TSC starts deploying 1,206 teachers to junior secondary schools.
1,206 primary school teachers will be sent to junior secondary schools (JSS) around the country by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as part of the continuous Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) implementation.
In addition to addressing the teacher shortage, this calculated action will guarantee a smooth transition in the teaching-learning process.
The TSC Acting Director of Human Resources, Antonina Lentoijoni, gave regional, district, and sub-district directors instructions to test and assign qualified instructors within a 14-day period in a memo dated May 23.
In the circular, Ms. Lentoijoni stressed that “you are required to ensure that staffing positions in primary schools are updated and teacher rationalization is conducted within 14 days after deployment to ensure that the teaching-learning process continues.”
Teachers who are competent to teach in secondary schools and are currently employed by TSC may be deployed. Interestingly, this deployment is not available to teachers who hold a Bachelor of Education (Primary Option) degree.
The message further stated that TSC will only take into account educators who have indicated a desire to transfer to junior secondary schools and who are on the roster supplied by TSC headquarters.
Ms. Lentoijoni gave directors instructions to update personnel levels in primary schools and make sure they implement teacher rationalization after deployments in order to preserve continuity in primary education. The goal of this meticulous preparation is to reduce interference with the teaching-learning process.
In order to reduce interruptions, the circular also emphasized the significance of gender parity in the deployment process and suggested placing instructors in junior secondary units at or close to their present stations.
The purpose of this strategic placement is to guarantee stability and balanced representation in the schools.
Imbalances in Subject Combinations
Resolving the disparities in topic combinations at the junior secondary levels is a major component of the deployment.
According to Ms. Lentoijoni’s circular, “sub-county directors should not deploy teachers of similar subject combinations already posted to JS unless a station requires more than one teacher of the same subject combination.”
By optimizing teacher allocation according to subject competence, this strategy seeks to provide junior secondary schools with the resources they need to provide a comprehensive education.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) secretary for secondary schools, Henry Obwocha, applauded TSC’s initiative and said that it would greatly help address the severe teacher shortage in junior secondary schools.
“The transfers are a major move by TSC, even as we seek to have more teachers employed and posted to secondary schools in the country at a time we are rolling out the CBC system of education, which has a skewed teacher-student ratio,” Mr. Obwocha stated.
Furthermore, Mr. Obwocha pointed out that many instructors with diplomas have updated their qualifications to university degrees through school-based programs, yet remain in primary schools.
In 2024–2025, he will push for the permanent and pensionable status for the 46,000 teachers who are now employed under contract, emphasizing the importance of promoting and assigning these educators to secondary schools.
“As a union, we feel that all 46,000 teachers employed under contracts should be absorbed under permanent and pensionable terms. TSC’s plans to employ 26,000 teachers are welcome,” he continued.
A major step toward improving the caliber and efficacy of education as part of the CBC implementation has been taken with TSC’s deployment.
TSC starts deploying 1,206 teachers to junior secondary schools.
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