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TSC request to teachers on the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Programme (SEQIP)

Beatrice Wababu who is the Head of Corporate Communications at TSC- Kenya.

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has urged teachers to provide feedback on the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Programme (SEQIP). This is a programme that is run by TSC and the Ministry of Education (MOE) among other stakeholders.

SEQIP aims at improving the transition from primary to secondary school and also enhancing retention of learners in school. The School Based Teacher Support System (SBTSS) which improves teacher delivery capacity is a component of SEQIP that is run by TSC.

Now, TSC Head of Corporate Affairs Beatrice Wababu tells teachers that the phone calls are not from scammers.
“To get the feedback on SEQIP implementation, MOE has contracted a verification agency that is doing a survey on key stakeholders who include teachers through phone calls. Please cooperate with this agency by providing them with the information that they are seeking through their calls. These callers always introduce themselves adequately.” She says.
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TSC is implementing part of the component 1 of the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP) on ‘improving the quality of teaching in targeted areas’.
The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve student learning in secondary education and transition from primary to secondary in targeted areas.
The programme is being run in some parts of 30 selected counties.
Here is the full list of Counties and Sub- counties where the Project will be implemented; in Primary and Secondary schools (both Public and Private schools):
  • Baringo County (3 Sub- counties): Baringo North, East Pokot and Marigat.
  • Bomet County (2 Sub- counties): Chapalungu and Sotik
  • Bungoma County: Bungoma West, Cheptais and Mt. Elgon.
  • Busia County: Bunyala, Busia, Butula, Nambale, Samia, Teso North and Teso South.
  • Elgeyo Marakwet: Marakwet East and Marakwet West.
  • Garissa: Balambala, Dadaab, Fafi, Hulugho, ijara and Lagdera.
  • Homa Bay County: Suba.
  • Isiolo County: Garbatula, Isiolo and Merti.
  • Kajiado County: Kajiado Central and Loitokitok
  • Kakamega County: Butere, Kakamega South, Khwisero, Likuyani, Lugari and Navakholo.
  • Kilifi County: Ganze, Kaloleni, Magarini and Marindi.
  • Kisii County: Marani and Nyamache.
  • Kitui County: Ikutha, Kyuso, Mumoni, Mutito, Mutomo, Mwingi Central, Nzambani, Tseikuru and Mwingi East.
  • Kwale County: Kinango, Kwale and Msambweni.
  • Laikipia county: Laikipia North.
  • Machakos County: Masinga and Yatta.
  • Makueni County: Kathonzweni, Kibwezi, Makindu, Makueni and Nzaui.
  • Mandera County: Banisa, Lafey, Mandera Central, Mandera East, Mandera North and Mandera West.
  • Marsabit County: Chaibi, Horr North, Loiyangalani, Marsabit, Moyale, Sololo and Marsabit South.
  • Migori County: Kuria East, Kuria West and Uriri.
  • Murang’a County: Kandara, Kigumo and Murang’a East.
  • Nandi County: Tinderet.
  • Narok County: Trans Mara East.
  • Samburu County: Samburu Central, samburu East and Samburu North.
  • Taita Taveta County: Taveta.
  • Tharaka Nithi County: Tharaka North and and Tharaka South.
  • Tana River County: Bura (Tana North), Tana Delta and Tana River.
  • Turkana County: Kibish, Loima, Turkana Central, Turkana east, Turkana North, Turkana south and Turkana West.
  • Wajir County: Buna, Eldas, Habaswein, Tarbaj, wajir East, Wajir North, Wajir South and Wajir West.
  • Pokot County: Pokot Central, Pokot North, Pokot South and West Pokot.

New salaries for secondary school teachers (Job group K/ grade C2): July 2020-2021 TSC salaries

TSC new salaries for secondary school teacher 2 (job group K/ C2): Teachers' salaries from July 2020-2021.

