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Junior Secondary Schools (JSS)

TSC Seeks 2,629 Trainers for JSS Teachers in Science, Math, and English

Join Our Telegram Group TSC Seeks Trainers for Junior Secondary Teachers in Science, Math, and English The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is recruiting a total of 2,629 facilitators for Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers. The focus is on Integrated Science, Mathematics, and English subjects. This initiative expands the School-Based Teacher Support System (SBTSS) into Junior […]

TSC Told to Review Promotion and Deployment Criteria

Join Our Telegram Group The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been told to review its promotion and deployment criteria for teachers. The Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA) made this call in a bid to address the issues affecting their members. Currently, the Commission is carrying out a retooling exercise across the country for teachers in […]

TSC Set to Deploy Second Cohorts of P1 Teachers to JSS this Coming Week

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to begin deploying the second cohort of practising PTE teachers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) next week. The process of document verification and posting of the teachers will be conducted simultaneously by TSC Sub-County Directors after they received lists of applicants from TSC. The first cohort has already […]

Budget for Promotion and Recruiting 20000 JSS Interns Approved

Members of Parliament (MPs) have approved the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) budget for promoting and recruiting 20,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) interns. The education sector has been allocated Kes. 597 billion in budget proposals that will be part of the 2023 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) that will be tabled in the National Assembly tomorrow. These […]

Primary Headteachers Promoted to Principals

Primary schools teachers in schools domiciling Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) have officially been issued with deployment letters to act as JSS principals. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) revealed this through its Sub-County Directors who issued the headteachers with the letters making the management mandate official. The Commission did not consider any qualifications of the headteachers […]

TSC Set to Deploy 7282 Teachers to JSS to Address Teacher Shortage

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to deploy an additional 7,282 serving primary school teachers to various public Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) countrywide. The Commission revealed that these teachers were identified after verification of their persona files which confirmed that they met the set qualifications for posting to the JSS. This information was contained […]

TSC’s Three-Day Programme for Retooling Junior Secondary Headteachers

The Teachers Service Commission has issued the following three-day programme for the retooling of junior secondary school headteachers. PROGRAMME FOR RETOOLING GRADE 7 SCHOOL HEADS (PRINCIPALS) ON COMPETENCY-BASED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT (FROM 13TH TO 15TH MARCH 2023) DAY 1 MONDAY 13TH MARCH 2023 TIME ACTIVITY ACTION BY CHAIR 7:30 – 8:00 AM Arrival and Registration […]

KUPPET wants Reconsideration of the Decision to Domicile JSS in Primary Schools

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has claimed that the decision of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) to deviate from the initial plan of implementing the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) that had guided the curriculum for five years without considering its recommendations was a mistake. According to KUPPET, the government should […]

School Headteachers Surprisingly Apply For JSS Deployment

According to reports, some headteachers applied for positions in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) when the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) recently advertised vacancies in the past month. In a circular dated the 17th of February 2023, TSC advertised the availability of 10,833 requests for the deployment of qualified primary school teachers to junior secondary schools. The […]