The government has promised to post 30,550 new teacher recruits to junior secondary schools (JSS) before the opening of the first term in January 2023.
Of the new recruits, 9,000 will be permanent and pensionable while the majority will be teacher interns.
Teachers Service Commission (TSC) chief executive officer Dr Nancy Macharia said they will conclude the mass recruitment exercise, the biggest by the teachers’ employer since 1997, next month.
“For our part, we promise that the exercise will be carried out transparently and in line with the Constitutional requirement of equity and meritocracy,” said Nancy Macharia.
Speaking on Wednesday during the release of the 2022 KCPE results, Ms Macharia said TSC will from next month embark on retraining teachers currently in the service and who will be deployed to junior secondary schools (JSS).
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“I wish to reassure the country that the retooling of teachers will continue to cover all secondary school teachers and those who will be joining the teaching service during the implementation of CBC,” said Dr Macharia.
“Apart from the 30,000 we will be recruiting we shall also be developing guidelines for others we shall be deploying to help in Grade 7,” she said.
The TSC boss further advised Kenyans that they have until Friday December 23, 2022, to hand in their applications for the job.