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Join Our Facebook Page The race to recruit a substantive TSC chairperson is on after a President Uhuru-appointed selection panel announced that applications for the post is now open for interested and qualified individuals. Any successful applicant shall replace Lydia Nzomo whose term expired in November, 2020. Dr. Nzomo was the first chairperson to ever […]
Join Our Facebook Page When their turn comes for vaccination, teachers across the country have come up with proposals the government shall use. This follows the Ministry of Health’s listing of teachers among the frontline workers lined up for vaccination against COVID-19. Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA) chairperson Johnson Nzioka proposed old teachers and […]
Join Our Facebook Page Education Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof Magoha announced that Primary and Secondary schools are set to get Sh. 15 Billion Capitation this week. The CS said that the money will cover the balances that heads of schools said were a source of financial problems that could derail the administration of national […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has instructed teachers not to take part in the ongoing by-elections via County Directors who in turn relayed the message to the heads of schools. By-elections have been conducted in the Kabuchai constituency in Bungoma County, Matungu constituency, and in London Ward in Nakuru county. These by-elections have been marred […]
Teachers have seemed stuck in a constant tussle with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over their pay. The teachers should deservedly be grateful to the Kenya National Teachers Union (KNUT) for fighting and succeeding to get a salary increase for teachers. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) agreed to increase the teachers’ salaries. The increment […]
The Auditor-General has blamed the Ministry of Education for flouting procedures of procurement in the disbursement of millions of shillings to schools and colleges for the projects of renovation and infrastructure development. In a report presented in the National Assembly, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu raised questions on millions for the financial year 2018/19 were spent to […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has declared the cancellation of all annual leave and field activities for all its staff in preparation for the national examinations. The examinations shall commence on March 222. TSC Secretary Nancy Macharia yesterday directed all field officers to offer undivided attention to the process of examination. “The Commission has canceled […]
Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha has launched the 2020 national examinations. The CS also officiated the issuing of security padlocks for the 479 containers ahead of this year’s KCPE and KCSE examinations. Deputy County Commissioners and the Sub-County Directors received the padlocks during the ceremony yesterday. “As part of the Multisectoral Approach to the […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has issued a warning to the school head of 30,000 primary schools against unnecessarily pressurizing Grade Four Pupils when the school-based assessment begins on Monday of the coming week. The CS said that the tests are not examinations while also advising parents not to panic unnecessarily. “No one should […]
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), 26,629 more teachers have been contracted to administer, manage and mark national examinations due to the increased number of candidates. 227, 629 teachers will oversee the upcoming national examinations of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate Secondary Education (KCSE). The examinations are scheduled […]
The 1,550 advertised vacancies present a chance for registered but unemployed teachers who exited service through natural attrition (1,119 posts for primary schools ad 431 posts for secondary schools). The Teachers Service Commission has since released a marking scheme to be used during the recruitment. TSC 2021 RECRUITMENT MARKING SCHEME SECONDARY SCHOOLS SCORE SHEET Awarding […]
In this article, we provide the TSC recruitment requirements for post-primary teachers, in 2020/2021. GUIDELINES FOR RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS POST PRIMARY INSTITUTIONS 2020/2021 1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION (a) Following the advertisement for recruitment of teachers, Boards of Management are requirement to conduct the selection exercise for the advertised vacancy(ies) in their institutions. (b) The Selection Panel […]