Budget Approved For Confirmation Of Interns On This Date. By the end of this year, at least 26,000 teachers on internship terms will have their permanent and pensionable terms confirmed.
In order to include the teachers in the PNP payroll, at least Sh 26 billion would be included in the upcoming July budget.
The majority of the Education budget went to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). A portion of the sh 369.94 billion allotted to TSC will go toward paying and advancing teachers.
The Commission will verify that it hired 20,000 student instructors in February 2023. This is the last year of the teachers’ second internship period.
The PTE-certified instructors will begin in grade B5, and the graduate intern teachers will be assigned to job group C2.
A total of 46,000 instructors working as interns are employed by TSC. However, after two years of internship service, the Commission will only confirm interns to permanent positions.
The funding for teacher confirmation is now included in the budget for 2024–2025. Additionally, funding was secured to hire 20,000 more intern instructors this year.
In order to fill staffing shortages in junior schools, TSC Chief Executive Dr. Nancy Macharia recently announced that they will begin hiring at least 20,000 additional teachers.
Budget Approved For Confirmation Of Interns On This Date
The TSC has acknowledged that there is a major teacher shortage in junior secondary schools.
According to Macharia, there are currently 56,928 instructors in schools, but 99,045 are needed.
“The government is continuously funding schools to progressively bridge the staffing gap. In the next financial year, TSC has requested funds to hire an additional 20,000 teachers to bridge the gap,” said Dr Macharia.
At the same time, TSC is deploying P1 teachers to junior school after it revealed that primary schools have a surplus of 18,194 teachers after the number of classes was reduced by two as the new curriculum rolled out.
The Commission has advertised 6,000 deployment slots for graduate P1 teachers to apply for promotion to junior school.
Serving primary school teachers with degree in secondary option with C+ in KCSE and C+ in two teaching subjects were asked to apply online by 18th March 2024.
TSC has in the past assured intern teachers that they will be converted to pnp in January 2025 after serving for two year internship contract.
President William Ruto had said that his government has changed the policy where internship will now take two years in all government agencies and departments.
Ruto assured junior school intern teachers of employment once they serve the two year contract.
“It is now a government practice for the intern teachers to work for two years before they are employed on permanent and pensionable terms,” Ruto said at State House.
Budget Approved For Confirmation Of Interns On This Date