeing areas of. Accountability Recommend programmes for training of Human Resources Teacher Sensitive non-professional teachers in service to the Finance, minister OUR CORE FUNCTIONS Procurement Organise regular induction and orientation The Teaching Service Commission has five Information, Communication and programmes for newly licensed teachers core functions that underpin the structure of Technology the Commission’s sub-committees, .
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