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TSC virtual lessons for schools

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has rolled out a new programme to mitigate against under-staffing in schools. The ambitious programme dubbed ‘Virtual Lessons For Schools’ will largely benefit schools in remote areas. The Commission says it has trained over 163,000 tutors to roll out virtual lessons that would be scaled up to cover most schools.

The new programme will see teachers from well-staffed schools with better facilities virtually share their classes with other institutions.

TSC Chief Executive Nancy Macharia said the prolonged disruption of learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic brought to the fore the need to continuously empower teachers to respond to emerging trends and challenges.  During Covid 19, most schools were unable to access online lessons due to inadequate facilities and poor internet connectivity.

Macharia said the commission has now accelerated its online teaching and learning, citing the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project that has already been launched.

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The programme will be piloted ahead of full roll-out.

Under the pilot programme targeting 12 schools, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and English will be live streamed from the host schools.

During the two-month pilot phase, livestreaming will focus on sciences, mathematics and English lessons, delivered from two principal schools.

Alliance Girls High School and Machakos Boys, well-staffed institutions with better facilities, will have their teachers share lessons with students in satellite schools across 10 counties.

The two national schools have been paired with the satellite schools drawn from Isiolo, Kilifi, Bomet, Taita Taveta, Makueni and Kisii.

Macharia said the lessons will be interactive and collaborative through video and sound and learners will have a whole learning experience.

The programme targets Form Two students. Kenya Secondary School Heads Association chairman Kahi Indimuli termed the project a game changer. “It provides an opportunity to share knowledge, equipment and apparatus. It is a shared opportunity in learning and teaching approaches,” said Indimuli.

He, however, said schools will require high speed internet connectivity. But even as TSC launched the online lessons programme, teachers unions maintained quality teaching also requires proper staffing.

“Counties are not the same. Schools are not the same. We have gaps. Technology cannot replace teachers,” said Knut boss Collins Oyuu.

TSC had indicated there exists a teacher deficit of about 100,000 countrywide.

This new plan will however be hampered by lack of enough ICT facilities and internet connectivity in most schools.

TSC gives information on TPD for teachers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has underscored the value of interdependence among all education stakeholders in order to improve the quality of education in the country.

TSC Chairperson Dr. Jamleck Muturi said education is a lifetime resource that every society in the world must harness for prosperity, hence the need for joint participation from all partners for its sustainability.

Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement forum at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK) Kapenguria Bible College Hall on Wednesday, Muturi urged teachers, parents, political leaders and school sponsors to play their part in ensuring effective and efficient service delivery in education institutions.

He mentioned that TSC on its part was keen on embracing digitization of some of its services to help minimize on time wasted, while seeking services that compromises teachers’ class time.

“We have decentralized some services so as to save our teachers from the burden of travelling to Nairobi which has been making many teachers lose a lot of time meant for them to be in class. We ask our teachers to be accountable to their learners, the community they serve and the government,” reiterated the TSC chair.

Muturi advised teachers with psychosocial challenges to make use of the wellness centres established to improve their welfare, promising that the commission will always give a human face when dealing with disciplinary cases.

He challenged teachers to optimize the potential of each learner for a better society, lauding the political leadership in West Pokot County for prioritizing education in their development undertakings.

At the same time, the commission has encouraged teachers to undertake the Teachers Professional Development (TPD) course, maintaining that it is good for their progress.

Responding to claims that TPD was causing inconvenience among teachers already in the service, TSC Commissioner Timon Oyucho said the training will make the teachers globally competitive, hence teachers should not develop cold feet.

“Teaching like other professions, requires one to undergo continuous upgrading for effective service delivery. A Judge of the High Court will always acquire a practicing certificate that is always renewable,” argued Oyucho.

Sigor MP Peter Lochakapong raised concerns that his office was receiving requests for National Government Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF) bursaries from teachers wanting to enroll for the TPD courses.

Some stakeholders at the meeting appealed to the commission to look into modalities where the employer should meet the costs of the training for those teachers already in service.

TSC 2022 Recruitment Marking Scheme, Road Map

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has released the 2022 teacher recruitment guidelines, marking scheme and road map.

According to the recruitment road map, TSC county directors collected employment from the commission on Friday,28th January .The commission is expected to generate a merit list by the end of week which will be worked upon by recruitment panels in schools where Recruitment will take place between Friday 11th February and Thursday 17th February 2022.

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There is no doubt that the following considerations ,guidelines and score sheet will be applied in generating merit lists in the upcoming recruitment exercise

In the new recruitment guidelines released by TSC, qualified teachers who have evidence of internship will stand high chances of securing TSC jobs.

Another factor that will increase chances of one to get employed is the quality of certificate. However, tutors teaching subjects combinations like:

Physics/Chemistry,

Biology/Agriculture

Chemistry/Biology

are easily absorbed by TSC since they are few.

Applicants must present original and legible photocopies of the following

documents:-

1. National identification cards;

2. National Council of Persons with Disability (NCPWD) Card (where applicable);

3. KCPE Certificates;

4. KCSE Certificates (include first attempt certificate if repeated exams);

5. Diploma/Degree Certificates and official transcripts;

6. Primary and Secondary Schools leaving certificates

NB: Provisional transcript shall not be accepted.

Where names on the submitted documents differ, the applicant will be required to submit a sworn affidavit.

Graduate, Degree BA + PGDE or BSC + PGDE Masters Teachers, Diploma or Dip. Tech. Education trained teachers here is the score sheet;

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It is important to note that teachers who are serving in internship programme will have an advantage of thirty (30) marks. This will automatically give them an upper hand.

Here is the score sheet that will be used by TSC during 2022 employment for Secondary school teachers

SCORING AREAS MAXIMUM SCORE

Degree (BED) 

First class 40

Second Class Upper 35

Second Class Lower 35

Pass 30

Degree + PGDE or BSC+PGDE

First class 40

Second Class Upper 35

Second Class Lower 35

Pass 30

Diploma + Dip Tech Education

Distinction 40

Credit 25

Pass 15

Diploma in Education

Distinction 40

Credit 35

Pass 30

Maximum Score 40

EVIDENCE OF INTERNSHIP SERVICE 30

Awarding of marks for Length of stay since qualifying as a teacher (since graduation.

It is also important to note that the marks for length of stay after graduation has been reduced by a big margin.

YEAR SCORE

2015 and Before 25

2016 20

2017 15

2018 10

2019 and After 5

MAXIMUM SCORE 25

Awarding of marks for Length of stay since qualifying as a teacher for those previously employed by TSC

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YEAR SCORE

2018 and After 25

2017-2016 20

2015-2014 15

2013-2012 10

2011 and before 10

MAXIMUM SCORE 25

NB:For purposes of scoring part B, year of completion of professional training (BED or PGDE) whose certificate is used to score part A of this score sheet determines the length of stay but not year of enhancement.

Advantage of Communication ability and Co-curricular certificate of participation

Co-curricular certificate plays a key role in tie-breaking, it earns a candidate 1 mark advantage. Co-curricular certificate ranges from activities like Football, Basketball, Athletics Rugby and Music. Normally, the most considered certificates are for Regional level and National level.

AREA SCORE

Communication Ability 2

Participation in Co-curricular activities 1

Students’ academic performance(Exam Record) 1

Special Talent(s) 1

MAXIMUM SCORE 5

Finally, Ensure that your content mastery in your teaching subjects is commendable.So as to be on a safe side, its important to provide evidence by producing a document to score above marks. NB: No candidate should score zero in this section.

It is important to note that good command in communication and convincing confidence level will put you in a good position to secure a job with TSC.