The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is finalising the process to advertise over 12,000 replacement teaching jobs for primary and secondary schools.

The jobs will be on permanent and pensionable terms to replace teachers who left service through natural attrition.

Making the revelation during the primary headteacher’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mombasa, TSC Chairperson, Jamleck Muturi, also said an additional 24,000 teachers will be recruited and posted to schools in January.

“I know it is our responsibility to replace the teachers who have left the service on natural attrition. The committee of field services has already finalized and we are going to advertise the replacement of the teachers who have left the service under natural attrition,” said Muturi.

In recent years the replacement teaching jobs were awarded to politicians who dished out employment letters corruptly and in disregard of merit.

The letters were elusive to deserving teachers as they were issued to highest bidders and cronies.

However the recent changes in TSC leadership appears to create a paradigm shift and is likely to address this anomaly.

In primary schools around 8,000 jobs are likely to be advertised and the rest go to post primary institutions.

TSC in a statement after signing of Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029 said the hiring and replacement will cost sh 2.4 billion.

“Recruit additional teachers at a cost of Sh2.4 Billion. Already, the Kenya Kwanza Government has recruited a total of 76,000 teachers in a span of just two and half years,” read part of the CBA statement.

TSC already advertised 24,000 junior school internship jobs and only document verification exercise is awaiting before they can be posted to schools in January.

The document verification exercise will start after the KCSE exams are completed next week.

TSC also said it needs Sh70 billion to recruit 98,461 teachers for both junior and senior schools in order to address the current shortage.

The commission has so far recruited 68,313 teachers for junior schools on permanent and pensionable terms.

These are 9,000 teachers recruited in the 2022/23 financial year, 39,550 teachers in the 2024/25 financial year and an additional 20,000 intern teachers recruited in January 2025.

TSC will renew contract for the 20,000 JSS intern teachers which expires on 31st December 2025.

In Junior schools there is a shortage of 72,442 teachers, while in secondary schools under the 8-4-4 system, the shortage stands at 26,039 teachers.

The Commission said it has adequate staffing in primary schools and will only do replacements.

However following lobbying by teacher unions during a State House meeting with President Ruto,it was agreed that the Commission will lift ban on P1 teacher recruitment starting 2026.

Primary school teachers who most went back to college to upgrade their PTE certificates to UDPTE to be inline with the CBC were frustrated by TSC employment ban.

The Commission has also been awarding only 5 marks to teachers who upgraded their PTE certificates during employment.

TTCs released to the job market the first DPTE cohorts. Colleges held graduation ceremonies in June after the teachers completed the three year Diploma teaching course.

TSC plans to place the DPTE teachers at job group C1 upon employment inline with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for teachers.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is finalising the process to advertise over 12,000 replacement teaching jobs for primary and secondary schools.

The jobs will be on permanent and pensionable terms to replace teachers who left service through natural attrition.

Making the revelation during the primary headteacher’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mombasa, TSC Chairperson, Jamleck Muturi, also said an additional 24,000 teachers will be recruited and posted to schools in January.

“I know it is our responsibility to replace the teachers who have left the service on natural attrition. The committee of field services has already finalized and we are going to advertise the replacement of the teachers who have left the service under natural attrition,” said Muturi.

In recent years the replacement teaching jobs were awarded to politicians who dished out employment letters corruptly and in disregard of merit.

The letters were elusive to deserving teachers as they were issued to highest bidders and cronies.

However the recent changes in TSC leadership appears to create a paradigm shift and is likely to address this anomaly.

In primary schools around 8,000 jobs are likely to be advertised and the rest go to post primary institutions.

TSC in a statement after signing of Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2025 – 2029 said the hiring and replacement will cost sh 2.4 billion.

“Recruit additional teachers at a cost of Sh2.4 Billion. Already, the Kenya Kwanza Government has recruited a total of 76,000 teachers in a span of just two and half years,” read part of the CBA statement.

TSC already advertised 24,000 junior school internship jobs and only document verification exercise is awaiting before they can be posted to schools in January.

The document verification exercise will start after the KCSE exams are completed next week.

TSC also said it needs Sh70 billion to recruit 98,461 teachers for both junior and senior schools in order to address the current shortage.

The commission has so far recruited 68,313 teachers for junior schools on permanent and pensionable terms.

These are 9,000 teachers recruited in the 2022/23 financial year, 39,550 teachers in the 2024/25 financial year and an additional 20,000 intern teachers recruited in January 2025.

TSC will renew contract for the 20,000 JSS intern teachers which expires on 31st December 2025.

In Junior schools there is a shortage of 72,442 teachers, while in secondary schools under the 8-4-4 system, the shortage stands at 26,039 teachers.

The Commission said it has adequate staffing in primary schools and will only do replacements.

However following lobbying by teacher unions during a State House meeting with President Ruto,it was agreed that the Commission will lift ban on P1 teacher recruitment starting 2026.

Primary school teachers who most went back to college to upgrade their PTE certificates to UDPTE to be inline with the CBC were frustrated by TSC employment ban.

The Commission has also been awarding only 5 marks to teachers who upgraded their PTE certificates during employment.

TTCs released to the job market the first DPTE cohorts. Colleges held graduation ceremonies in June after the teachers completed the three year Diploma teaching course.

TSC plans to place the DPTE teachers at job group C1 upon employment inline with the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for teachers.