The much-vaunted teachers' Appraisal platform has collapsed and is giving teachers sleepless nights even as the deadlines draw closer.
A quick visit to the Teacher Performance Appraisal site gives an error message leaving no option for teachers as the data can only be filled manually.
Cyber cafe's in Garissa town for the better part of Monday witnessed the influx of teachers desperately trying out to submit their data to the platform.
Several teachers who spoke to this writer said at first they thought it was internet failure but upon trying other sites, the connectivity was fully operational.
The Teacher Performance Appraisal Development (TPAD) tool was established by the TSC as an extra monitoring tool that helps the commission assess the progressive development of individual teachers.
TSC uses the data to award promotions, train and even deploy teachers basing on their developments.
Given the benefits of the data keyed into the system, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has been on record opposing the initiative claiming that it is 'useless' paperwork.