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TSC To Recruit 6,000 Teachers Replacement Slots, Salaries

BY Getrude Mathayo · December 13, 2024 01:12 pm

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TSC received a 2.5 billion shillings allocation from the Treasury in September 2023 to employ through replacement a total of 6,000 teachers. However, the TSC did not publicly advertise the vacancies but silently allocated the slots to politicians and Members of Parliament (MPs) to fill in their constituencies.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to advertise 6,000 replacement slots for teachers who have left the teaching service through natural attrition.

Announcing the 64th Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Annual Delegates Conference (ADC) at Sheikh Zayed Hall in Mombasa, the TSC CEO said the replacement will be done following the TSC code of regulations.

The TSC statement comes at a time when more than ten thousand teachers are set to exit the TSC payroll by the end of December after hitting mandatory retirement age.

Some of the retiring teachers are school administrators but a big number are classroom teachers. People will however be keen on how the Commission will conduct the teacher replacements next year after teachers protested a shambolic replacement exercise in the last financial year.

TSC received a 2.5 billion shillings allocation from the Treasury in September 2023 to employ through replacement a total of 6,000 teachers. However, the TSC did not publicly advertise the vacancies but silently allocated the slots to politicians and Members of Parliament (MPs) to fill in their constituencies.

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Some teachers parted with up to 400,000 shillings to secure employment. The replacements lacked merit but cronyism and other forms of corruption persisted.

It is believed that this is Kenya Kwanza’s move to reward politicians who are helping in championing its agenda. TSC went back to the dark old days when politicians interfered with functions of the Commission including teacher recruitment and saw massive corruption and discrimination.

Some of the teachers got employment on permanent and pensionable terms without first going through the internship process. The backdoor recruitment of teachers was led by the former education CS Ezekiel Machogu.

The former education CS was captured live issuing employment letters to teachers in a function in Kisii county. Another politician Sylvanus Osoro was also found with a bunch of employment letters in his house.

According to TSC, teachers must first be interned for at least a year before getting employment on permanent terms. The Teacher Internship Program is a one (1) year program meant to equip and sustain the competencies of persons entering the teaching service.

The program targets unemployed registered teachers to be assigned to learning institutions where their teaching experience will be enhanced through mentorship, coaching and exposure to practical teaching experience.

The internship period will be for twelve months though the majority of the current intern teachers have served for two years. A teacher internship is not a remunerative engagement. However, interns attached to Junior Secondary schools will be eligible for a monthly stipend of 20,000 shillings.

The stipend will be paid subject to statutory deductions like NHIF, Housing levy, and NSSF where applicable. On successful completion of the Internship Program, teacher interns will be awarded a certificate.

In November, TSC recruited a total of 20,000 teachers on internship terms for junior secondary schools. The teachers will be posted to schools in January. A total of 46,000 teachers also serving on internship terms have been confirmed to PNP terms and will work on new terms from January 2025.

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