The ongoing recruitment of 20,000 teachers by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been reported to be unfair. Exclusive information shows that the recruitment exercise is skewed to favour Members of Parliament who are in support of the Government.
These revelations have been made by Naivasha Member of Parliament, MP, Honourable Jane Kihara.
According to Hon. Kihara, the exercise should be suspended and investigations carried out over alleged bias and skewed process.
The lawmaker alleged that the exercise has taken a political angle with some constituencies benefitting while others were locked out.
As a result of the exercise, Kihara noted that hundreds of teachers who had met the set academic standards and levels would miss out.
Kihara observed that the problem started last year when MPs who were perceived as pro-government were issued employment forms to share with teachers in their constituencies.
She added that tens of MPs who had supported impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua were locked out from the ‘presidential Christmas gift.’
“It’s in the public domain that the employment forms are being given to MPs who support the President and this is unfair to teachers and it is time that this was stopped,” she said.
Speaking at Naivasha Day Secondary School after giving them a bus, Kihara noted that the education sector was headed for the dogs due to graft and lack of funding.
She said that tens of schools had missed out on the Junior Secondary School (JSS) classrooms, raising fears that tens of students joining grade nine could miss out.
“The issue has further been worsened by failure by the government to release capitation funds and hence many schools cannot operate,” she said.
Kihara termed the University funding model as another source of concern as hundreds of students from poor families had been locked out.
“The government introduced a controversial funding model for poor students seeking to join Universities and as a result, many families are undergoing untold suffering,” she said.
On his part, the School Principal Amos Gamba said that the number of students in the day school had risen from 800 to 1,500 in five years.
“We are happy that the school’s academic performance has continued to improve every year and this bus will further motivate the students,” he said.
The school’s chairman Joseph Kibuta noted that for years parents had sought to have a bus but could not afford it due to the harsh economic times.
“This is the largest day school in Naivasha supporting hundreds of students from poor families and the support from NG-CDF has come in handy,” he said.
Currently documents verification exercise for the applicants is ongoing in all sub counties.
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Applicants are required to present original and legible photocopies of the following, among other relevant documents for verification:-
List of documents required for verification for primary school teachers
1) National identification card;
2) Certificate of Registration as a teacher;
3) Evidence of the completion of Upgrade Diploma in Primary Teacher Education or UDPTE Certificate where applicable.
4) PTE Certificate;
5) KCSE certificates or its equivalent (include certificates for attempts if one resat exam);
6) KCPE certificate or it’s equivalent (include certificates for attempts if one resat exam);
7) Letter of Certification of results by KNEC (where applicable);
8) Primary and Secondary School leaving certificates and other relevant testimonials;
9) National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) Card (where applicable);
10) An Affidavit sworn under the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act, Cap 15 of the Laws of Kenya to explain the variance in names.
List of documents required for verification for post primary school teachers
a) National identification card;
b) Certificate of Registration as a teacher;
c) Diploma/Degree certificate and official transcripts;
d) KCSE certificates or its equivalent (include certificates for attempts if one re-sat exams);
e) KCPE certificate or its equivalent (include certificates for attempts if one re-sat exams);
f) Primary and Secondary School leaving certificates and other relevant testimonials;
g) National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) Card (where applicable);
h) An Affidavit sworn under the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act, Cap 15 of the Laws of Kenya to explain the variance in names;
i) Letter of certification of results by KNEC (where applicable).
However serving intern teachers are only required to present their identity cards during the verification process.
Persons with disabilities shall be required to indicate their disability status together with the nature of disabilities to inform their placement;
After the verification exercise, the TSC Sub-County Director shall compile a Merit List of all applicants whose documents have been verified.
TSC said the Merit Lists shall be made available to members of the public wishing to see them on request in a manner that will not jeopardize the recruitment process and in total adherence to the Data Protection Act, 2019.
In this recruitment TSC has awarded 30 marks to teachers employed by TSC on internship terms.
The Commission has also awarded 5 marks to holders of PTE certificates who upgraded to UDPTE.