The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that it will recruit 5,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms this financial year.
Chief executive officer Nancy Macharia said the Commission will also recruit intern teachers at a cost of Sh1.2 billion to help address the existing teacher shortage in primary and secondary schools.
However, TSC did not indicate the number of intern teachers it will be seeking to recruit.
“We hope this prompt and wonderful government intervention will go a long way to address the teachers’ shortage as we continue with the implementation of the competency based curriculum (CBC),” said Ms Macharia.
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich in June allocated TSC Sh3.2 billion for recruitment of teachers.
The education sector has over the years continued to receive the lion’s share of spending.
STRATEGIC PLAN
The Commission had indicated an annual demand of 12,626 teachers.
Ms Macharia said the 317,000 teachers are overstretched.
TSC, in its 2019-2023 Strategic Plan, says it requires Sh82 billion to recruit teachers over the next five years.
Some Sh16.4 billion will be needed each year for recruitment over the next four years and Sh8.1 billion in the fifth year.
This, it said, would enable it to address a biting teacher shortage in schools, currently estimated at about 100,000, which figure is likely to rise to about 120,000 by 2023 unless the number and pace of teacher recruitment is increased.
Staff shortage worsened this year with the government’s push for 100 percent transition of learners from primary to secondary levels.
We shall appreciate at whatever cost.most of the schools,especially in the arid areas are seriously understaffed.it is agood indicate that you working to solve this issues of teacher shortage once and for all.we will appreciate.my school has only three tsc teachers.
This is a plan to make teaching profession more useless
How and where do we apply or drop our applications for these jobs?
TSC will release advert and way forward dont worry you will also find same in our category vacancies
We have provided a link use that link to access but make sure you dont use your phone to do applications cause you wont make it. Also make sure you scan all your academic certificates from primary to university (no leaving or other certificates required)