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TSC SECRETARIAT VACANCIES 2021-2022

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The Teacher Service Commission, TSC, has announced 21 internship opportunities in various specialization.

In line with the Government internship policy ,the commission intends to offer internship opportunities to qualified youths in various areas of specialization to enable them gain practical work experience which will improve their competencies and competitiveness in career progression.

The opportunities have been distributed as follows;

1.Information Communication Technology (ICT)  -6 vacancies.

2.Records Management -6 vacancies

3.Human Resource Management/Development-6 vacancies

4.Finance and Account-2 vacancies

5.Legal -1 Vacancies

Basic requirements 

1.Information Communication Technology 

Bachelors in Computer Science, Information Communications Technology, and Computer Technology, Software Development, Information Security and Forensic and other Recognized Bachelors of Science ICT Courses.

2.Records Management 

Bachelor’s degree in Information Science/Records and Archives Management/Library Science, Knowledge of Electronics Documents and Records Management Systems (EDRMS)

3.Human Resource Management and Development 

Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management or Bachelor’s Degree in social Sciences plus a Diploma in Human Resource Management.

4.Finance and Account 

Bachelors of Commerce

Bachelors of Business Administration

Bachelors of Arts Economics

5.Legal

Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB)

Completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

Ability to undertake research and provide legal opinions

Fluent in written and spoken English and Kiswahili.

2. Be a Kenyan youth aged between 21 and 35 years.

3.Must have completed their training and graduated in the last 3 years from a recognized institution.

4.Must have a certificate of proficiency in ICT

5.Should have a Credit Bureau Certification (CRB)

6.Should not have done internship in any other organization.

7. Should have a Certificate of Good Conduct during selection.

Personal Attributes 

1.Must be a person of integrity

2.Must be goal oriented, dynamic, self driven and diligent individual

3.Should possess good interpersonal, communication skills and be a team player.

The Internship positions will be for  a period of 12 months

The positions are non-renumerative position, however, the selected interns will be paid a stipend of twenty-five thousand (Kshs.25000)per month.

Successful applicants may be deployed either to the TSC Headquarters or County offices

Method of  Application 

Applications should be submitted online through TSC recruitment portal website www.tsc.go.ke.

Candidates who meet the above requirements should submit their applications by Monday 22nd November, 2021. 

Successful candidates shall be required to have a personal accident insurance to cover for personal risks during the internship period. They will also be required to have medical Insurance cover by the NHIF or any other reputable medical insurance firm.

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TSC warns schools over fees

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has issued a stern warning to teachers over claims of over charging school fees. The Commission says investigations are being carried out over some allegations that some schools are asking parents to pay extra fees; above the stipulated Ministry of Education Guidelines (on school fees).

“The TSC is investigating a few allegations that some teachers are not complying with Government directives on fees,” TSC chief executive Nancy Macharia now says.

The Ministry of Education slashed school fees for national schools by Sh8,500 and that for extra-county and county schools by Sh5,500 to ease the financial pressure on parents.

According to the new fees guidelines, Learners in national and extra-county schools in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika and Nyeri will pay Ksh 45,000 per year; down from the Sh53,554 that they have been paying annually. This represents a reduction of Sh8,554.

On their part, learners in all other boarding schools including extra county schools that are located in other areas other than the town of Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret will now pay Sh35,000. These learners have been paying Sh40,535 per year. Consequently, their fees has been slashed by Sh5,535.

Students in special needs schools will pay ksh10,860 annually, down from the Sh12,790; that they have been formerly paying.

The new reduced fees structure took effect on July 26, 2021.

Macharia now directs schools to strictly adhere to the fees guidelines.

“I direct that all heads of school to stick to stipulated school fees and avoid loading parents with unnecessary levies,” she says.

FREE DAY SECONDARY EDUCATION CAPITATION TO SCHOOLS IN 2021-2022

Government subsidy (Capitation) to schools to actualize Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) will be KES. 22,244.00 annually per learner as stipulated in table below;

 Table 1: FDSE Structure

S/NO. ITEM AMOUNT (KES)
1 Tuition 4,144.00
2 Medical/ Insurance 2,000.00
3 Activity 1,500.00
4 SMASSE 200.00
5 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00
6 Maintenance and Improvement 5,000.00
7 Grand Total 22,244.00

Other vote heads: local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.

