A section of primary school administrators applied for posting to junior secondary school section when the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) made an advertisement last month.
The Commission in a circular dated 17th February 2023 said it has received a total of 10,833 requests from qualified primary school teachers for deployment to Junior Secondary Schools.
Already the TSC Sub County Directors have invited the shortlisted P1 teachers for documents verification with the exercise starting this week in some Sub Counties.
However, the shocking part is that some primary school administrators are eyeing for deployment to junior secondary schools.
This may have a devastating impact on some of these administrators because the deployed teachers will start at job grade C2 while some administrators are in C3 and others even in C4.
One of the teachers, a deputy headteacher in Mbeere, said he applied because he wants to be an administrator in the junior secondary section.
Michael Kiura says there are many promotion opportunities in junior secondary which he is eyeing. He also has a Diploma from Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI).
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The deployed teachers will start at job grade C2 and later move automatically to job grade C3 after completing three years according to Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for teachers.
A TSC insider however says the school administrators will be deployed but their salaries will not be downgraded but they will not be administrators in the new schools.
The vetting exercise is currently ongoing in some Sub Counties. TSC listed the following documents which candidates must present for verification.
i) Original and copy of the degree/diploma certificate;
ii) Original and copies of the academic transcripts;
iii) Original and copy of SNE qualification (where applicable);
iv) Original and copy of the KCSE certificate (or its equivalent);
v) A copy of the current payslip;
vi) A declaration by the Head of Institution that the teacher is currently serving in the school and is neither serving an interdiction nor undergoing a disciplinary process.
TSC says the teachers will be posted in proximity to the current station. “As much as possible, the teachers should be deployed to their current stations or those that are close to their current stations,” says TSC CEO Nancy Macharia.
She also asked Sub-County Directors not to deploy teachers of similar subject combinations with those already posted to JSS unless a station requires more than one teacher of the same subject combination.
She said teachers with SNE qualification should be posted to Special JSS.
The Sub-County Director shall sign two deployment letters for each teacher. One letter shall be issued to the teacher while the second original letter shall be submitted together with other deployment documents for filing at the headquarters.
I feel disappointed having qualified for JSS.I applied through online and printed a copy but have not been considered for vetting.The list from the headquarters didn’t have my name.
Dear TSC, kindly take into consideration that there are people with Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Education who are really suffering out here. We went to school scored good grades and some of us were called by JAB to do this cause. I believe we are qualified teachers who can handle learners up to junior high. Kindly review your employment policy and see how to fix us. Imagine going to an interview only to be told that you are overqualified for the job but someone deny you the job just because you are an ECDE degree hold. Don’t we have rights to be employed too? Are we not Kenyans like the others? Our colleges are PNP for more than four years and we are still suffering out here. Who will speak for us? Please do something. This county thing you always promise us never seem to work. Who will fight for us? 😢😢😢😢
Dear TSC,in an event that someone has all the qualifications save for degree certificate but has done all the units awaiting clearance.Can He apply?
Dear TSC,in an event that someone has all the qualifications save for degree certificate but has done all the units awaiting clearance.Can He apply?
I went for vetting and I sincerely hope that I will be deployed to the county of my choice because I was not given a transfer yet I am delocalised. I have completed the five years that I signed and I hope that the concerned officials will hear my plea🙏
The more the things change, the more they remain the same!!! When will this confused based curriculum take off?? Currently, no labs, no teachers, no books etc.
I do also feel demoralised na disappointed coz I applied for this deployment having a mean grade of B – CHEM B,BIO B- AND DEGREE OF THE SAME SUBJECTS I was not considered for deployment how can you help we know the truth ama nijue hii ni kenya.
This kenya is a scam having applied online qualified with Bs and did same combination at Ku then not considered it really kills me
the issue of teaching qualification set by TSC does not really work with CBC, especially the mean grade of C+ how do you explain a scenario where one has a mean grade of c+ , a c plus in one of the teaching subject but lacks a c plus in the other teaching subject but does not being recognized by TCS
Am in C5 they take me to D1 and I will still head the school iko nini. Hapa primary kuna senior head teacher
Kindly Tsc with all due respect….take back delocalised teachers to their home through this deployment.
Allow us to go back and mend together the remaining pieces of our marriages which were affected by this cruel policy.
It would have been wise if all these complains were aired to the right platform. Either tsc Facebook page or tweeter. This is a private platform with no connection to tsc
Kindly ECDE bachelors to be considered or you tell us where to go..We are getting tired..imagine a diploma person is considered but me with my degree in ECDE I don’t qualify
I wonder why someone is shocked when a grade c3 teacher applies for deployment in JSS and the same is not shocked at a primary school HT who is at c5 and is already added to JSS staff establishment record
Ongoing TSC deployment of teachers from primary to JSS is a scam,most deserving teachers have been left out in favour of those who have below qualifications. I also wondered,how can a teacher who graduated in 2014,2015 miss out on the redeployment and the one who graduated last year is picked on. The county and subcounty officials are arrogant and don’t want to address the affected deserving teachers. TSC is a shame to this nation.
Hi tsc,please consider readvertisng online application for administrators because most people never applied-we got the advert after the stated deadline.
Teachers who did B.ed Primary Education should be considered for JSS…we also have two subject combinations and can teach well. If not, let us be deployed to TTCs we are tired of being left out.
Such a pathetic commission someone has c plain with a degree in which ever field alafu unambiwa u don’t qualify
Dear TSC
May we know the qualifications for teaching the following subjects in junior school.
Pre_technicical
Physical Education
Life skills
Exactly, I am really demoralised cos I got a mean grade C+ , one of my teaching subject I have a c plain.
This afro- Cinema continues shortly…..The drama is real here in JSS…..Yes am in….Kis/ CRE combination.Required and teaching Performing Arts( Music) Arts.. Social studies, Integrated Science, Pre tech subjects….Yaani a Jack of all but denied my subjects.Someone else handling them….God ….where are we heading to.
This afro- Cinema continues shortly…..The drama is real here in JSS…..Yes am in….Kis/ CRE combination.Required and teaching Performing Arts( Music) Arts.. Social studies, Integrated Science, Pre tech subjects….Yaani a Jack of all but denied my subjects.Someone else handling them….God ….where are we heading to.
Absolutely. Especially those who did ECPE.
Anyway, all Teachers with higher qualifications are capable of handling JSS. What hard thing is in JSS but maths. The rest, there’s nothing to scare a crow if it has to.
Let me withhold what I could have spitted out anyway.
Nowonder there’s rampant exam cheating to meet the minimum credentials which was absent in early years. So let us let TSC to bring in cheaters to come and train learners in cheating to pass instead of teaching with experience for learners to get insight from the education system given.
C4 and C5 should also be promoted. The grades have also expired for graduates administrators. That should remain for administrators with only certificates qualifications.
I wish also those with diploma and degree in secondary school option with p1 certificate and are already employed by TSC to be deployed even if they got C plain in kcse
If all teachers who have upgraded their education are deployed to jss,who will take care of grade 1-6 ?
TCS kindly consider promoting the payslips of these teachers but let those who meet the requisite qualifications be deployed to jss.
Otherwise we may end up in a scenario where all teachers in primary schools are deployed to jss.
Having applied to go to junior sec with Beds degree I have been left out what is our fate?
If not shortlisted visit your sub country offices you will be assisted l had the same issue and was assisted on Friday .Carry all the requirements.