TSC announces new recruitment fo 20,000 teachers for JSS
According to Dr. Nancy macharia, these teachers will be deployed to teach Grade 7
In addition, macharia has indicated that the recruitment exercise for the above additional intern teachers will take place in July this year.
Macharia revealed this news in parliament today when asked what has been done to address the shortage of teachers in Grade 7 jss schools across the country.
While at Parliament, the Igembe North Member of Parliament (MP) Julius Taitum asked the that the Commission to ensure a clear a plan to replace upgraded teachers in primary schools moving to jss.
For a long time now, teacher shortage of country’s education system has been a great challenge.
Even with this challenge, there seems to be an improvement in the recent years.
The government has taken measures to address the issue including recruiting intern teachers and upgrading of primary school teachers to teach in the Junior secondary schools.
Even with this, still there seems to be a shortage of teachers has continued to be a major problem in the education field .
TSC has received criticism for not doing enough to address the shortage of teachers with some of the opinion that the Commission has to be more proactive in identifying and addressing the shortage of teachers.
TSC CEO informed the National Assembly that 20,000 intern teachers would be recruited to teach seventh grade in July in order to sort out the shortage of teachers in Grade 7.
Current TSC Requirements for teachers recruitment to be deployed to JSS
For the individuals interested in applying should Should have these requirements;
You must be:
- a Kenyan citizen.
- a P1 certificate.
- a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and certification in at least two subjects.
- C+ Mean average in the KCSE is required.
- a TSC registered Teacher
Primary school teachers with the following qualifications will qualify to teach junior secondary.
- Have a Diploma and Degree in Special Needs Education
- Have a Degree in Early Childhood Development Education
- Have a Diploma in Education (Primary option)
- Have a Diploma in Education, Secondary option
- Have a Degree in Education (Secondary option) but lacking C+ at KCSE or C+ in teaching subjects.
We are very ready to teach in jss,tsc should just accept us c+ in kcse and degree in ECDE
Imagine we are ready to teach in jss we are already teaching there tsc should upgrade us.