TSC Advert For 6000 Replacement Slots For Teachers. A total of 6,000 replacement slots will be advertised by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in order to replace educators who have departed the teaching profession due to natural attrition.
Macharia announced that the replacement would be carried out in accordance with the TSC code of regulations at the 64th Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Annual Delegates Conference (ADC) held at Sheikh Zayed Hall in Mombasa.
The announcement was made at a time when over 10,000 instructors are scheduled to leave TSC’s payroll by the end of December after reaching the required retirement age.
Some of the retiring teachers are school administrators but a big number are classroom teachers.
People will however be keen how the Commission will conduct the teacher replacements next year after teachers protested a shambolic replacement exercise in the last financial year.
TSC had received sh 2.5 billion allocation from the Treasury in September 2023 to employ through replacement a total of 6,000 teachers.
However the Commission did not publicly advertise the vacancies but silently allocated the slots to politicians and Members of Parliament (MPs) to fill in their constituencies.
Some teachers parted with upto sh 400,000 to secure employment. The replacements lacked merit but cronyism and other forms of corruption persisted.
It is believed that this is Kenya Kwanza’s move to reward politicians who are helping in championing its agenda.
TSC went back to the dark old days where politicians interfered with functions of the Commission including teacher recruitment that saw massive corruption and discrimination.
Some of the teachers got employment on permanent and pensionable terms without first going through internship process.
The backdoor recruitment of teachers was led by Ezekiel Machogu who was then the Cabinet Secretary for Education.
TSC Advert For 6000 Replacement Slots For Teachers
Machogu was captured live issuing employment letters to teachers in a function in Kisii county. Another politician Sylvanus Osoro was also found with bunch of employment letters in his house.
The protests by Kenyan youth popularly known as Gen Z over bad governance led president to dismiss his cabinet including the former CS Ezekiel Machogu.
According to TSC, teachers must first be interned for at least a year before getting employment on permanent terms.
The Teacher Internship Programme is a one (1) year programme meant to equip and sustain competencies of persons entering the teaching service.
The programme targets unemployed registered teachers to be assigned to learning institutions where their teaching experience will be enhanced through mentorship, coaching and exposure to practical teaching experience.
The internship period will be for twelve months though majority of the current intern teachers have served for two years.
The internship period will be for twelve months though majority of the current intern teachers have served for two years.
Teacher internship is not a remunerative engagement. However, interns attached to Junior Secondary schools will be eligible for a monthly stipend of Kshs. 20 ,000/=.
The stipend will be paid subject to statutory deductions like NHIF, Housing levy, and NSSF where applicable.
On successful completion of the Internship Programme, teacher interns will be awarded a certificate.
Last month TSC recruited a total of 20,000 teachers on internship terms for junior secondary schools. The teachers will be posted to schools in January.
A total of 46,000 teachers also serving on internship terms have been confirmed to pnp terms and will work on new terms from January 2025.
Once the official Advert is out with the application link, we shall post it here. Keep checking the page