Good News To P1 Teachers’ Deployed To Junior Secondary
After the reading of the national budget, primary school teachers who were transferred to teach Junior Secondary School (JSS) will begin receiving their salary in arrears.
Only a small portion of the teachers have gotten this month’s pay, although they were all paid in full.
After their documents were validated by their Sub County Directors and deployment letters were given out, the first cohorts, who applied by February 6th 2023, were sent to junior secondary schools.
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The graduate teachers’ deployment (posting) letters indicated that they would begin at job group C2, where they would get a gross wage of ksh 58,335 per month.
TSC reported that it has received 10,833 requests for deployment of qualified primary school teachers to junior secondary schools in a circular dated February 17, 2023.
Only 7,400 eligible teachers, nevertheless, were assigned to begin working with students in grade 7.
TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia offered explicit instructions to Sub County Directors and Primary Headteachers when releasing and receiving teachers in order to expedite payment for the deployed teachers.
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“The County Directors shall begin publishing on the publishing, Entry/ Exit Reports Module to the Sub-County as soon as the instructors are deployed to JSS. The instructors would be posted to JSS by the Sub-County Director, according to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia in the circular.
She instructed Heads of Institution (HOI) releasing the instructors to exit them as soon as possible by submitting Exit Reports so that the Head of Institution receiving them can submit the Entry Report.
She stated that all of these procedures must be carried out online using the Posting, Entry/Exit Reports Module because the Commission no longer accepts or handles paper copy casualties.
“Where the teacher is retained in the same station, the Head of Institution shall exit the teacher from primary school and submit Entry Report for the JSS,” stated Macharia.
However, information about how some instructors received junior secondary teaching approvals without the necessary paperwork has come to light.
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Details revealed that some instructors were deployed despite not meeting the TSC qualifications to teach in junior secondary.
As a result, the Commission began physically reviewing the documents for the teachers who had been stationed at its Nairobi headquarters in Upper Hill.
The Commission verified the authenticity of the application-related documents to make sure they weren’t fakes.
According to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, anyone found guilty will face discipline in accordance with the teacher code of conduct.
Document verification at the corporate office typically takes two to three months.
The second batch of PTE teachers in practice, whose applications were due on March 22, 2023, have not yet been deployed by TSC to junior secondary schools.
After receiving application lists from the Commission, TSC Sub County Directors will simultaneously verify documents and post them.
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Primary school teachers in work group C1 are the most often deployed teachers, followed by those in job group B5.
Pay for a C2 instructor on active duty Base salary: 34,955
Other areas of the house allowance 7,500
difficulty 10,900
500 commuters
(Only paid in January) leave 6,000
Those who are deployed (and have diplomas) will be assigned to job group C2, where they will serve for three years before being automatically transferred to job group C3.
However, those B5 teachers who have degrees will first be assigned to job group C1, where they will work for three years before being automatically promoted to job group C2.
The teachers must be deployed to their present stations or those that are close to their current stations, the Commission directed the Sub County Directors.
Teachers having SNE credentials shall be posted to Special JSS, according to TSC.
Teachers from primary schools who want to transfer to JSS must be certified to teach in secondary institutions. The instructor MUST fulfill the following conditions:
i) Be currently registered with the Teachers Service Commission as a teacher.
ii) Is engaged by the Teachers Service Commission as a primary school teacher.
iii) A person shouldn’t be serving an interdiction or going through a disciplinary procedure right now.
iv) Possess a minimum of a Diploma in Education and at least two C+ grades from the KCSE (or its equivalent; either under the 8-4-4 or CBC curricula) or two (2) principles and one (1) subsidiary pass from “A” Level.
Those who have completed both a Bachelor Degree in Education and a Diploma in Education and have earned a minimum grade of C (plain) at the KCSE (or its equivalent) are eligible.
v) The bachelor’s degree must be indicated on the diploma. Holders of a Bachelor of Education (Primary Option) are ineligible.
vi) The person’s name must appear on the list provided by the headquarters and they must have stated a desire to be sent to a junior secondary school.
During the verification process, candidates are required to produce the following documents:
i) Original and copy of the degree/diploma certificate;
ii) Original and copies of the academic transcripts;
iii) Original and copy of SNE qualification (where applicable);
iv) Original and copy of the KCSE certificate (or its equivalent);
v) A copy of the current payslip;
vi) A declaration by the Head of Institution that the teacher is currently serving.
Good News To P1 Teachers’ Deployed To Junior Secondary
