TSC Begins Deployment Process For 1000 P1 Teachers, Here Are The New Requirements

Teacher Service Commission, TSC, has begun the process of deploying 1000 PTE teachers to teachers in secondary schools across the country.

Already, a total of 2,000 p1 graduate teachers were promoted to teach in secondary schools in the past two years.

TSC had advertised 1000 employment posts in 2019 and another 1000 in September last year and has finished issuing deployment letters for the successful applicants.

The promoted PTE graduate teachers start at job Grade C2 at a salary of 34,955 shillings per month and will move to job grade C2 upon completion of three years according to Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for teachers

“Successful candidates under this category will be appointed at T-scale 7, grade C2 as per the career Progression Guidelines for teachers and shall be deployed to secondary schools where vacancies will be available,” said TSC.

In July 2021 TSC advertised for another 1,000 deployment vacancies for practicing primary school teachers to apply.

At least 6,347 primary school teachers have a degree with C+ at KCSE and C+ in the two teaching subjects as at July 2020 hence qualify to teach in current secondary schools.

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There have been calls for TSC to increase the number of teachers it deploys every year as well as make public the number it deploys in each county after complaints from a section of teachers that their counties are sidelined by only getting few slots during the exercise.

TSC says that all vacancies are filled competitively to promote national values, fairness, non-discrimination, and equity.

July, TSC renewed hope for primary school teachers with various academic qualifications after outlining its plans ahead of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classes for junior secondary schools

Primary school teachers who hold PHDs, Masters, Bachelor’s Degrees, and Diplomas in various academic-related fields are now assured of teaching in Secondary schools after TSC made public its plans to deploy more teachers in its report.

TSC was hard-pressed to issue its report on the status of preparedness ahead of Competency-Based Curriculum transition classes and the looming double intake in 2023.

Requirements

1. Be a Kenyan Citizen
2. Be a holder of a P1 certificate
3. Be a holder of a Bachelor Degree in Education with two teaching subjects
4. Must have attained at least C plus mean grade at KCSE
5. Must be serving under TSC