TSC has posted 20,000 internships for teachers in junior secondary and primary schools.
The advertisement allocated 2,000 slots for elementary schools and the remaining 18,000 for junior high institutions.
TSC turned on the online application portal and gave a link for teachers who were interested in applying. However, after applying, a number of fresh problems emerged and raised questions.
Etnicity Requirement.
For the first time, teachers must specify their ethnicity on the application for an internship. The commission’s desire to list the teachers’ ethnicity has many teachers perplexed.
However, this may be connected to the TSC interim report, which was delivered to the legislature in May. The majority of the 36,000 teachers hired by TSC in January, according to the study, were teachers from the Kalenjin community.
20.990 teachers out of the 36,000 who were hired in January, according to the report presented by TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia.
The Kalenjin community received the most slots, according to the TSC records, followed by other significant tribes like the Luhya, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luo, and Kisii.
Kenyan Arabs received the last spot on the list, sharing a spot with the Elmollo and Murulle communities.
According to the report, 36 of the 42 recognized tribes received one of the 20,990 teaching spots, leaving six towns without even a single spot.
Requirement for a certificate of good behavior
Now, successful teachers hired as interns must present a certificate of good conduct.
According to Chege, the new CBC curriculum will not permit any teachers to work without a certificate of good behavior. According to Prof. Chege, this is one of the improvements that the CBC will bring about to promote honesty in the educational field.
She claimed that the modifications will aid in removing instructors who lack proper behavior and work ethics. Those attending private schools will also need it in order to help them teach.
The Director of Criminal Investigation issues certificates of good behavior, which are reissued every 12 months.
Teachers seeking for internships have discovered that it is extremely difficult to modify dates once they have been entered and submitted on the current application.
In the past, teachers would review submitted data for inaccuracies. Candidates must use caution, though, as the present recruitment does not offer such choices.
