Over 350,000 jobless teachers applied for the 9,000 teaching vacancies that were advertised by the Teachers Service Commission. In yet another signal on the state of joblessness in Kenya, the hundreds of thousands of teachers will now battle it out in interviews that are slated to start from July 22 and end on July 28.
The interviews for the positions will be conducted by interview panels that will be spread across the country and spearheaded by TSC County directors, school management board chairs, education specialists and principals. The outcome of the interviews is expected to be made by September this year.
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The TSC has been facing criticism over what has been termed as its decision to award teachers under its internship program higher chances of getting employed. This is after the TSC announced that it had increased points to be awarded to teachers serving as interns from 10 to 30 per cent. AT the same time, points awarded from unemployed teachers who graduate from college fell from 50 per cent to 25 per cent.
In the latest teaching vacancies, the TSC is seeking to employ 4,000 new secondary school teachers to be employed on a permanent and pensionable term. 2,897 more will be hired to replace retired teachers in high schools. TSC announced 1,000 vacancies in primary schools and also intends to promote 1,000 teachers from primary to secondary schools. In addition, 927 new teachers will also be hired to replace those who retired or quit their jobs in primary schools.
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Under the TSC scoring system, teachers with a Masters degree, and first class honours bachelor’s degree who graduated in year 2015 or earlier will also gain a massive boost. It is this category of teachers together with interns who will stand the best chances of getting jobs with the commission.
