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TSC distribution of 1,119 posts for primary schools per county

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, 1,119 posts for primary schools. The Primary school vacancies will be filled using the 2020/2021 Merit Lists generated in September 2020. Successful candidates will be informed by the County Directors of the counties where they were merited.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE RECRUITMENT POSTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO REPLACE THOSE WHO EXITED THROUGH NATURAL ATTRITION – FEBRUARY 2021 (1,119)

Here are the advertised vacancies per County:

1 BARINGO- 22 posts
2 BOMET- 19 posts
3 BUNGOMA- 43 posts
4 BUSIA- 19 posts
5 ELGEYO MARAKWET- 10
6 EMBU- 6
7 GARISSA 1
8 HOMABAY 26
9 ISIOLO 10
10 KAJIADO 6
11 KAKAMEGA 57
12 KERICHO 22
13 KIAMBU 32
14 KILIFI 55
15 KIRINYAGA 17
16 KISII 22
17 KISUMU 18
18 KITUI 48
19 KWALE 28
20 LAIKIPIA 17
21 LAMU 13
22 MACHAKOS 39
23 MAKUENI 32
24 MANDERA 4
25 MARSABIT 14
26 MERU 27
27 MIGORI 24
28 MOMBASA 5
29 MURANG’A 42
30 NAIROBI 36
31 NAKURU 49
32 NANDI 24
33 NAROK 9
34 NYAMIRA 19
35 NYANDARUA 45
36 NYERI 22
37 SAMBURU 8
38 SIAYA 36
39 TAITA-TAVETA 21
40 TANA-RIVER 17
41 THARAKA NITHI 14
42 TRANS NZOIA 25
43 TURKANA 32
44 UASIN-GISHU 24
45 VIHIGA 46
46 WAJIR 5

47 WEST-POKOT- 9

GRAND TOTAL 1119 posts

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Smase training for teachers 2021

A total of 5,259 teachers will undergo training on Information and communications technology (ICT) integration in teaching and learning. The teachers have been selected from twenty six (26) counties across the country.

List of counties whose teachers will be trained

S/N County Number of teachers
1 Baringo 174
2 Bungoma 385
3 Busia 156
4 Elgeyo-Marakwet 121
5 Embu 196
6 Garissa 51
7 Homa Bay 350
8 Isiolo 30
9 Kakamega 422
10 Kilifi 164
11 Kirinyaga 151
12 Kisii 346
13 Lamu 24
14 Machakos 368
15 Makueni 382
16 Mandera 50
17 Meru 382
18 Mombasa 44
19 Nakuru 317
20 Narok 60
21 Nyamira 190
22 Nyandarua 170
23 Siaya 242
24 Tharaka-Nithi 149
25 Trans-Nzoia 239
26 Vihiga 160
Total 5,259

The Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA), which will be training the teachers, has already received the details including email addresses of teachers in your county to participate in the 2021 ICT Training.

The training will take place from 19th -30th April 2021 and it will be conducted on a virtual platform by CEMASTEA staff with synchronous sessions running from 4.00pm to 5.00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The selected teachers will be expected to work asynchronously in the Google classrooms on Tuesdays, Thursdays and over the first weekend of the training.

Teachers who shall be marking this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination and have been selected will have to be replaced immediately.

“CEMASTEA takes cognizance of the fact that during the training period, some of the teachers whose names have been submitted for training might be involved in national examinations activities. In this regard, the CTCDC is requested to establish such cases and replace the teachers who may not be available during that period.

The replacements should in line with our guidelines CEMASTEA/CDE/VOL.VI/026 dated 28th December 2020.

CEMASTEA is training teachers on innovative teaching and learning approaches aimed at developing critical thinking and problem solving skills and use of ICT in teaching and learning.

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TSC set to roll out Biometric registration of all teachers in the Country

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will roll out a mass count and bio-metric registration of all secondary and primary school teachers in the Country. The exercise was initially scheduled to commence in May last year (2020) could not take off as schools were closed due to outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic.

