The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has advertised vacant positions for, principals, deputy principals, headteachers, and deputy headteachers as it seeks to address the shortage of teachers in the country.
In an advert, the commission said it is seeking to recruit 755 principals, 816 deputy principals, 1,208 headteachers, and 2,911 deputy headteachers.
“The Teachers Service Commission is a constitutional body established under Article 237 (1) of the Constitution. Pursuant to its mandate, the Commission invites applications from suitably qualified teachers for the following posts in line with the Career Progression Guidelines,” the notice read.
The teachers’ employer noted that the requirements for the posts are as per the website advert, adding that successful candidates will be posted where the vacancies exist.
People with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply with TSC clarifying that manual applications shall not be considered.
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Applicants should submit their applications through the TSC portal at www.teachersonline.go.ke by midnight on Monday, November 18, 2024.
“Interested candidates, who meet the required qualifications, should submit their applications online through the TSC portal, www.teachersonline.go.ke, so as to be received latest 18th November 2024 at midnight,” TSC stated.
This advertisement comes a month after the commission invited applications to fill 46,000 vacancies for teachers across primary, junior secondary, and secondary schools on permanent and pensionable terms.
Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Education to respond to questions on the employment of JSC teachers, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia revealed the commission received 314,117 applications against the advertised 46,000 positions highlighting a crisis within the education sector.
The CEO, however, revealed that there is an acute shortage of science teachers in the country as most teachers opt for arts studies as opposed to sciences.
“Majority of teachers that are coming out of our universities are arts, we don’t get science teachers when you advertise. But we must agree that we have a shortage of science teachers, we have written to the education ministry several times. You would advertise for science and physics teachers and you won’t find one”, Macharia told the committee.
Macharia encouraged teaching students to consider pursuing sciences, to address the shortage of science teachers in the industry currently flooded with arts teachers.
