TSC Releases New Guidelines for Recruitment as Interns Awarded 30 Marks Advantage

Interns have a reason to smile as Teacher Service Commission (TSC) awarded them 30 marks advantage in the ongoing recruitment drive.

According to the new TSC score sheet released that will be used as a guide in the recruitment in July, the Commission gave a directive that thirty marks be awarded to applicants who provide evidence of having served as interns.

In 2020 TSC did not automatically take up intern teachers instead they had awarded them ten marks for serving as interns.

This means that some were to be locked out as they were not able to compete with other candidates favorably because they had the advantage of having graduated earlier and as well as the quality of their academic certificates.

This forced the interns to work for another year for the Commission after they failed to be recruited on permanent and pensionable terms. However, TSC managed to renew their contracts who did not get employed for another year.

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Following the advertisement for recruitment of teachers on permanent and pensionable terms, Boards of Management are required to conduct the selection exercise for the advertised vacancy (ies) in their institutions.

Applicants will be required to submit their applications to the Secretary Teachers Service Commission online through www.tsc.go.ke for the institution where a vacancy has been declared.

The TSC County Director MUST ensure that the recruitment process is done in strict adherence to the laid down protocols by the Ministry of Health on containment of COVID- 19

TSC County Director MUST ensure that venues for interviews are accessible to applicants with special needs.

All applicants MUST be registered teachers as per Section 23(1) of the Teachers Service Commission Act, 2012. Applicants who are not duly registered shall not be considered for recruitment.

TSC County Directors MUST ensure that Heads of Institutions confirm the online registration status of the applicants to avoid engaging unregistered/ deregistered

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Applicants whose names differ in the academic and professional certificates and/or identification cards MUST present an affidavit to explain the variance in names.

Applicants who re-sat either KCPE or KCSE examinations (or their equivalents) MUST present certified copies of the certificate(s) of the national examination(s) in question for all the attempts.

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) pegged the decision to disallow any salary increment for teachers in the public sector to an advisory opinion from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.