But, the Commission has now put all plans in place to roll out the head count in May this year when schools reopen for third term.

“The biometric registration shall entail validation of data of teachers in all public primary and secondary schools, Teacher Training Colleges, Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) and Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE),” the Commission said via a presser.

TSC offices at Upper Hill in Nairobi.

It is believed that there are many ghost workers in the Commission who lead to massive losses of government funds. The biometric registration of teachers will therefore weed out the ghost workers with all the teachers under the commission’s payroll expected to undergo fresh registration to verify their distribution, utilisation and teaching specialisation in public schools.

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All teachers under the TSC payroll will undergo fresh listing from the school level. Earlier on TSC Deputy Commission Secretary Kennedy Mulunda revealed that this exercise would cover all the 321,811 teachers in 32,004 basic education institutions across the country.

“We want to update the existing information on the teachers’ biodata and validate their requirement in all public schools and teacher training colleges by size and learner enrollment,” Mulunda had said.

The biometric registration of the teachers will involve the usage of their fingerprints to capture details. Additionally, each teacher will have to produce their national identity card or birth certificate and any other relevant identification documents such as employment or designation letters.

The exercise will also reveal teacher distribution based on subject combinations and will unearth staffing gaps that will inform training needs for various subject areas.

Seven counties will participate in the pilot roll-out of the program with the national exercise scheduled for August/ September 2021.

Uasin Gishu, Homa Bay, Bungoma, Nyeri, Kilifi, Kitui and Garissa were selected because they present both rural and urban setups with 143 institutions sampled from the areas consisting of primary, secondary and teachers training colleges.

To monitor daily attendance by teachers, the Commission shall then install Biometric gadgets in schools for teachers to clock in and out. Currently, teachers manually sign in and out of school.

The electronic registration of teachers will therefore expose teachers who miss lessons without written permissions. This enlisting of teachers is also expected to help the Commission to balance the teaching staff since it will unravel the imbalances across all public schools.

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TSC to roll out mass teacher transfers

As teachers proceed to the April holiday most of them will be waiting with bathed breaths as their employer is expected to roll out massive transfers. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced that there shall be a major shake up administration of public schools; mostly mixed ones.

A new policy adopted by the Commission is seeking to reorganize placement of heads and deputies in mixed schools to ensure that they are not of the same gender.

“In its efforts to promote gender mainstreaming and equity, TSC is reorganizing placement of heads and deputies in mixed schools to ensure that they are not of the same gender. This is among a raft of measures taken by the Commission to conform to the requirements of the Constitution on inclusiveness, equity, equality, non- discrimination and affirmative action.” Says the Commission.

This comes a week after the International Women’s Day when Dr Nancy Macharia said that the Commission has put measures in place to ensure that it conforms with the constitution on the inclusion of both genders in leadership positions. This move is expected to foster a gender inclusive learning environment in public schools.

Already, TSC Boss Dr. Nancy Macharia has directed all the TSC Regional Directors to implement the policy that is aimed at fostering inclusivity in public schools. She directs regional directors are to liaise with the county directors who are to identify mixed schools that have heads and deputies of same gender and subsequently place the deputies appropriately after the national examinations.

“Identification and deployment of institutional administrators is premised on career progression guidelines and the policy on appointment and deployment of institutional administrators (2017). The process is underpinned on values and principles of governance which include but not limited to: equity, equality, inclusiveness, non-discrimination and affirmative action,” Macharia says in a circular addressed to all Regional TSC Directors.

Mixed schools with Principals who both are of the same gender will see one of them getting the marching orders. Macharia wants the list of the heads and deputies sent to her before April 30 once the placement is completed. This will lead to massive transfers of the affected administrators; mostly deputies.

Implementation of this new policy follows the commission’s research findings that showed a majority of the mixed schools in the country having heads and deputies of the same gender.

