The Teachers Service Commission has extended the duration of maternity and paternity leave for all its employees.

These changes came following a charter agreement of the years 2021 - 2025.

According to the commission’s chair Nancy Macharia, the changes are aimed at improving the education sector.

In the fresh change, female employees are now entitled to a four-month maternity leave while male employees will have a three-week leave.

That is an additional month and a week for the female and male employees respectively because, in the previous arrangement, female employees were only entitled to three months' leave while their male counterparts only got two weeks.

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Parents who adopt new children have also been considered in this new agreement and they will get a 45-day leave.

However, all teachers are required to submit their leave requests in good time to allow for the allocation of vacancies in their respective schools.