TSC Declares When It Will Employ 20,000 Intern Teachers.
TSC Employment Of 20000 Intern Teachers. Originally scheduled for October of this year, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has postponed recruiting 20,000 teachers for internships.
TSC was forced to postpone the exercise when Treasury notified TSC that there would not be funds available to hire the instructors this year.
The Commission will employ 18,000 junior secondary and 2,000 elementary school intern teachers for two-year terms as part of the current internship program.
However, TSC has turned to secondary school teachers to address the teacher shortage in junior secondary schools (JSS).
The Commission has started deploying 25,000 secondary school teachers to JSS as part of an exercise that will be finished by early January of next year, before the Grade 9 class.
According to Dr. Belio Kipsang, the Principal Secretary (PS) for Basic Education, 56,000 instructors have been hired thus far in order to ensure the achievement of the Competency Based Assessment (CBC).
According to Kipsang, the government is constructing 18,000 classrooms so that students in Grade 9 can start classes in January of next year.
TSC Employment Of 20000 Intern Teachers
According to him, 11,000 classes are being created with assistance from development partners, and 7,000 classes are being constructed via CDF.
He stated that the government is working with all partners to establish the required infrastructure and is totally dedicated to the success of CBC.
Kipsang claimed that all preparation was in place to guarantee a seamless 2026 transfer from Grade 9 to Grade 10.
There are now 46,000 teachers on internship conditions that TSC is working to confirm to permanent and pensionable terms.
Sh 18.7 billion has been set out by the Commission for the exercise. However, January 2025 is when the switch will take place.
Verification of the intern teachers’ documentation is presently underway at the sub-county level. To verify that an intern teacher is currently employed, only an ID card is needed.
In order to finish the application procedure, the teachers will fill out employment forms. In January 2025, they will then receive letters of employment and appointment.
The purpose of the one-year Teacher Internship Program is to prepare and maintain the skills of those preparing to enter the teaching profession
Through coaching, mentoring, and exposure to real-world teaching situations, the initiative arranges for jobless registered instructors to be placed in educational institutions.
TSC internship applications must always be submitted online.
One must be registered with TSC and possess a PTE or DPTE certificate in order to be qualified to work as an intern in a primary school.
A minimum of a diploma and a C+ in two teaching subjects from the KCSE are required of juniors. They also need to have a TSC registration.
During verification/ interviews, applicants shall be required to produce the following: –
i) A copy of Teacher Registration Certificate/print-out from TSC online portal as evidence of registration as a teacher;
ii) A copy of National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) card (where applicable);
iii) A copy of the National Identity Card (ID) or Passport;
iv) Two (2) colour passport size photographs;
v) A copy of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) card;
vi) A copy of Kenya Revenue Authority Personal Identification Number (KRA PIN).
Interns attached to primary schools will earn a monthly stipend of sh 15,000 while those in junior school will get sh 20,000.
On successful completion of the Internship Programme, teacher interns will be awarded an internship certificate which will carry some marks during their confirmation to permanent terms.
During this year advert for recruitment of 46,000 teachers on permanent terms, TSC awarded serving intern teachers 50 marks for their services.
TSC Declares When It Will Employ 20,000 Intern Teachers.