Macharia says a scenario where both heads and deputies are of the same gender leads to unprecedented gender imbalances in the learning institutions.

“The scenario neither fosters gender-inclusive learning environment nor provides a supportive atmosphere for all learners…Accordingly, to ensure a supportive learning environment for learners of both gender the commission’s policy is to appoint and deploy administrators of applicable gender to head and deputise learning institutions,” notes Dr.Macharia.

This policy will supplement the contentious delocalization exercise that has seen thousands of heads and their deputies moved away from home counties.

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TSC sets new dates for promotions interviews 2021

TSC promotions 2021- The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has set new dates for Diploma teachers’ promotions interviews. This is after an outcry from the teachers that they would miss the interviews as others are involved in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations marking.

The teachers can now breath a sigh of relief after the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) intervened. Many of the affected teachers had arrived in Nairobi when they received invitations for the interviews, which came with very short notice.

Following many complaints, the union conducted a survey among the examiners to establish the depth of the problem. Indeed, many examiners were having torrid times trying to decide wether to shun the marking exercise and attend the interviews or not.

“In the circumstances, we urge the Commission to immediately call off the interviews slated for this month and conduct the same in May or on any convenient dates after the marking of the KCSE exams.” Reads a demand letter from Kuppet Secretary General Akello Misori.

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In July 2020, the Commission embarked on the final phase of promotion of teachers for the financial year 2020/2021. A calendar of activity for the interviews was prepared with the last set of interviews scheduled to take place from 26/4/2021 to 30/4/2021.

However as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which disrupted the Education calendar in the country, the scheduled interviews have conflicted with marking of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examination currently taking place.

Consequently, the Commission has re-scheduled the interviews for advert Number 2/2021, 3/2021, 4/2021, 6/2021, and 7/2021 to a date to be communicated in due course.

TSC is seeking to promote all the diploma holders before the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) comes to an end in July this year. See also; Teachers’ new salaries, promotions; Details of the 2021-2025 TSC- KUPPET Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA).

Delayed interview results

Kuppet is also demanding answers on behalf of some some teachers being invited for fresh interviews when they had done the same in December 2020, and are yet to receive any communication on the outcome.

The Commission has also not released promotion results for teachers who attended interviews in February this year.

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Thousands of teachers who attended the interviews are patiently waiting for the results; whose processing must have been slowed down by involvement of the TSC Senior Secretariat staff in administration of the KCPE and KCSE examinations.

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A total of 32,431 teachers were shortlisted and interviewed in February. The teachers are fighting for the 15,226 available promotion vacancies. The Commission is seeking to fill 1,341 vacancies for Deputy Principal I and another 1,096 vacancies for Deputy Principals II.

A majority of the interviewees will be battling out for the 6,680 vacancies available for teachers in grade C3 (Formerly L). Successful candidates will be promoted to grade C4 (Senior Master IV) which is the entry grade to the administrative positions in Post Primary Learning Institutions.

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Over 300,000 teachers apply for the 11,000 TSC vacancies

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, says about 300,000 teachers submitted their applications to fill the advertised 11,000 vacancies in primary and secondary schools. The new job seekers almost equal those already in the Commission payroll.

The high number of applicants must have been due to applications made by teachers in private schools who have undergone turbulent times during the Covid19 break.

The large numbers must have occasioned the delayed release of the merit lists.

“The numbers were overwhelming, There are so many people (teachers) who applied, more than we expected and we have to give every applicant a chance and go through their applications,” TSC head of public relations, Betty Wababu, told the media.

The Commission has at the same time released a new recruitment schedule after the earlier one was overtaken by events. In the new schedule, the County selection process and filling of application for employment forms by successful candidates will be done between Thursday October 8, 2020 and Wednesday October 14, 2020.

TSC has already produced the 2020/2021 recruitment guidelines with teachers who graduated earlier and those currently on internship getting an added advantage.

