Government Announces Criteria to be Used in Hiring 5000 Teachers

First Class Degree holders will have an advantage over the rest of the applicants as the Government embarks on recruiting 5,000 school teachers.

University graduates with first class honours and master’s degrees will be awarded 35 points upon which the rest of the interview will build.

The new guidelines found on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) selection score sheet also indicate that those with Second Class Upper division will get 30 points and those with a pass will get a maximum of 20 points.

Diploma graduates with distinctions will get up to 30 points while those with credits will get 25. Graduates of 2013 or earlier will score 60 points.

The length of time one has stayed out after graduation will also be considered during interviews and applicants who have been out since 2007 and before will get a maximum of 40 points.

All 2016 graduates will only manage 36 points as those who graduate this year are allocated 28 points.

Age will also earn applicants marks. Those aged 40-45 years will score 20 points while those aged 35-39 will score 16.

Those aged between 31-34 will score 12 points and 27 to 30-year-olds will be awarded 8 points.

Those aged 26 and below will score four points.