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TSC Vacancies for December 2020: Principals (500 Posts), Director KCSE (1 Post)

Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has invited applications for the following appointment posts. Director – Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) – Grade D5/T-Scale (1 Post) Chief Principal – Grade D5/T – Scale 15 (200 posts) Appointment of senior principal – (Grade d4/T-Scale 14) – 300 Posts TSC is a Constitutional […]

TSC Vacancies for 6,674 Intern Teachers December 2020; Application, Deadline, Requirements, Salary

Join Our Facebook Page The Teachers Service Commission has announced allowance for applications from candidates who are qualified teachers to apply for 6,674 teacher internship posts. The invitation for applications corresponds with the Government’s Initiative to build a pool of young talents for the Kenya Labour Market. According to the advertisement, 1,998 slots are for […]

TSC Hardship Area Review: Latest List of All Hardship Areas

Join Our Facebook Page TSC has removed all Sub-Counties located in Nyandarua County from the list of hardship areas. Other counties affected by this move are Murangá, Kandara, Kigumo, and Nyahururu Sub-Counties The New List TSC has assigned various areas as hardship areas. The areas listed as hardship comprise those that are in arid areas, […]

Form 2 Student Killed By Police Enforcing COVID-19 Safety Protocols

Kolanya Boys Secondary School form two student, Ezekiel Odera, has passed on after being shot by Police officers reinforcing COVID-19 safety protocols in Malaba. The incident happened sparked chaos in Malaba town yesterday (Friday). The local people marched to Malaba Police Station, Blocked the Malaba – Bungoma road, and lit a bonfire to show their […]

Students Sent Home Over Reports of COVID-19 in Nakuru School

Kiamaina Secondary School in Bahati, Nakuru County closed indefinitely after four students in the institutions returned positive results of COVID-19. The government closing the school means that more than 100 KCSE candidates will stay at home for a duration of two weeks (14 weeks). The county department of health said that the students who tested […]

TSC Removes Payment of Hardship Allowance in Some Counties

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has made an official announcement to remove payment of hardship allowance in some sub-counties that they previously listed as hardship areas. TSC commenced the process of mapping and reviewing the hardship regions in the country at some point in September 2020. The scrapping of the payments for teachers in the […]

Pupils Accuse Teacher of Sexual Misconduct As They Protest At Police Station

Pupils of Kagio Primary School went to a police station in Kirinyaga County and staged a protest, demanding the arrest of their teacher whom they accused of sexual misconduct. The Class Eight pupils entered the police station forcefully while shouting on Friday evening. Some of the pupils claimed that the teacher touched their private parts […]

Salaried Workers to Retain Sh. 1000 in Tax Savings As PAYE Relief Ends

Salaried workers will keep sh. 1000 in tax savings in January when the treasury will withdraw the special reliefs that they granted to cushion households and businesses from economic shocks of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Cabinet Secretary for Treasury Ukur Yatani on Wednesday said that the treasury will retain tax exemptions on earnings up to […]

TSC Facing Crisis as 25,000 Teachers Retiring in 2 Years

The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) is facing a huge recruitment problem, as it has emerged that about 25,000 teachers are set to retire over 2 years. The Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) said on Wednesday that held of the teachers are over 59 years and will retire in June. This happened amid a […]

KCSE Candidates Storm Out Of School Saying They Are Tired Of Studies

Over 80 students who are going to sit for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination next year in Matungulu Boys High School in Kangundo Sub-County stormed out of their institution, saying they are tired of studying. The students walked out of their school yesterday (Wednesday) evening without showing any act of riot before […]

KNUT Issues Conditions for Reopening Of Schools in January

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has listed conditions that they feel must be addressed before schools reopen in January 2021. KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) have been locked in a tussle that has gone on for a long time. The National Intelligence Service and the umbrella union […]

615 Schools in Narok Equipped With Digital Learning Devices

615 public schools in Narok County have seen digital learning devices installed under the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP). The County Development Implementation Coordination Committee (CDICC) while speaking at a meeting held in NAROK, the officer in charge of the DLP in the county, Silas Ng’etich said that installation of the devices is ongoing in 60 […]