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TEACHER RECRUITMENT – Elimu Pedia https://elimupedia.com Number One portal for matters education, How to, TSC,KUCCPS, HELB,KRA , Top 10 bests,and Parenting. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 04:19:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Government Sets Aside Ksh19.7B For Teacher Recruitment https://elimupedia.com/government-sets-aside-ksh19-7b-for-teacher-recruitment.html Wed, 08 Nov 2023 04:19:59 +0000 https://elimupedia.com/?p=13740 Government Sets Aside Ksh19.7B For Teacher Recruitment

President William Ruto has said the government will allocate Sh19.7 billion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to recruit more teachers.

Speaking during the Taxpayers Day celebrations in Mombasa, yesterday, Ruto announced that the funds will be made available under the supplementary budget currently awaiting approval by the National Assembly.

Under the supplementary budget, the education sector is poised to get Sh62 billion.

“Our budget to TSC has increased by Sh20 billion because we are hiring additional teachers. Some 56,000 additional teachers are on our payroll this year,” Ruto said.

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Over the past year, the Kenya Kwanza administration has made commendable strides in tackling the teachers shortage, having employed 35,790 new teachers.

Notably, 1,000 of these were recruited on permanent and pensionable terms for primary schools while 3,986 interns joined the primary school system.

Moreover, an impressive 9,000 teachers were hired on permanent and pensionable terms for junior secondary schools, and an additional 21,365 were recruited as intern teachers for junior schools. The recruitment drive is a departure from the previous administration’s approach, which hired approximately 5,000 teachers annually.

In July President Ruto said: “For the first time, the government has employed 35,000 teachers this year, a number unprecedented in recent history. By August, we aim to recruit an additional 25,000 teachers, ensuring that every child in Kenya has access to quality education.”

In the current financial year, the education sector received an allocation of Sh628.6 billion and will get an additional Sh62 billion under the supplementary budget.

“If you compare last year. The education budget last year was Sh545 billion to Sh690 billion. This year the budget, factored in with the current supplementary budget, that is Sh145 billion additional money for our education. This is deliberate, because we believe every child in Kenya should have a chance at life by making sure that they have access to education,” said the Head of State.

The supplementary budget also caters to the State Department for Higher Education and Research, which will receive an extra Sh29.3 billion, bringing the total budget to Sh157.9 billion, with a focus on scholarships under the new funding model.

Ruto said the investment is vital for developing an improved human capital. “We are increasing the money going to our universities by a whole Sh48 billion. So what I see on the horizon is an improved human capital,” he said.

]]> More Teachers to Be Recruited as Treasury Allocates MOE sh. 544.4B https://elimupedia.com/more-teaches-to-be-recruited-as-treasury-allocates-moe-sh-544-4b.html https://elimupedia.com/more-teaches-to-be-recruited-as-treasury-allocates-moe-sh-544-4b.html#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:54:07 +0000 https://elimupedia.com/?p=6032 More Teachers to Be Recruited as Treasury Allocates MOE sh. 544.4B

The government has allocated the Education sector Sh 544.4 in the 2022-23 budget proposals of the Sh3.31 trillion total budget.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani while tabling the budget estimates in parliament on Thursday, April 7 said the government is committed to increase access to quality education.
The sh3.31 trillion is equivalent to per cent of the Gross Domestic Pro (GDP) of the country.
The amount was increased from Sh503.9 billion allocated in 2021-2022 budget.
The treasury allocated Sh1.2 billion for the training of teachers on Competency Based Curriculum.
Free Primary Education programme will receive Sh1.2 billion while free day Secondary education has been allo Sh64.4 billion.
To keep students in school the government allocated Sh 1.96 billion to the school feeding program.
To ensure all candidates sit for the examinations Sh5 billion has been allocated for examination fees waiver for Grade 6,Class 8 and Form 4 candidates.
The Teachers Service Commission has been allocated Sh2.5 billion,this is for recruitment of new teachers.

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The digital literacy programme has received Sh310 million and ICT integration in secondary schools a drop from Sh420 million allocated last year.
The treasury also allocated Sh 294.7 billion for the Teachers Service Commission, sh 91.2 billion for university education and Sh 15.8 billion for the Higher Education Board.
More funds were also allocated to other departments in the education sector.

