Deployment Of P1 To JSS New Requirements. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has released detailed guidelines outlining new grade levels and strict requirements for the placement of 1,206 primary school teachers in junior secondary school environments.
An internal memo dated May 23, 2024, signed by Antonina Lentoijoni, acting director of staffing, was distributed to all TSC regional, county, and sub-county directors.
It stated clearly that primary school teachers must meet certain requirements in order to teach secondary school students.
The following provisions will be implemented: primary school teachers with a Bachelor’s degree at Grades B5 and C1 will receive appointment letters for Grade C2, while teachers at Grade B5 with a Diploma in Education will receive appointment letters for Grade C1.
Furthermore, educators currently at Grade C2 holding a Bachelor’s degree and who were promoted on or before March 26, 2021, shall similarly obtain appointment letters for Grade C2.
Deployment Of P1 To JSS New Requirements
Additional criteria mandate that educators in Grade C1 holding a Diploma Certificate but have not completed a minimum of three years, those in Grade C2 with a Diploma Certificate, and those in Grade C3 and beyond equipped with a Bachelor’s degree, will all receive deployment letters.
Throughout the deployment initiative, TSC field officers have been instructed to judiciously consider the geographic proximity to the teacher’s current station, as well as their subject proficiency.
Special attention will be accorded to avoid deploying instructors with overlapping subject competencies, whilst simultaneously striving for gender parity.
SNE TEACHERS DEPLOYMENT
Teachers possessing Special Needs Education (SNE) qualifications are earmarked for deployment to Special Junior Secondary settings.
The memorandum notably emphasizes that the deployed instructors must maintain active registration status with the TSC, hold current employment as primary school educators under the commission’s purview, not be subjected to interdiction or disciplinary proceedings, and possess a minimum of a Diploma in Education, coupled with at least a C+ grade in KCSE and C+ grades in two teaching subjects.
This criteria applies to both the traditional 8-4-4 curriculum and the more recent Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), as well as to those with two principal passes and one subsidiary pass at the “A” level.
Furthermore, individuals attaining a minimum grade of C (plain) at KCSE and who have completed a Diploma in Education alongside a Bachelor’s Degree in Education also meet the deployment criteria.
Bachelor Of Education Primary Option Not Eligible
However, those holding a Bachelor of Education (Primary Option) are ineligible for consideration. Prospective candidates desiring deployment are mandated to have expressed their interest, with their names duly featured on the roster shared from the headquarters.
Deployment correspondence will be endorsed by the TSC Sub-County Directors for educators within the designated sub-county.
Teachers assigned outside their respective sub-counties will have their letters ratified by the County Director, and in the case of Nairobi, additionally by the Regional Director.
During the vetting process, educators are required to furnish original and photocopies of their degree or diploma certificates, academic transcripts, SNE certifications where applicable, KCSE certificates, current pay stubs, and a declaration by the head of their institution affirming their current employment status and exemption from interdiction or disciplinary actions.
After the junior secondary schools are deployed, the County Director will use the Posting, Entry/Exit Reports Module in the sub-county to begin the posting process.
The instructor will then be formally placed within the junior secondary school system, under the supervision of the Sub-County Director.
In addition, the head of the institution that is now in charge of the educators who have been deployed is instructed to immediately finish the Exit Reports so that the heads of the institutions that are receiving the reports can submit the Entry Reports as soon as possible.
The TSC’s standards for assigning 1,206 primary school teachers to junior secondary school settings are essentially the result of a methodical and complex process designed to guarantee educational effectiveness and fair allocation of instructional materials.
Deployment Of P1 To JSS New Requirements