Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has in unexpected turn of events awarded applicants aged 50 years and above 20 marks in their new recruitment score sheet.
According to the score sheet, age of an applicant will be weighty when it comes to scoring marks for recruitment. Applicants aged between 47-49 years will score fifteen (15) marks. Those between 44 – 46 years will score ten (10) marks while applicants below 43 years will only scoop five marks.
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Awarding of marks for both secondary and primary school interns as per age of applicants will be the same. This is the first time TSC is factoring in the age of an applicant in the score sheet.
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Other factors that will guarantee one an employment opportunity is length of stay since graduation, quality of the certificate and communication ability.
Applicants who graduated 2010 and before will have a head start of 70 marks over those who graduated later than than the aforementioned year.
Teachers who graduated 2022 and after will score only 10 marks according to the score sheet to be used in January 2023 recruitment.
General Guidelines Primary Teacher Intern
TSC Sub-County Directors in liaison with their respective TSC County Directors MUST ensure that venues for selection process are accessible to applicants with disability.
Upon generation of Applicants’ Lists from, the TSC County Director shall share the lists with the TSC Sub-County Directors. The TSC Sub-County Directors shall convene the Sub-County Selection Panel(s). The Selection Panel(s) shall identify interview venues, dates and time, which shall be communicated to the TSC Headquarters for verification and publishing.
All the applicants shall be invited for the verification of documents. The applicants shall be informed of the interview venue, date and time through the publishing on the TSC Website at least seven (7) day from the date of publishing.
The verification exercise shall be conducted at the Sub-County level through the TSC Sub-County Selection Panel under the leadership of the TSC SubCounty Director. After the verification exercise, the TSC Sub-County Director shall compile a Merit List of all applicants whose documents have been verified. The Merit Lists shall be used to recruit teachers and any subsequent recruitment within the financial year.
In the event of a tie in the ranking, consideration for selection shall be determined in the following order:
- Length of stay since graduation;
- Strength of academic and professional certificates presented.
N/B:Â If applicants tie at PTE/DPTE Upgrade Certificate points, aggregate KCSE grades or its equivalent shall be considered.
General Guidelines Secondary Teacher Intern
TSC Sub-County Directors in liaison with their respective TSC County Directors MUST ensure that venues for selection process are accessible to applicants with disability.
Upon generation of Applicants’ Lists from, the TSC County Director shall share the lists with the TSC Sub-County Directors. The TSC Sub-County Directors shall convene the Sub-County Selection Panel(s). The Selection Panel(s) shall identify interview venues, dates and time which shall be communicated to the TSC Headquarters for verification and publishing on the TSC Website.
All the applicants shall be invited for the verification of documents. The applicants shall be informed of the interview venue, date and time through the publishing on the TSC Website at least seven (7) day from the date of publishing.
In the event of a tie in the ranking, consideration for selection shall be determined in the following order:
- Length of stay since graduation;
- Strength of academic and professional certificates presented.
N/B:Â If applicants tie at PTE/DPTE Upgrade Certificate points, aggregate KCSE grades or its equivalent shall be considered.