Government and Policy

TSC Announces 11,000 Vacancies, Requirements, Salaries And How To Apply

BY Getrude Mathayo · April 25, 2022 10:04 am

KEY POINTS

"I wish to assure the country that the Commission will immediately embark on the exercise to recruit the teachers to ensure that they report to work as soon as possible, to ease the existing teacher-shortage in schools," TSC CEO stated.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

TSC will similarly commence the training of 60,000 public and private secondary school teachers ahead of the implementation of the CBC Junior Secondary curriculum, which is expected to begin in January 2023.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to immediately embark on a recruitment exercise to enlist 11,000 teachers in a bid to ease shortages in schools.

According to TSC Chief Executive Officer, Nancy Macharia, the recruitment drive will seek to fill the positions as schools open for the 2022/2023 academic year, which will also see a lot of transitions to other grades and levels.

TSC CEO said that the National Treasury has allocated 2.5 billion shillings to TSC for the recruitment of 5,000 permanent teachers, and 1.2 billion shillings for the hiring of 6,000 of their intern counterparts.

She was speaking at Mitihani House in Nairobi during the release of the 2021 KCSE results on Saturday. The recruitment drive will go a long way in addressing the shortage which currently stands at 114,581 teachers.

“I wish to assure the country that the Commission will immediately embark on the exercise to recruit the teachers to ensure that they report to work as soon as possible, to ease the existing teacher-shortage in schools,” TSC CEO stated

Dr. Macharia went on to say that effective Monday, April 25, 2022, TSC will similarly commence the training of 60,000 public and private secondary school teachers ahead of the implementation of the CBC Junior Secondary curriculum, which is expected to begin in January 2023.

“The first phase of this training will include both public and private secondary schools, including special needs institutions, and will be concluded on May 13, 2022,” she said

“The target is to train all the 116, 024 secondary school teachers by the end of this year and therefore the public should be well assured that all our secondary schools will have been tooled by January in implementing CBC junior secondary.”

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How To Apply

Interested candidates should create an account on TSC Online portal, teachersonline.tsc.go.ke

To create an account, the teachers will need to update their academic qualifications complete with Primary and Secondary School certificates as well as those from the Tertiary level.

Requirements

Be a Kenyan citizen
Be a registered teacher with the Teachers Service Commission
Be a holder of a P1 Certificate for Primary school teachers and a minimum of a Diploma in Education Certificate for Secondary school teachers
Have an original academic and professional certificate.
Should not have been in previous employment with the TSC as a teacher on permanent terms.
Be ready to be posted to any public educational institution in Kenya.
Must have a personal Accident Insurance to cover Personal risks during the internship period