Disbursement of capitation to schools will be done in the ratio 50:30:20.

2021/2022 Boarding school’s fees structure- category A*

S/NO. VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
1 Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams 4,144.00 0 4,144.00
2 Boarding Equipment & Stores 0.00 24,935.00 24,935.00
3 Maintenance & Improvement 5,000.00 2,000.00 7,000.00
4 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00 17,267.00 26,667.00
5 Activity Fees 1,500.00 798.00 2,298.00
6 Medical & Insurance 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00
7 SMASSE 200.00 0.00 200.00
8 Total School Fees 22,244.00 45,000.00 67,244.00

*Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.

 Schools classified as Category A are:

  • All National schools and
  • Extra county schools that are located in the following towns: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret ONLY.

 2021/2022 Boarding schools fees structure- category B*

S/NO. VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
1 Teachiing, Learning Materials & Exams 4,144.00 0 4,144.00
2 Boarding Equipment & Stores 0.00 20,830.00 20,830.00
3 Maintenance & Improvement 5,000.00 2,000.00 7,000.00
4 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00 11,670.00 21,070.00
5 Activity Fees 1,500.00 500.00 2,000.00
6 Medical & Insurance 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00
7 SMASSE 200.00 0.00 200.00
8 Total School Fees 22,244.00 35,000.00 57,244.00

*Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.

Schools classified as Category B* are other boarding schools including extra county schools that are located in other areas other than the town of Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret.

Also read; 2021/2022 new reduced School Fees structure and guidelines for all secondary schools in Kenya; Education Ministry releases guidelines

2021/2022 Fees Structure for Special Needs Schools

S/NO. VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
1 Teachiing, Learning Materials & Exams 4,144.00 0 4,144.00
2 Boarding Equipment & Stores 19,053.00 8,860.00 27,913.00
3 Maintenance & Improvement 5,000.00 2,000.00 7,000.00
4 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00 0.00 9,400.00
5 Activity Fees 1,500.00 0.00 1,500.00
6 Medical & Insurance 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00
7 Top Up 12,510.00 0.00 12,510.00
8 SMASSE 200.00 0.00 200.00
9 Total School Fees 53,807.00 10,860.00 67.167.00

Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.

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Teachers to be subjected to mandatory retraining- TSC orders

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, wants all secondary school teachers to undergo mandatory refresher training courses. According to the Commission learning areas introduced under the new Education system have made it mandatory for all teachers to go back to school to gain skills on how to handle the subject adjustments as the secondary schools prepare for a double intake in 2023.

In a letter to Basic Education Principal Secretary Dr Julius Jwan, TSC Boss Dr Nancy Macharia says there are some new subjects which require teachers to be trained and hired.

Those requiring special attention include pre-technical and pre-vocational education, life skills, agriculture and health education.

Others are optional subjects such as indigenous languages, Kenya sign language, visual arts and performing arts.

According to Dr Macharia, all home science and biology teachers will have to be retrained to enable them handle health education, while teachers in social studies must be taught how to teach new content on citizenship.

Similarly, sports and physical education teachers must be retrained so as to deal with sports and health requirements in the new Competency Based Curriculum, CBC.

Related news; TSC- Secondary school teachers to handle three subjects, have mandatory ICT skills

The commission wants a total re-engineering of the whole and current teacher education curriculum so as to meet the special demands of CBC.

“We advise and recommend that the teacher education curriculum should be made flexible and aligned to enable a single teacher to teach a variety of subjects,” she says in the July 26 letter, 2021.

Currently, teachers are trained to teach at least two subjects but the demands of the CBC now make it necessary to widen the teaching areas.

Some of the subjects introduced under the new system and that have no teachers include leatherwork, wood technology, hairdressing and beauty therapy, plumbing and ceramics and welding fabrication.

Others are mandarin, sports teachers, performing arts and visual and applied arts.

Dr Macharia says teachers in various subjects that have been adjusted or adopted new learning areas will be retrained across the country.

They include those for business studies, mathematics, physical sciences, English and literature, Kiswahili, sign language, Arabic, French, German, Agriculture, History, CRE, and building construction. Others are Islamic Religious Education, Hindu Religious Education, home economics, aviation, electricity and metal technology.

