All systems are in place as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) finalizes modalities for upcoming recruitment. Already, several potential candidates have received short messages inviting them for document verification cum interview beginning February 17.
These messages, which include details about the interview process and the documents required, aim to prepare the candidates for the upcoming recruitment.
The Commission will seek to replace teachers who have exited the service through natural attrition. Some 8707 teachers are earmarked for employment on permanent and pensionable terms. A whopping 5,862 will go to primary,21 for junior and 2,824 for senior secondary schools.
The upcoming recruitment exercise is a hot topic, sparking anticipation and interest among the concerned stakeholders. It’s particularly noteworthy that primary school teachers with P1 qualifications will be vying for the limited vacancies allocated to every sub-county in the republic.
A survey by Education News revealed that the exercise will attract teachers who have been out of employment for over 12 years, adding to the excitement.
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A clarion call continues to be made to the TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia concerning the elusive transparency in the upcoming recruitment. Most teachers interviewed implored the commission’s secretary to ensure the process was handled fairly. The teachers quickly noted that there had been a lot of political interference in the recruitment exercise last year.
In the just-concluded Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers’ recruitment, cases of the Members of County Assembly, MPs, Women reps, and Senators intimidating sub-county panels were reported. The worst was reported in cosmopolitan counties, where invited interviewees were chased away despite their identity cards indicating that they were bonafide residents. This time, teachers and concerned stakeholders are against such malpractices.
The teachers are requesting that the year of graduation be adhered to in the upcoming recruitment process.
“Look at me: I am aged 43, and I graduated in 2012, but luck has been evading me,” said one of the teachers from Nandi Central Sub-county.
Some teachers who will attend the interview didn’t go back for an upgrading programme, a professional development course that some teachers take to improve their qualifications. They request that upgrading should not be a component in the recruitment as it will lock out most of them.
By Kaptich Tarus.
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