TSC shortfall in JSS intern recruiting benefits science teachers.
20,000 junior secondary school (JSS) intern teachers are currently being recruited, and science graduate and diploma teachers, as well as instructors of technical disciplines, are having a field day.
After closing the online application process on November 4 at midnight, the Commission is now verifying the documents of the teacher candidates who made the short list.
The document verification process, which began on November 11th, is anticipated to continue until November 22nd, 2024.
However, it appears that science teachers are being given preference in this hiring process following TSC’s announcement that there is a severe lack of scientific teachers in schools.
When it comes to the recruitment process, teachers who combine science and technical disciplines have a better success rate than those who combine art. Actually, only scientific instructors are chosen in some subcounties.
Dr. Nancy Macharia, the CEO of TSC, had issued a warning about the nation’s lack of scientific teachers.
Macharia told the National Assembly education committee that the commission is having trouble finding scientific teachers, even though there are more than 400,000 unemployed teachers in the country.
She pointed out that applications for science teaching posts are infrequent and that many schools, particularly JSS, lack enough science teachers.
The issue with science professors is particularly noteworthy. We will be able to calculate the proportion of teachers in the arts as opposed to science based on our data. But it’s evident that most of them work in the arts,” Macharia said.
“I’ve never held back from addressing the teacher shortage situation. When we post job openings, we barely get applicants for disciplines like physics, even though we will hire and redistribute teachers throughout all counties.
“We have repeatedly contacted our schools and spoken with the education ministry about the shortage of scientific teachers. “Something has to be done,” she said.
During the verification exercise in the sub counties the applicants are required to produce the following document’s: –
A copy of Teacher Registration Certificate/print-out from TSC online portal as evidence of registration as a teacher;
A copy of National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) card (where applicable);
A copy of the National Identity Card (ID) or Passport;
Two (2) colour passport size photographs;
A copy of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) card;
A copy of Kenya Revenue Authority Personal Identification Number (KRA PIN).
The successful applicants will be sent to different schools in early January after TSC verifies their documents and requires them to sign a one-year internship agreement.
All JSS instructors will be retooled at the sub-county level between December 2 and December 5, 2024, as TSC has already indicated.
The Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) and Competency Based Assessments (CBA) will be covered in the training for the teachers.
The purpose of the one-year Teacher Internship Program is to prepare and maintain the skills of those preparing to enter the teaching profession.
The program’s goal is to place jobless registered instructors in educational institutions where they will receive coaching, mentoring, and exposure to real-world teaching situations.
Although most of the present intern teachers have been with the company for two years, the internship will last for twelve months.
An internship with a teacher is not a paid position. However, a monthly salary of Kshs. 20,000/= will be available to interns affiliated with junior secondary institutions.
Statutory deductions such as NHIF, housing levy, and NSSF, if applicable, will be applied to the stipend’s payment.
Teacher interns who successfully complete the internship program will receive a certificate.
TSC gave 50 marks to instructors who completed internships in this year’s scorecard for hiring 46,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable conditions, allowing those who completed internships to automatically convert to PNP.
TSC shortfall in JSS intern recruiting benefits science teachers.