The commission recommends that sufficient funds be made available “for the retooling and training of teachers for the effective implementation of junior and senior secondary curriculum.”

TSC also recommends that the three diploma colleges – Kagumo, Kibabii and Lugari—be ordered to admit students for the new subjects “on a demand-driven approach.”

According to the TSC recommendations, Kenya Technical Training College should be directed to upscale the training of teachers in the technical oriented subjects required under CBC.

“Universities should be appropriately informed about the new subjects and that should guide admission of students pursuing education to meet the projected demands,” the commission says.

In the new Curriculum, teachers will be expected to handle three subjects as opposed to the current two.

“Teachers at this level (secondary school) will teach three subjects at Junior and Senior secondary,” reads the TSC framework document on entry requirements in the teaching service.

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TSC new salary scale for teachers 2021

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has adjusted salaries for the newly promoted teachers. This is after an out cry from the affected teachers and through the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers – KUPPET.

Via a circular titled ‘CBA IMPLEMENTATION ANOMALIES FOR SENIOR MASTER IV’ the Commission says the salaries for the affected teachers will immediately be revised up wards.

New salaries and allowances for teachers.

Earlier, the Commission had paid the newly promoted teachers at Senior Masters IV, T-Scale 9 (C4), a monthly pay of between Sh52,308 and Sh55,604. This has now been adjusted to between Sh55,604 and Sh65,333.

Additionally, the teachers will get increased monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh8,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh6,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh28,000).

“Upon signing of the CBA 2017-2021, the Senior Master IV was reserved as a promotional grade. The grade has 7 salary notches. The minimum and maximum salary notches under the expired CBA was correctly captured at Kshs. 627,696-667,248 as per the Conversion Tables.” Explains the teachers’ employer.

During the preparation of the Conversion tables, the salary scales were structured in a manner that a teacher would attain the 4th Notch in the fourth (44) Year as per the CBA review cycle. This was in anticipation that every Fourth year, the Commission would review the salary component of the CBA in each review cycle and teachers will convert to new salaries before attaining the 7th notch.

“In view of the new CBA, which has elongated the salary notches, the Commission will revise the Promotion Letters for the Senior Master IV teachers to reflect the correct salary scale at Kshs. 667,248-784,000.” Promises the TSC.

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The newly promoted 1,341 Deputy Principals I in T-Scale 13 (D3) will be the biggest beneficiaries. These teachers will now pocket a monthly basic salary of Sh104,644. Also to be increased will be their commuter allowances to Sh14,000 monthly. This is not all as their leave allowance will now be Sh10,000 per month. The highest house allowance paid to these teachers will now stand at Sh50,000 monthly.

The 1,096 Deputy Principals II T-Scale 12 (D2) will also receive increased perks. The teachers will receive a monthly pay of Sh91,041. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh13,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh10,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh50,000).

The promoted 39 Senior Lecturers I T-Scale 12 (D2) will receive a monthly pay of Sh91,041. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh13,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh10,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh50,000).

The promoted 1,590 Deputy Principals III T-Scale 11 (D1) will receive a monthly pay of between Sh77,840 and Sh85,269. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh12,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh10,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh45,000)

The promoted 209 Curriculum Support Officers T-Scale 10 (C5) will receive a monthly pay of between Sh62,272 and Sh64,631. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh8,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh6,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh35,000)

The promoted 2,111 Head Teachers 10 (C5) will receive a monthly pay of between Sh62,272 and Sh64,631. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh8,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh6,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh35,000).

The promoted 7,030 Senior Masters IV T-Scale 9 (C4) will now receive a monthly pay of between Sh55,604 and Sh65,333. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh8,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh6,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh28,000).

The promoted 1,765 Deputy Head Teachers II T-Scale 9 (C4) will equally receive a monthly pay of between Sh55,604 and Sh65,333. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh8,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh6,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh28,000).

The promoted 45 Senior Lecturers IV T-Scale 9 (C4) will on their part receive a monthly pay of between Sh55,604 and Sh65,333. This will come with increase in monthly Commuter allowance (to Sh8,000), Annual Leave Allowance (to Sh6,000) and monthly House Allowance (to Sh28,000).