Merit lists have also been dispatched to Counties which will in turn release their respective interview dates and venues. Some vacancies failed to attract applicants and schools have stepped up efforts to get suitable candidates to fill them. In some other schools, only one applications were recorded meaning such applicants are at pole position to clinch the posts.

Applicants expect to be invited for interviews and should get a 7-day notice.

The Commission has set the reporting date for the new teachers to be January 4, 2021.

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List of TSC allowances to be scrapped by the SRC

TSC allowances- The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is planning to unveil major changes in the allowances paid to teachers and civil servants. The radical surgery will see some of the allowances being abolished and others restructured.

A 2019 study by SRC identified 247 allowances paid to public officers, which accounted for 48 per cent of the total wage bill as of 2019. This was against 31 allowances in 1999. The Public Finance Management (PFM) Act 2015 stipulates that the national government’s expenditure on the wage bill should not exceed 35 per cent of ordinary revenue.

In the current salaries review exercise SRC aims at minimizing disparities in gross remuneration package with the ultimate aim being to cap allowances at 40 per cent of basic pay.

While addressing journalists, recently, Chairperson Lyn Mengich said the new cycle may take effect six months after June, a time when the commission projects to have completed the review.

“Everybody will be affected. Some will impact more on other sectors of the employees. New employees will be affected where an allowance is being abolished. If provided for in a contractual obligation, it will not affect immediate staff enjoying that benefit,” She said.

Why SRC is reviewing the allowances

To avoid duplication, redundancy, disparities and varied eligibility criteria, allowances payable in the Public Service shall be harmonized and streamlined as follows:

  • Allowances and benefits that are paid for similar purposes but have different names shall be merged and renamed;
  • Allowances and benefits whose rates are not commensurate with the intended purpose shall be restructured;
  • Allowances and benefits whose current form does not change shall be retained; and
  • Allowances and benefits whose rationale for payment is redundant and or overlaps with that of the basic salary shall be abolished.

The Commission says allowances and benefits shall not be paid for purposes that are already compensated for in the basic salary thus resulting in a remuneration package that exceeds the relative worth of a job.

Streamlining of Allowances and Benefits

To avoid duplication, redundancy, disparities and varied eligibility criteria, allowances payable in the Public Service shall be streamlined by:

  • Merging and renaming allowances and benefits that are paid for similar purposes but have different names;
  • Restructuring allowances and benefits whose rates are not commensurate with the intended purpose;
  • Retaining allowances and benefits whose current form does not change; and
  • Abolishing allowances and benefits whose rationale for payment is redundant and or overlaps with that of the basic salary.

Reviewed TSC allowances

TSC allowances that will be restructured include:

Annual Leave Allowance

It is an allowance that is paid once in a year to teachers while on leave; usually paid with the January salaries. The Commission is intending to review this allowance due to the following reasons:

  • The wide banding of job group eligible for Annual Leave Allowance is discriminative;
  • There is a disparity in the rates payable in the Public Service.
  • Some public sector institutions pay Annual Leave Allowance as a percentage of the basic salary, other institutions pay Annual Leave Allowance as an absolute figure.
  • Some public institutions allow for commutation of non-utilized leave days for cash.

Consequently, this is how the annual leave should be paid;

The Annual Leave Allowance shall be paid in absolute figure and not a percentage of basic salary. Indeed, this how TSC pays the annual leave for teachers and hence no much changes are expected here.

The SRC shall review the banding structure in the Annual Leave Allowance payments to provide clarity in banding and rates payable by the teacher’s grade.

Hardship Allowance

This is an allowance that is paid to teachers deployed in designated hardship areas. The allowance is meant to compensate teachers working in the Hardship Areas to compensate them for lack of basic social services and amenities, security risk, harsh climatic conditions, isolation and family separation.

