How To Check The Status Of TSC Number Application Online

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, is a government body that certifies and regulates teachers in Kenya. You cannot graduate with a teaching course from a college or university and automatically become a TSC teacher in Kenya.

TSC requires you to hold a Certificate of Registration for you to qualify to practice teaching in Kenya. To make it easier for all prospective teachers, TSC introduced an online service platform to replace paper applications.

All teachers have to do is check their TSC registration status to know whether they are in the registry. Even before checking your TSC online system registration status, you should have registered with the TSC portal.

At this point, you will have to fill in all the information needed by the TSC and scan and attach supporting documents (original copies). To successfully apply for your TSC Number, you must present the following to TSC:

1. A copy of your national identity card
2. Certified copies of your professional and academic certificates
3. A copy of your KRA pin
4. GP69 form
5. Bank slip confirming payment of registration fees
6. Certificate of good conduct
7. One passport-size photo
8. For non-Kenyans, copies of entry and work permits

If you are an expatriate teacher, you will also have to attach a clearance letter from the Ministry of Education. TSC has provided a teacher’s registration manual to make the process easy.

Applicants who give false information will have to pay a fine of up to 100,000 Kenyan Shillings or serve an imprisonment term of twelve months.

Once you complete the registration process above, the TSC will review your application and get back to you within 30 days. If your registration is successful, the Teachers Service Commission will grant you the certificate of registration.

With this certificate of registration, you can confirm your TSC number registration status. Also, the TSC publishes a list of all registered teachers annually. On the other hand, if TSC declines your application, the commission will communicate within 30 days giving the reason for declining.

How to check TSC registration status online

1. Visit the TSC official Website by using the address: https://www.tsc.go.ke/
2. On the TSC Home Page, click on Online services, followed by Teachers Online Services
3. On the TSC – online services home page, select the ‘Registration Status’ tab
4. On the new window, enter your ID No. (as used during the registration process) or Passport number and click on ‘Go”.

Why TSC may reject your application

On the other hand, if TSC declines your application, the commission will communicate within 30 days giving the reason for declining. Some of the grounds that may make the TSC deny your registration are:

1. Lack of the required academic and professional qualifications
2. Being of questionable moral character, i.e., you have been convicted of an offense against a learner or a sexual offense
3. Having a criminal offense conviction that makes you unfit to be a teacher
4. If proven that you engaged in activities considered prejudicial to good governance, peace, or good order in Kenya
5. Having a physical or mental illness that makes you incapable of administering your duty as a teacher.

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