The Teachers` Service Commission Regulations, 2016

The Commission must appoint the Chairman and four other members of the Committee.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Regulation
Citation: The Teachers` Service Commission Regulations, 2016
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The Commission must appoint the Chairman and four other members of the Committee. This section sets out who the Committee members are, names the Assistant Secretary as the Committee’s secretary, and says members must take an oath. A committee member must take an oath before a Commissioner for oath before assuming office. The Commission may co-opt a person as a committee member, but that member has no voting rights. The Chairman of a district committee serves for three years and may be reappointed once. Other committee members also serve for three years and may be reappointed once.

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AI-assisted research summary: The Commission must appoint the Chairman and four other members of the Committee.

1. The Commission shall appoint the Chairman and four other members of the Committee. the Chairman;
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Citation and construction
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AI-assisted research summary: This section sets out who the Committee members are, names the Assistant Secretary as the Committee’s secretary, and says members must take an oath.

2.-(1) The members of the Committee shall consist of- (a) (b) District Administrative Secretary or his representative; (c) two representatives who are senior teacher from public schools, one from primary school and the other from secondary school; and (d) one Senior officer responsible for education in the respective local Appointment of Chairman and Members of Committee Composition of members of Committee government authority or his representative. (2) The Assistant Secretary shall be a secretary to the Committee. Members to subscribe to an oath
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AI-assisted research summary: A committee member must take an oath before a Commissioner for oath before assuming office.

3. A Member of the Committee shall, before assuming office, subscribe to an oath before a Commissioner for oath as prescribed in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations. Co opted members Tenure of Office
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AI-assisted research summary: The Commission may co-opt a person as a committee member, but that member has no voting rights.

4. The Commission may co-opt a person to be a member of the committee, Provided that such member shall not have voting rights.
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AI-assisted research summary: The Chairman of a district committee serves for three years and may be reappointed once. Other committee members also serve for three years and may be reappointed once.

5.-(1) The Chairman of a district committee shall serve for a term of three years, and may be reappointed for one further term. (2) Other members of the Committee shall serve for a term of three years, and may be reappointed for one further term. Termination of Membership
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AI-assisted research summary: If a committee member misses three consecutive meetings or is found to be a habitual absentee without reasonable cause, the Chairman must notify the Commission, and the Commission may end the member’s appointment and replace them.

6. Where any member absents himself for three consecutive meeting of the Committee or is determined to be a habitual absentee without reasonable cause, the Chairman shall advise the Commission of that fact, and the Commission may terminate the appointment of the member and appoint another member in his place. Cessation of Membership
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AI-assisted research summary: A member stops being a member if any listed event happens, including death, resignation, misconduct, insanity, absence from the United Republic without cause, or removal by the Commission.

7.-(1) A member shall cease to be a member in case of death, resignation, and breach of code of conduct for teacher, insanity, absence without 35 G.N. No. 308 (contd.) Teachers Service Commission cause from the United Republic or removal from being a member by the Commission. Meetings of Committee Minutes of Meetings
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AI-assisted research summary: District committees must meet quarterly, unless the Commission gives different general or specific directions. They may also call an extra ordinary meeting for urgent matters.

8.-(1) Subject to any general or specific directions by the Commission, the district committees shall meet on quarterly basis. (2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), a district committee may convene an extra ordinary meeting to deliberate on any matter of urgency.
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Recruitment, appointment and deployment of teachers
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AI-assisted research summary: Committee meeting minutes must be read and confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting, and they must be signed by the presiding Chairman and countersigned by the Secretary.

9. Minutes of each meeting of the Committee shall be recorded, kept, read and confirmed or amended and confirmed by the Committee at its next meeting and signed by the presiding Chairman and counter signed by the Secretary. Quorum
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Transfer of teachers
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AI-assisted research summary: Committee meetings need a quorum of at least two-thirds of the members for the meeting to be valid.

10. At any meeting of the Committee, the quorum shall not be less than two-third of the members. Validity of acts of Committee
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Commission of disciplinary offence
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee may regulate its own proceedings, and its proceedings are not affected by a vacancy in membership or a defect in a member’s appointment.

11. Proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by reason of any vacancy of membership at the time of such act or proceedings or any defect in the appointment of any member. Committee to regulate its proceedings
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Disciplinary Authorities for teachers
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AI-assisted research summary: The Committee must regulate its own proceedings, subject to this schedule.

12. Subject to this schedule the Committee shall regulate its own proceedings. Dodoma, 14th May, 2016 JOHN POMBE MAGUFULI, President 36

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