Government and Policy

TSC Announces Redeployment Of Teachers, Requirements And How To Apply

BY Getrude Mathayo · January 30, 2023 10:01 am

KEY POINTS

Candidates seeking to be deployed in the new JSS must also have at least 8 units in each of the two teaching subjects and should be primary school teachers at the time of application.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Junior secondary schools are expected to commence activities on Monday, January 30, according to a circular from the Ministry of Education.

According to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, primary school teachers would be given preference for the openings needed to fill the teacher shortage during the operationalization of junior secondary schools, JSS.

In a statement released on Saturday, January 28, TSC announced a window for interested persons to file applications for deployment in the Junior Secondary School. Candidates will use the TSC website via the link; https://bit.ly/3wCBFWX

According to the announcement, the window will run until February 6 in 2023. In addition, the teachers’ employer clarified that only teachers serving under permanent and pensionable terms of service (P&P) in public primary schools are encouraged to apply

To qualify, candidates will be required to have at least C+ (Plus) mean grade in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate or any other assessment equivalent to it.

In addition, TSC stated that interested persons should have at least a C+ (Plus) in the two teaching subjects at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or its equivalent.

Candidates seeking to be deployed in the new JSS must also have at least 8 units in each of the two teaching subjects and should be primary school teachers at the time of application.

Junior secondary schools are expected to commence activities on Monday, January 30, according to a circular from the Ministry of Education. In preparations for the landmark transition of grade six graduates, the government embarked on a process of upscaling staffing through the popularized 30,000 vacancies announced in December 2022.

According to a directive from the Ministry of Education, junior secondary schools are set to start operations on Monday, January 30.

The government started an upscaling personnel procedure through the well-publicized 30,000 openings announced in December 2022 as part of its preparations for the historic changeover of grade six graduates.

Ezekiel Machogu, the Education Cabinet Secretary, stated that the execution of the transition was proceeding well following the acceptance of additional instructions surrounding the management of JSS when announcing the 2022 KCSE results.