TSC latest updates on deployment of teachers to Junior Secondary Schools(JSS).
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC), Dr. Nancy Macharia, has stated that the organization is now assigning teachers in the service who meet the requirements to teach at the recently established Junior Secondary School (JSS).
In an effort to address the issue, Dr. Macharia stated that many elementary school teachers possess degrees and other credentials necessary to teach at the Junior Secondary School (JSS), and those who are willing will be assigned to JSS.
The TSC Boss stated, “We are encouraging teachers who are interested in moving to junior secondary to apply through this portal that we have created on the TSC website.”
Speaking in Naivasha on the fringes of an orientation training for the Senate Standing Committee on Education, Macharia estimated that there are roughly 112,000 Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) instructors registered in the nation.
Nonetheless, the 47 counties employ less than 50,000 instructors in this autonomous area of education.
In order to maintain equity in the public education system, the TSC Boss stated that they would also be attempting to balance the teacher-to-student ratio.
“We will try to balance it out by sending some of the graduate teachers from a primary school with, say, ten teachers to nearby schools that are short-staffed so that they can also help in teaching the JSS since they have the qualifications,” Dr. Macharia stated.
Although Macharia acknowledged that the new JSS had been experiencing teething issues, he gave Kenyans the reassurance that they were working nonstop to make sure everything went well.
“To make sure the JSS launches successfully, we have deployed 30,550 new teachers—the highest number ever.
As we continue to map out the teacher-student ratio for equity and employ more, we have made sure that every JSS class in the public primary schools has one new teacher who will mentor other teachers to teach JSS,” the TSC Boss said.
She stated that 20,000 interns and 10,000 permanent teachers were currently employed, but the interns will soon have permanent jobs.
Regarding the delocalization of educators, Dr. Macharia was unequivocal in his assessment that the practice has always taken teachers’ individual needs into account and refuted claims that the delocalization had caused family instability.
She said that although 14,733 had been delocalized, consideration had been given to their equity and personal interests to ensure that no other location would be left without instructors.
To address the severe teacher shortage in public schools, Senate Standing Committee on Education Chair Mr. Joe Nyutu advocated for increased money to the Education Ministry so that more teachers could be hired.
For example, next year will see Grade Eight in JSS, necessitating the need for more instructors, according to Nyutu.
As a senator from Murang’a, Nyutu vehemently disagreed with any proposals to lower the entrance requirements for Teachers’ Training Colleges, arguing that teaching is a profession whose standards and worth should be maintained.
In addition, he stated, “there are a lot of qualified teachers out there who are not yet employed.”
Nyutu further pledged to advocate for funding from the National Government, around Sh2 billion per county, for the renovation of ECDE and Vocational Training Centers (VCTs).
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