A section of unemployed primary school teachers are calling on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to exercise fairness during teacher recruitment.
The teachers want TSC to follow year of graduation from Teacher Training Colleges (TSC) in all its recruitment exercise.
The teachers have protested after TSC released a scoresheet that put teachers who graduated in their Primary Teacher Education (PTE) in the year 2015 and before in the same basket.
According to TSC scoresheet it released in July, teachers who graduated in the year 2015 and earlier have been awarded 35 marks.
Those who graduated in 2016 were awarded 30 marks, 2017 awarded 25 marks, 2018 awarded 20 marks, 2019 awarded 15 marks, 2020 awarded 10 marks and 2021 and after warded 5 marks.
The protesting teachers fault the scoresheet saying a teacher who graduated in 2010 cannot be awarded same marks with those who graduated in 2015.
Other criteria the Commission used for awarding scores include; the PTE points the teacher scored, internship evidence and whether the teachers upgraded his/her studies and was awarded the CBC upgrade certificate.
TSC will publish on its website names of teachers who will be successfully shortlisted in the ongoing recruitment.
TSC said it will publish the shortlisted candidates on its website from Wednesday 13th July, 2022 to Friday 15th July, 2022
In the advert the Commission seeks to recruit a total 14,460 primary and secondary school teachers as well as Teacher Training College (TTC) tutors by July.
Currently TSC has a total of 345,316 teachers on its payroll. Of these, 228,126 are primary school teachers, 116,024 are secondary school teachers and 1,166 are TTC tutors.
TSC is currently grappling with massive shortage of teachers. The Commission requires a total 114,581 teachers to plug the shortage.
There are at least 300,000 teachers who are trained but are yet to be employed by the Commission.
TSC however employs at least 10,000 teachers annually which is too small compared to existing shortage as well as 10,000 teachers who exit the service each year.
Some of the employed teachers serve as interns for a period of one year which is renewable. The Commission employs 6,000 teachers on internship each year.
In this July recruitment, TSC gave interested and qualified candidates till 7th July, to apply for the advertised vacancies.
ROADMAP FOR RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS – JULY, 2022
| ACTIVITY | TIME LINES | DURATION |
| Presentation of proposal for the identified vacancies to the Board | Monday 20th June, 2022 | 1 Day |
| Advertise Vacant Posts | Tuesday 28th June, 2022 | 1 Day |
| Virtual Sensitization of Regional & County Directors | Friday 1st July,2022 | 1 Day |
| Online Applications | Tuesday 28th June 2022 – Thursday 7th July, 2022 | 10 Days |
| Collection of Employment Forms by County Directors | Tuesday 5th July, 2022 | 1 Day |
| Generation of Applicants’ Lists by County Directors Validation of applicants at the HQs | Friday 8th July, 2022 | 1 Day |
| Shortlisting of Applicants by the County Selection panel Compilation of the regional shortlist | Monday 11th July 2022 – Tuesday 12th July 2022 | 3 Days |
| Publishing of the list of shortlisted candidates on the TSC website | Wednesday 13th July, 2022 – Friday 15th July, 2022 | 3 Days |
| County Selection Process and Filling of Application for Employment Forms by Successful Candidates | Thursday 21th July, 2022 – Wednesday 27th July, 2022 | 5 Days |
| Vetting and Handling of Complaints at County Level | Thursday 28th July, 2022 – Wednesday 3rd August, 2022 | 3 Days |
| Receiving of Recruitment Documents at the TSC Headquarters | Thursday 4th August, 2022 – Friday 5th August, 2022 | 2 Days |
| Compilation of Successful Applicants’ Lists and Processing of Appointment Letters | Monday 8th August, 2022 – Friday 27th August, 2022 | 15 Days |
| Reporting of Teachers to Schools | Thursday1st September, 2022 | |
| COUNTY DIRECTORS TO SUBMIT REPORTING STATUS BY 3RD OCTOBER, 2022 |
TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia listed the following minimum recruitment requirements for the advertised posts.
A) SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
To qualify for recruitment, a candidate should meet the following minimum requirements:
i) Be a Kenyan citizen;
ii) Must be a holder of at least a diploma in education;
iii) Must be a registered teacher with Teachers Service Commission.
B) TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES
To qualify for recruitment, a candidate should meet the following minimum requirements:
i) Be a Kenyan citizen;
ii) Must be a holder of at least a Bachelors degree in Education;
iii) Must be a registered teacher with Teachers Service Commission.
C) PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
To qualify for recruitment, a candidate should meet the following minimum requirements:
i) Be a Kenyan citizen;
ii) Must be a holder of a PI certificate;
iii) Must be a registered teacher with the Teachers Service Commission.