Some teachers are set to lose the hardship allowance because the designated hardship areas shall be reviewed, by the relevant government institution/s to reflect changes in designated hardship areas arising from benefits of devolution and Equalization Fund. This is because devolution has implied that Counties are no longer necessarily hardship areas since they are receiving equalization funds to promote development in the counties thereby addressing the characteristics of hardship areas.

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Responsibility Allowance

This is an allowance paid to teachers in administrative posts. SRC has since abolished this allowance because the purpose for which the allowance is paid has been factored in the relative worth of the job through the job undertaken by the Commission. Indeed, this allowance was incorporated in the basic salaries for teachers holding administrative roles.

Medical Allowance

The allowances are paid alongside monthly salary based on the job group to cater for outpatient medical treatment. The allowance has now been abolished. Teachers lost their medical allowance some time back; and, part of it is paid to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF; which is a statutory deduction) and the remaining goes to the TSC procured medical insurance scheme, AON-Minet.

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List of TSC Allowances and Benefits to be Retained

The following allowances shall not be modified:

S/N Allowance Name
1 Commuter Allowance
2 House Allowance
3 Disability Guide Allowance
4 Transfer Allowance
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How to check TSC registration status and TSC certificate of registration download

TSC NUMBER REGISTRATION STATUS- You probably must have applied for your TSC Certificate/Number online recently and you are wondering how you can check your application status. To successfully apply for your TSC Number,you must present the following to TSC:

  • A copy of your national identity card
  • Certified copies of your professional and academic certificates
  • A copy of your KRA pin
  • GP69 form
  • Bank slip confirming payment of registration fees
  • Certificate of good conduct
  • One passport size photo
  • For non-Kenyan, copies of entry and work permits
  • A basic registration fee is Ksh1,055 Kenyan. You should pay this amount through M-Pesa business number 625625 or direct Bank deposits (National Bank of Kenya A/C No. 0100100090500).

Once you have scanned your documents, then you can proceed to the online application. This application is done at the TSC Online portal; https://tsconline.tsc.go.ke/register.

For a guide on how to make submit your TSC number application online visit; Step-by-Step Guide on how to easily apply for your TSC number online.

How to check TSC registration status online

Once you apply for apply for your new TSC Number the Commission will respond within 30 days. But, it is good that you keep checking your registration status online.

1. You can check your TSC new teacher online registration status by visiting the TSC online services portal at https://teachersonline.tsc.go.ke/regstatus.aspx

2. Then click on ‘Registration Status.’

3. Then enter your identity card or passport number and press go. You will receive your TSC registration confirmation.

These are the possible indicators and their meaning:
  • IN PROGRESS; It means that the application has been received at the registry but it hasn’t been handled yet.
  • VERIFIED; The application has been checked and it has been confirmed that all the details are correct.
  • REGISTERED; The applicant has been registered successfully. The TSC number is indicated here. A confirmation SMS bearing the TSC number is as well sent to the applicant.
  • RESET; There is an error which needs to be corrected. An SMS is sent to the applicant stating the specific error. After correcting it, the application goes to the ‘in progress’ status.
  • REJECTED; This is indicated if the applicant does not meet the minimum qualifications to be registered as a teacher.
  • INCOMPLETE; It means that some details haven’t been entered or the application has not been submitted.
  • In some cases the status can be blank. That is a transitional status. You have no reason to be worried. Just keep cool and wait for another few days.

Why TSC may reject your application

On the other hand, if TSC declines your application, the commission will communicate within 30 days giving the reason for declining. Some of the grounds that may make the TSC deny your registration are:

  • Lack of the required academic and professional qualifications
  • Being of questionable moral character, i.e., you have been convicted of an offense against a learner or a sexual offense
  • Having a criminal offense conviction that makes you unfit to be a teacher
  • If proven that you engaged in activities considered prejudicial to good governance, peace, or good order in Kenya
  • Having a physical or mental illness that makes you incapable of administering your duty as a teacher.