The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has issued condition for applicants who applied and were shortlisted for 20,000 junior secondary school (JSS) intern teaching jobs it recently advertised.

The Commission has today kicked off document verification exercise in various sub counties countrywide for applicant’s who were successfully shortlisted.

This is after it closed the online application exercise on 4th November midnight. The document verification exercise runs from 11th to 22nd November 2024.

TSC has issued a condition for shortlisted applicants to produce a number of documents to be verified.

tDuring the verification exercise in the sub counties the applicants are required to produce the following document’s: –

• A copy of Teacher Registration Certificate/print-out from TSC online portal as evidence of registration as a teacher; 
• A copy of National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) card (where applicable);
• A copy of the National Identity Card (ID) or Passport;

• Two (2) colour passport size photographs;

• A copy of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) card; 

• A copy of Kenya Revenue Authority Personal Identification Number (KRA PIN).

After verifying documents for the applicants, TSC will then require the successful ones to sign a one year internship agreement before posting them to various schools in early January.

TSC has already announced retooling of all the JSS teachers which will be done at sub county level from 2^nd to 5^th December, 2024.

The teachers will be trained on the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competency Based Assessments (CBA).

The Teacher Internship Programme is a one (1) year programme meant to equip and sustain competencies of persons entering the teaching service.

The programme targets unemployed registered teachers to be assigned to learning institutions where their teaching experience will be enhanced through mentorship, coaching and exposure to practical teaching experience. 

The internship period will be for twelve months though majority of the current intern teachers have served for two years.

Teacher internship is not a remunerative engagement. However, interns attached to Junior Secondary schools will be eligible for a monthly stipend of Kshs. 20 ,000/=.

The stipend will be paid subject to statutory deductions like NHIF, Housing levy, and NSSF where applicable.  

On successful completion of the Internship Programme, teacher interns will be awarded a certificate.

In this years scoresheet for recruitment of 46,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms, TSC awarded 50 marks to teachers who served on internship terms thus making conversion to pnp for those who served on internship automatic.

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has issued condition for applicants who applied and were shortlisted for 20,000 junior secondary school (JSS) intern teaching jobs it recently advertised.

The Commission has today kicked off document verification exercise in various sub counties countrywide for applicant’s who were successfully shortlisted.

This is after it closed the online application exercise on 4th November midnight. The document verification exercise runs from 11th to 22nd November 2024.

TSC has issued a condition for shortlisted applicants to produce a number of documents to be verified.

tDuring the verification exercise in the sub counties the applicants are required to produce the following document’s: –

• A copy of Teacher Registration Certificate/print-out from TSC online portal as evidence of registration as a teacher; 
• A copy of National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) card (where applicable);
• A copy of the National Identity Card (ID) or Passport;

• Two (2) colour passport size photographs;

• A copy of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) card; 

• A copy of Kenya Revenue Authority Personal Identification Number (KRA PIN).

After verifying documents for the applicants, TSC will then require the successful ones to sign a one year internship agreement before posting them to various schools in early January.

TSC has already announced retooling of all the JSS teachers which will be done at sub county level from 2^nd to 5^th December, 2024.

The teachers will be trained on the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competency Based Assessments (CBA).

The Teacher Internship Programme is a one (1) year programme meant to equip and sustain competencies of persons entering the teaching service.

The programme targets unemployed registered teachers to be assigned to learning institutions where their teaching experience will be enhanced through mentorship, coaching and exposure to practical teaching experience. 

The internship period will be for twelve months though majority of the current intern teachers have served for two years.

Teacher internship is not a remunerative engagement. However, interns attached to Junior Secondary schools will be eligible for a monthly stipend of Kshs. 20 ,000/=.

The stipend will be paid subject to statutory deductions like NHIF, Housing levy, and NSSF where applicable.  

On successful completion of the Internship Programme, teacher interns will be awarded a certificate.

In this years scoresheet for recruitment of 46,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms, TSC awarded 50 marks to teachers who served on internship terms thus making conversion to pnp for those who served on internship automatic.