The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has issued a clarification on the countrywide mass recruitment of teachers announced days ago.
In the statement released on Wednesday, January 26, the commission clarified on the selection of primary school teachers to fill the vacancies advertised.
The Dr Nancy Macharia-led agency stated that teachers will be selected from a list of a past recruitment process conducted in July 2021.
"In the January 2022 advertisement on natural attrition, primary school teachers will be selected from the merit list compiled during the recruitment of additional teachers-July 2021," read the statement in part.
On January 19, the commission, announced that the recruitment of 2,945 teachers to replace those who had exited the service through natural attrition.
The commission led by Nancy Macharia, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), advertised 2,053 jobs for primary school teachers and 892 slots for secondary school teachers.
In July 2021, TSC, announced 9,000 vacancies which attracted 350,000 applicants who were interviewed for a week by interview panels spread across the county.
The commission later announced selected candidates in September.
Put into context, primary school teachers will be selected from the list of the shortlisted candidates who were not picked. However, the recruitment of secondary school teachers will go on as scheduled.
TSC holds recruitment of teachers regularly to replace primary and secondary teachers who leave the service for various reasons. In some incidences, most teachers have fallen victim to schemes by conmen, who 'guarantee' them jobs.
In line with this, the commission introduced an online application platform as a way of shielding applicants from scammers, in a country where unemployment is ever-rising.
