TSC To Hire 5000 Interns Ahead Of 100% Transition To Secondary

Teacher Service Commission is declaring 5,000 vacancies in secondary school to support the 100 percent transition from primary to secondary school. The teachers’ recruitment will serve on permanent and pensionable terms of service.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications online through the commission’s website, www.tsc.go.ke under the career of teacher www.online.tsc.go.ke.For primary school teachers applying for deployment to high school through teacheronline.tsc.go.ke.

To qualify for recruitment, one must be a Kenyan citizen, must be a holder of at least a Diploma in Education, and must be a registered teacher with Teacher Service Commission.

The Teacher Service Commission is also advertising 5474 vacancies for primary and 1100 vacancies for secondary schools to replace teachers who exited service.

TSC requires 17 billion shillings to hire some 26,000 teachers to manage high school enrollment under the 100 percent transition. It also needs 8.1 billion shillings annually to hire 12,500 teachers to plug the normal shortage.

In the current financial year, the commission received a budget of 2.5 billion shillings to employ 5,000 teachers. Under the Economic Stimulus Programme, the commission was allocated a further 2.4 billion shillings funds to engage 12,000 interns.

As part of schools reopening plans, TSC said it will train some 118,000 teachers next month on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) at a cost of Sh1 billion.

Last year, the commission trained 339,752 teachers under the CBC at a cost of Sh400 million. Of these, 113 223 teachers – 22, 417 of them from private schools – were trained in April.

In August, 105,030 teachers were trained, 21,495 of them from private schools. The training is aimed at ensuring successful implementation of the new Curriculum. Commission data shows that some 460 teachers have already been interviewed and will get promotion letters soon.

During the committee last month, members expressed concern over the duration some deputy principals have served as acting head-teachers and asked TSC to determine a maximum period for such cases.

The MPs proposed the need to develop a policy on the promotion of teachers who have attained the required qualifications to head institutions.