]]> https://elimupedia.com/more-teaches-to-be-recruited-as-treasury-allocates-moe-sh-544-4b.html/feed 1 TSC Lowers Qualifications in Current Mass Hiring of Teachers-Apply now https://elimupedia.com/tsc-lowers-qualifications-in-mass-hiring-of-teachers-relaxes-qualifications-apply-now.html Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:34:29 +0000 https://elimupedia.com/?p=5921 TSC Lowers Qualifications in Mass Hiring of Teachers

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Tuesday, March 22 announced the mass recruitment of teachers to counter the shortage of instructors in Kenya’s North-Eastern region.

Speaking in Mombasa, TSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nancy Macharia explained that the government gave the green light for the enrolment process following the mass exodus of non-local teachers from the region.

Macharia added that the teacher’s employer will be working with locals and leaders to sign up and train teachers from the region. However, she clarified that hiring was open to professionals from all regions.

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia addresses National Assembly’s education committee on February 19, 2020.

“It is true, non-local staff do not prefer working in North Eastern due to security-related issues. We are, therefore, working with area leaders to sign up teachers originating in the region as well as in other regions,” she noted.

Reiterating support from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government, she noted that funds had been allocated for the process which will run throughout the year.

“Unlike in the norm where we would recruit teachers after the commission receives funding, this recruitment will go on through the year,” Macharia declared.

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The TSC boss encouraged teachers from across the country to apply for the job opportunities through the office of the commission’s county directors. She further waived qualifications, allowing retirees to sign up.

“Even those who had retired from the profession at 60 years of age but are yet to clock 65 years can apply for the jobs. We expect that this will help fill in the gaps,” Macharia stated.

On February 25, leaders and education stakeholders in the region asked the government to intervene and proposed that the entry grade for those who wish to train as teachers to be lowered to D minus.

They further called for the government to beef up security in the region and protect teachers and students too.

Since 2021, teachers have been fled the North-Eastern region in their numbers following what they claimed were targeted attacks on non-locals by a militia group in the region.

The attacks, coupled with ambushes by the Al Shabaab militant group saw nearly 40,000 teachers abandon their professions, leaving the majority of the institutions understaffed. This led to the subsequent closure of a number of schools.

]]> Treasury Slashes TSC’s Teacher Recruitment Budget For 2022 https://elimupedia.com/treasury-slashes-tscs-teacher-recruitment-budget-for-2022.html Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:13:12 +0000 https://elimupedia.com/?p=2960 Treasury Slashes TSC’s Teacher Recruitment Budget For 2022

The government treasury has expressed non-committal towards recruitment of additional teachers to enhance competency-based curriculum implementation by slashing the TSC teacher recruitment budget.

Should the government fail to equip TSC with adequate resources, then CBC implementation will be a white elephant. The resources in this case should be among others, hiring and training of teachers, which should be captured in the budget of the next two financial years.

Out of the ksh. 300.503 billion proposed and presented by TSC to the treasury, the latter allocated only ksh. 281.704B in the 2021/2022 financial budget.

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In January 2023, current grade four learners will be joining grade seven in junior secondary schools while current standard six learners under 8-4-4 will be joining form one. Other double intakes are expected in 2024 and 2025 when the last cohort under 8-4-4 will be joining secondary schools.

With the government turning 100 percent transition into a song, and increasing enrolment numbers annually, more CBC compliant teachers will be required in high schools.

Even before factoring CBC, TSC projected in its strategic plan, a teacher shortage of 97,826 teachers; 36,155 teachers in primary schools and 61,671 teachers in secondary schools.

“At the secondary level, the constant projected shortage between 2019 and 2023 is premised to be on the assumption that the government will sustain the provision of 12,627 teachers per year at this level. The full implementation of competency-based curriculum is however expected to impact the teacher demand significantly,” reads part of the TSC strategic plan.

Currently, TSC is under pressure to solve the existing teacher shortages, yet the money that has been budgeted for recruitment is far much lower than what TSC requires to recruit and train more teachers on CBC.

Additionally, from the financial year 2021/2022, TSC plans to recruit 1500 teachers in three phases of 12 months each. It also projects to train 75000 teachers on school-based teacher support system (SBTSS) in three phases of 12 months each.

More teachers are also expected to retire in 2023, further deepening the teacher shortage.

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