2021 wealth declaration by TSC Teachers (Simplified Procedure, Circular, Deadline)

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has asked teachers to declare their wealth for 2019 to 2021. Get the TSC Circular here plus simplified guides.

ONLINE DECLARATION OF 2019-2021  INCOME, ASSETS at LIABILITIES (DIALs)

Section 26 and 27 of the Public Officer Ethics Act (POEA) requires all Public Officers to declare their Income, Assets and Liabilities (IALs) every two years. The previous declaration was done in 2019. Consequently, all employees are expected to make their Declaration by 31St December 2021.

• MODE OF DECLARATION

In order to enhance efficiency, the Commission introduced an online declaration portal. Each employee is expected to fill an online declaration following the steps outlined in the Declaration of Income, Assets and Liabilities (DIALs) Instruction Manual.

• ACCESSING ONLINE PORTAL

The Declaration Form can be filled and submitted by accessing the
Teachers Online Portal through https://teachersonline.tsc.go.ke/#

Take note that one can access this information using a computer, laptop, Ipad or a smart phone.

For faster and efficient declaration, use the simplified guides below;

TSC Wealth Declaration simplified guide for teachers

2019-2022 Wealth Declaration; online declaration of income, assets and liabilities

The process of wealth declaration; How to easily declare assets, liabilities and incomes online by TSC teachers

III. INSTRUCTION MANUAL

A  “Do–it–yourself” instruction  manual has been  provided and  is available on the TSC website https://teachersonline.tsc.go.ke/# under the Download Manual link, immediately next to the Declaration link. One can complete the Declaration process by following the prompts in the form after logging in.

IV MONITORING OF THE DECLARATION

All Heads of Institutions are required to update the TMIS records for their  respective schools  by 15th  September, 2021 to enhance efficiency and accountability of the DIALs process.

Use these easy guides when updating records on the TMIS Portal;

TSC TMIS Portal (https://www.teachersonline.go.ke) for teachers and schools; How to register, log in and update data

TSC to teachers- Update TMIS data on teachers and Learners’ Enrollment

Heads of Institutions are also required to monitor the declaration progress in their respective institutions and report on non-Compliance as reflected in Part B in the DIALs Instruction Manual by 31sT December, 2021.

V  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(a) Employees who have been in employment for a period of less than
two (2) years are expected to submit their Initial declarations and
the system has been customized to facilitate this.

(b) All teachers employed by TSC are required to declare their Income, Assets 81 Liabilities. These include teachers on:

• _{Leave of whatever nature}
• Interdiction
• Suspension
• Authorized absence of duty

(c) Any teacher employed by the Commission who fails to submit the declaration or gives false or misleading information will be liable to a fine of Kshs 1,000,000 or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year or both upon conviction. Further, the teacher will be subjected  to  administrative  disciplinary action as per the TSC Administrative Procedures on DIALs.

(d) The Declaration can only be accessed by individuals who have activated their official @mwalimu.tsc.go.ke email address.

Get more details here;

TSC email activation guidelines and procedure for teachers; Simplified procedure.

Having problems with TSC Email Creation and Activation? Here are answers on how to resolve them

This will be vital tor user-credibility, setting, accessing and resetting individual passwords  for the  Declaration  as  applicable. A  copy of the submitted Declaration will automatically be sent to the teacher’s email.

Ensure that:

(I) The information filled is accurate.

(ii) You receive a copy of the duly filled declaration in your email as confirmation of successful submission.

(iii) All sections of the declaration are filled completely. Incomplete declaration forms will be rejected by the system.

The Commission will not accept any physical  (hard copy) form as a confirmation of declaration.

Teachers are encouraged to make their Declarations early to avoid last minute rush that may lead to system congestion or downtime.

The system was opened on 1st October, 2021 to midnight of  31st December   2021 to facilitate the exercise.

Note that declarations made after the midnight of 31st December, 2021 will not go through.

Guidelines for the Declarations will be available in the TSC Website.