It is in the final stage of the teachers service commission’s deployment of all deserving primary school teachers who have pursued degree programs to junior schools.
In comparison to the present 1,000 every year, the Commission has stated that there are larger expectations for the deployment of more teaching slots the next year.
In order to achieve a seamless double transition in 2023, which will require additional secondary school teachers, the commission is anticipated to accelerate this exercise.
By September of this last year, 1000 p1 practicing instructors had been placed in secondary schools.
Since a significant number of primary schools will be employed as junior schools in 2023, as previously stated by the ministry of education, more instructors who will be deployed next year will likely turn out to be the luckiest.
The schools with better infrastructure will be upgraded to host Junior Secondary School (JSS) wing.
The ones with low enrollment and those in close proximity will be merged and either one of the institution’s infrastructure improved.
Equally those schools with a combination of both primary and junior secondary in the same compound.
Debates on whether the Teachers service Commission will reduce its strict guidelines for the practising P1 teachers to serve the considering that teachers who graduated in various institutions do not attain the minimum KCSE grades required by TSC for one to teach in secondary school may not yield any fruits.
TSC has only been deploying P1 teachers with Degree in secondary school options and those who have attained at least a minimum grade of C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
As per to TSC,the deployed teachers must also possess at least a C+ in their subjects of specialization and meet the minimum teaching units needed for Bachelors Degree in Education.
Data points out that 6,347 primary school teachers possess a degree with a minimum grade of C+ at KCSE and C+ in their main teaching subjects as of July 2020.
Teacher’s successfully deployed will begin at job grade C2 at a salary scale of 34,955 per month then move to the job grade C3 following completion of 3 years as specified in Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) for teachers.
