NAIROBI KENYA, Jan 20 – Teacher Service Commission Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nancy Macharia stated that the newly recruited teachers will be put on a retooling regime that will ensure they adequately attend to the Junior Secondary School learners.
Speaking during the 2022 K.C.S.E results release on Friday, Nancy said the commission has already trained 2,376 master trainers before the retooling of all the new instructors and other present secondary school teachers.
“All the teachers who will be recruited in the ongoing exercise will be put on a retooling regime that will ensure they adequately to attend to our Junior Secondary School learners,” she said.
“Already, we have trained 2,376 master trainers ahead of the retooling exercise of all the new teachers and others currently teaching in secondary schools.”
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), 90,000 teachers will be trained between January and April this year to teach in junior secondary schools (JSS).
The commission indicates that it is currently recruiting 30,000 teachers with interviews for those shortlisted set to be concluded Friday in a move that will pave way for the posting of successful teachers.
“It is our intention to have the new recruits join the payroll on January 30th, the same day when the Junior Secondary School learners will report to their respective schools,” she added.
“I assure the country that this process has been conducted independently and professionally while complying with the Values and Principles of the Constitution.”
The CEO at the same time assured the country that the transfer of 14,733 teachers which will become effective this term will not affect the normal delivery of the teaching and learning programs.
Macharia urged teachers to always be prepared to serve the country and put their professionalism first when they are called upon for the marking exercise after the marking process was put on hold at one of the examination centers as a result of examination officials shutting down their operations over low pay.
“I urge our teachers to always be ready to serve the country and put their professionalism first when they are called upon for the marking exercise,” she said.
“As teachers, it is a mark of honor and respect to be identified and recommended for the examining exercise. We should therefore shun any attempts to put our interests before the thousands of candidates whose future we determine through the marking exercise.”
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