There is reason to celebrate for intern teachers as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has awarded them 30 marks advantage in the ongoing recruitment drive.
In the new TSC score sheet released that will be used as a guide in the recruitment of teachers this July. The Commission gave a directive that thirty (30) marks be awarded to applicants who provide evidence of having served as interns.
In 2020 TSC did not automatically take up intern teachers instead they were awarded ten (10) marks for serving as interns.
This meant that some had to be locked out as they were not able to compete with other candidates favourably because they had the advantage of having graduated earlier and as well as the quality of their academic certificates.
This forced the interns to work for another year for the Commission after they failed to be recruited of permanent and pensionable terms.
Fortunately however, TSC managed to renew the contracts of the teachers who did not get employed for another twelve months.
Salaries for intern teachers were also reviewed as secondary school interns were given a raise to earn Sh. 15,000 per month while their primary school counterparts took home Sh. 10,000 in 2019.
After that TSC did not stop there. They increased the salaries of the intern teachers by Sh. 5,000 more making the new salaries of interns to be Sh. 20,000 and Sh. 15,000 for secondary school and primary school interns respectively.
TSC’s advertisement has been only for Permanent and Pensionable terms this time. In May, June, the Commission announced that it was planning to recruit 5,000 secondary school teachers. Of these 1,000 slots were allocated for the deployment of P1 graduate teachers to high schools.
Besides, the Commission advertised the availability of 2,987 job openings for Primary schools and 927 vacancies for secondary schools as replacements for the teacher who had exited the service.
TSC directed interested and qualified candidates to submit their applications online through the TSC website: www.tsc.go.ke under the ‘Careers’ tab or via the link teacheronline.tsc.go.ke not later than 12th of July, 2021.
The announcement of awarding 30 marks to teacher interns has come at the most opportune time for teacher interns as they has been calls for the Commission to confirm the interns on Permanent and Pensionable terms.
The following is the official TSC recruitment advert for July 2021.
The Teachers Service Commission is declaring 5,000 vacancies in secondary schools to support the 100 percent transition from primary to secondary schools. The teachers recruited will serve on Permanent and Pensionable terms of service.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications online through the Commission’s website www.tsc.go.ke under ‘Çareers’ or teacheronline.tsc.go.ke not later than 12th July, 2021.
A. RECRUITMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHES (4000 POSTS)
To qualify for recruitment, a candidate should meet the following basic requirement:
- Be a Kenyan Citizen
- Must be a holder of at least a Diploma in Education;
- Must be a registered teacher with the Teachers Service Commission.
B. PROMOTION AND DEPLOYMENT OF PRACTISING TEACHERS IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS (1000 POSTS)
To qualify for promotion and deployment to secondary school, a candidate should meet the following basic requirements:
- Be a Kenyan Citizen;
- Be a holder of a P1 certificate;
- Be a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree with 2 teaching subjects;
- Must have attained at Least C+ (Plus) mean grade at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Eduation (KCSE) or its equivalent and C+ (plus) or its equivalent in the two teaching subjects;
- Must be serving under the Teachers Service Commission.
Successful candidates under this category shall be appointed at T-Scale 7, Grade C2 under the Career Progression Guidelines for Teachers and shall be deployed to secondary schools where vacancies exist.
C. RECRUITMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS (1000 POSTS)
To qualify for recruitment, a candidate should meet the following basic requirements:
- Be a Kenyan Citizen;
- Must be a holder of a P1 certificate;
- Must be a registered teacher with the Teachers Service Commission.
Successful candidates will be posted to serve in any part of the country and not necessarily in the county where they were recruited.
D. General information
Please note that:
- To qualify for appointment on permanent and pensionable terms of service, a candidate should be eligible to serve for a minimum period of ten (10) continuous years, effective from the date of first appointment as required by law;
- The Teachers Service Commission Recruitment Guidelines 2020/2021 shall apply;
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted;
- Shortlisted candidates will be required to produce original professional and academic certificates;
- Successful candidates must not fill more than one Application for Employment Form. Filling of two or more Application for Employment Forms will lead to disqualification;
- Manual applications will not be accepted;
- Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously been employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
NB: The Commission is also advertising 2,927 vacancies for Primary and 927 vacancies for Secondary Schools to replace teaches who exited service.
Visit the Commission’s website www.tsc.go.ke for details.
The Teachers Service Commission is an equal opportunity employer and persons with disabilities (PWDs) are encouraged to apply.
CAUTION
The recruitment exercise is free of charge the Teachers Service Commission would wish for forewarn applicants against fraudsters who might extort money from unsuspecting persons purporting to assist in recruitment.
REPORTING OF FRAUD
Any fraudulent activity should be reported to the nearest TSC office or Teachers Service Commission headquarters through the following telephone lines:
Director of Staffing: 0202892193 and
Deputy Director – Staffing: 02028921351 OR
Write to the Commission through the email address: dirtm@tsc.go.ke
In addition any such fraudulent activity should be reported to the nearest police station.
Specific information on available vacancies per county/or school is in the Commission website: www.tsc.go.ke
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