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Treasury Confirms Full Disbursement of Capitation Funds to Public Schools

    The National Treasury has officially confirmed that it has completed the full disbursement of capitation funds to all public schools across Kenya, ahead of the second term of the 2025 academic calendar.  This announcement brings a measure of relief to school administrators and education stakeholders who have previously raised concerns over delayed or inadequate funding. According to the statement released by the Treasury, a total of Ksh 31.34 billion has been disbursed, covering both primary and secondary institutions. Of this, Ksh 4.74 billion was allocated to public primary schools, while Ksh 26.6 billion was directed to public secondary schools under the Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) program.  These funds are crucial in supporting various operational needs including textbooks, laboratory equipment, examinations, and utilities. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu welcomed the timely disbursement, stating it will enable schools to function smooth...
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Sweet Salaries JSS Teachers Will Enjoy Once On Permanent And Pensionable Terms

  ,Benefits JSS Intern Teachers Will Get in TSC's Permanent and Pensionable Jobs  Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been allocated KSh 13.4 billion to convert Junior Secondary School (JSS) interns into permanent and pensionable employees JSS interns currently receive a monthly stipend of KSh 20,000, reduced to KSh 17,000 after statutory deductions JSS intern teachers will have higher salaries and get various allowances as well as health insurance cover The National Assembly  Education  Committee is set to meet with the TSC to discuss the employment of 46,000 JSS interns and the promotion status of teachers in their 40s and 50s. TSC CEO Nancy Macharia (l) has asked for more money to hire JSS intern teachers on permanent and pensionable terms. Picture of a teacher with pupils used for illustration. Photo: Getty Images/TSC. Source: UGC Parliament  allocated TSC KSh 13.4 billion  for the conversion of JSS intern teachers to permanent and pensionable employe...

TSC New Method of Replacing Teachers Exiting

  TSC New method of Replacing teachers exiting service TSC Teacher Replacement 2024, The  Teachers Service Commission  is set to replace all those teachers who have exited the service through Natural Attrition. TSC chairperson Jamleck Muturi has declared that there are available vacancies set to be advertised for those teachers who have exited the service. Dr. Jamleck Muturi has mentioned while at Tambachi Teachers College in Elgeyo Marakwet County that the commission will consider those areas which have a shortage of teachers during the recruitment process. He stated that the government is working on a program to increase the number of teachers in all public institutions. Deficit Of Teachers In Schools “Nationally we have a deficit of about 100,000 teachers, but the government is always giving us the opportunity to recruit 5,000 teachers every year,” he said. Dr. Muturi told the education stakeholders while addressing them at Elgeyo Marakwet County to work together to ac...

TSC Guidelines for Selecting Primary Headteachers and Deputy Headteachers.

TSC Guidelines for Selecting Primary Headteachers and Deputy Headteachers. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has provided to key areas as requirements under primary school headteacher and their deputy for consideration. Also the commission has split the headteacher positions to two. These are ; 1.HEAD TEACHER   REGULAR PRIMARY SCHOOL BASED UNDER  T-SCALE 10 Related Posts 2.HEAD TEACHER  SNE PRIMARY SCHOOL BASES UNDER   T-SCALE 10 PRIMARY HEADTEACHER APPOINTMENT REQUIREMENTS ( REGULAR SCHOOL) Interested teachers to be appointed to this grade must be able in possession of the following or portray the following  served  as primary  school Deputy Head Teacher II ( TSC Scale 9)and have served for a minimum period of three (3) years Clear satisfactory rating in the performance appraisal process. An ability to supervise,to mentor as well as provision of  professional support to other teachers. All the key requirements of Chapter Six (6) of ...

TSC July Mass Recruitment 2024

TSC July Mass Recruitment 2024, Beginning in 2024, the   Teachers Service Commission   (TSC) intends to remove places for the Primary Teachers Certificate Training (PTE). This is also referred to as the P1 certificate, from Employment. Its examination of the laws governing the teaching profession includes this. Diverse responses have been generated by the aforementioned idea among education sector. The TSC reports that a diploma will now be the minimal prerequisite for admission to teacher training programs. Furthermore, according to TSC, candidates for teaching positions should have earned at least a C- in English. In addition, a D+ in mathematics, for a minimum overall grade of C. TSC currently plans to confer with the Ministry of Education before bringing these suggested modifications before parliament. Teachers Who Will Miss July TSC Recruitment The commission which employs the Teachers cites suggestions from the presidential working party on education changes. This is as ...

Why teachers risk missing out on retirement benefits

                                TSC CEO Nancy Macharia. Thousands of teachers risk missing their  retirement benefits  owing to lack of their details in the government system. Teachers Service Commission blamed this on improper registration with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). The commission said many teachers in basic education across the country have failed to register with the NSSF, jeopardising their privilege to retireTSC called on teachers to update their details before June 21 to secure their benefits. Siaya TSC County Director Gideon Nandi revealed that remittances of the affected teachers are currently held in suspense accounts due to lack of NSSF account. “We have over 4,000 teachers both in primary and secondary who are contributing to NSSF but their remittances are lying in the suspense account due to them not having NSSF account numbers,” he said. Consequently, TSC has i...

Inside TSC’s July Salary Increment Analysis for each job group.

  Inside TSC’s July Salary Increment Analysis for each job group. Teachers will only be eligible for the TSC July Salary Increment if they were engaged before July 1, 2023, even if they anticipate that the phase 2 compensation increment will be fully implemented by July 2024. While rates in the other three clusters stay the same, cluster 4 teachers will see changes to their housing allowance. According to rules established by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the postponed phase 2 salary increase will begin on July 1st, 2024. In order to enable qualifying teacher categories under the TSC make more money and keep up with the rising cost of living, the aforementioned pay increase was implemented. According to Honorable Ndindi Nyorou, the Member of Parliament for Kiharu, the key indicators for the passage of the Phase 2 Increment have disclosed the plan for the second phase of the pay review subsequent to the declaration of the budget allocations for 2024–2025. This national budg...