TSC deployment circular 2023. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is preparing to assign over 10,000 primary school teachers to new roles in secondary schools.
These educators were originally recruited by TSC as primary school teachers but have now met the necessary qualifications to teach in middle schools.
To secure a position in a college, TSC must publicly advertise the available positions.
The promotion process is conducted through TSC’s official website and social media channels.
The essential prerequisites for this deployment include being a primary school teacher affiliated with TSC,
achieving at least passing scores in two subjects taught at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or an equivalent qualification,
attaining a C+ average in Kenya’s KCSE secondary education certificate or an equivalent, and
earning a minimum of 8 credits in both of the subjects they teach.
TSC deployment circular 2023
To ensure the smooth implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) program, the TSC Executive Director is responsible for monitoring the teachers at their new assignments.
In the context of recent educational reforms associated with the CBC curriculum,
Junior Secondary School (JSS) learners are required to study a minimum and a maximum of two subjects from various groups,
These subjects include :
- visual and performing arts,
- family science,
- information technology,
- foreign languages like German, French, Mandarin, Arabic, Kenyan Sign Language (KSL), and native languages.
This program follows a consistent format with a designated time of 40 minutes allocated to each course.
The distribution of lessons for high school programs includes subjects like
English (5 lessons),
Math (5 lessons),
Pre-engineering (4 lessons),
Kiswahili/KSL (4 lessons),
Science integration (4 lessons),
Sociology (3 lessons),
Business research (3 lessons),
Agriculture (3 lessons),
Religious education (IRE, CRE, and HRE – 3 lessons),
Physical education and sports (2 courses),
life skills education (1 lesson),
Choose 1 (3 lessons), and 0option 2 (3 lessons), amounting to a total of 45 lessons in all.
TSC deployment circular 2023
TSC is set to deploy these 10,000 primary school teachers in October 2023.