The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has started to release appointment letters for teachers who were recently recruited to replace those who exited service through natural attrition.
Some teachers who successfully secured replacement teaching jobs in Mombasa expressed joy as they received their appointment letters.
TSC had carried out vetting exercise from 17th to 28th February 2025 which entailed documents verification for shortlisted applicants.
Those taken proceeded with filling of employment forms and were waiting for their posting.
TSC has now issued appointment letters which will now be followed by posting letters.
The Commission has however made it mandatory for the teachers to register into Social Health Authority (SHA) by signing into https://afyayangu.go.ke before taken up their new roles
In the replacements which is on permanent and pensionable terms TSC declared 5,862 posts for primary schools, 21 posts for junior schools and 2,824 posts for secondary schools.
A number of things played out in this year’s teacher replacement exercise. Intern teachers were allowed to apply for the advertised slots, a paradigm shift from the previous years.
The interns were awarded 50 marks in the replacement scoresheet regardless of the period served.
A total of 20,000 JSS teachers were hired and posted to schools early January for a one year internship term.
In the replacement non-local teachers faced it rough as TSC locked them out. The Commission prioritized employment of all local teachers regardless of their score.
Priority was first given to local teachers from the sub county then those from within the county then those from within the region before tossing the opportunities for teachers from other counties.
In this replacement exercise there was a surge in the number of JSS teachers wanting to transition to secondary schools.
The surge in interest for secondary school jobs has been driven by dissatisfaction in working in the primary school environment.
Majority of the JSS teachers cite heavy workloads, unclear career growth, poor infrastructure and facilities and lack of motivation.
A total of 1,645 JSS intern teachers have successfully secured teaching jobs in secondary schools.
For primary school teachers the Commission awarded 5 marks to holders of PTE certificates who upgraded to UDPTE.
The Commission already started the process to replace the JSS intern teachers who secured slots in the replacement.
TSC has started the process that will see the teachers internship contracts being terminated as they are issued with employment and posting letters to start their new roles.
TSC requested staffing data for junior secondary school section that will inform the staffing gap and appropriate action.
Details required for submission in excel template to the TSC by primary school headteachers who are also acting principals in JSS included enrolment and gender in Grades 7, 8 and 9, number of teachers and their subjects combination and their gender.
The Commission will have to balance out staff to address shortage especially of science teachers which has been a headache for schools.
The advert to replace the intern teachers will be released immediately the teachers employment process is completed.