Secondary Teacher II are teachers in Secondary schools whose grade is C2 (formerly K;  Grade C2 is an entry grade for secondary school teachers who are holders of a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or its equivalent. It is also a promotional grade for holders of Diploma in Education. These tutors earn monthly basic salaries of Sh34,955-49,694.

The basic salaries for these teachers are paid depending on the areas where they work. Teachers who work in Nairobi get a slightly higher house allowance compared to those plying their trade in rural schools. But, all these tutors earn an equal amount of commuter allowance; which is Sh5,000.

To know your exact salary, check your current salary (under the current salary column) and move along the row to the right. what you see under gross pay is what you will earn before deductions.

Those working in hardship areas (get Sh10,900) plus those handling physically challenged students get extra allowances.

Remember, the commission pays a flat rate of Sh6,000 per year as leave allowance. This is paid together with the January salaries.

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The tables below show the salary scales for secondary school teacher 2.

Table 1: Salaries for secondary school teacher II working in Nairobi.
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 K C2 34,955 34,955 5,000 16,500 56,455
2 K C2 36,280 36,280 5,000 16,500 57,780
3 K C2 37,654 37,654 5,000 16,500 59,154
4 K C2 39,081 39,081 5,000 16,500 60,581
5 K C2 40,562 40,562 5,000 16,500 62,062
6 K C2 42,099 42,O99 5,000 16,500 21,500
7 K C2 49,694 49,694 5,000 16,500 71,194

 

Table 2: Salaries for secondary school teacher II working in former major municipalities (Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale)
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 K C2 34,955 34,955 5,000 12,800 52,755
2 K C2 36,280 36,280 5,000 12,800 54,080
3 K C2 37,654 37,654 5,000 12,800 55,454
4 K C2 39,081 39,081 5,000 12,800 56,881
5 K C2 40,562 40,562 5,000 12,800 58,362
6 K C2 42,099 42,O99 5,000 12,800 17,800
7 K C2 49,694 49,694 5,000 12,800 67,494

 

Table 3: Salaries for secondary school teacher II working in other former municipalities
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 K C2 34,955 34,955 5,000 9,600 49,555
2 K C2 36,280 36,280 5,000 9,600 50,880
3 K C2 37,654 37,654 5,000 9,600 52,254
4 K C2 39,081 39,081 5,000 9,600 53,681
5 K C2 40,562 40,562 5,000 9,600 55,162
6 K C2 42,099 42,O99 5,000 9,600 14,600
7 K C2 49,694 49,694 5,000 9,600 64,294

 

Table 4: Salaries for secondary school teacher II working in other areas
SALARY POINTS JOB GROUP GRADE CURRENT SALARY BASIC SALARY FROM JULY 2020 COMMUTER ALLOWANCE HOUSE ALLOWANCE GROSS SALARY: JULY 2020-2021
1 K C2 34,955 34,955 5,000 7,500 47,455
2 K C2 36,280 36,280 5,000 7,500 48,780
3 K C2 37,654 37,654 5,000 7,500 50,154
4 K C2 39,081 39,081 5,000 7,500 51,581
5 K C2 40,562 40,562 5,000 7,500 53,062
6 K C2 42,099 42,O99 5,000 7,500 12,500
7 K C2 49,694 49,694 5,000 7,500 62,194

TSC requires 50,000 more teachers to address staffing gaps

TSC boss Dr. Nancy Macharia (left) shares with the Education CS prof. George Magoha. Macharia says the country needs an additional 50,000 teachers to address the current staffing gaps in primary and secondary schools.
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, is planning to recruit an additional 5,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms. This is according to the commission boss Dr. Nancy Macharia. While appearing before the National Assembly’s Education Committee on Tuesday, Dr. Macharia said the teachers’ employer will require close to Sh1.2 billion in the 2020/2021 financial year to recruit the teachers so as to close the teething staff shortages experienced in public schools.

She said part of the money will be required to recruit 10,000 more teachers on internship. There are currently over 10,000 intern teachers who were recruited during the 2019/ 2020 financial year.

This comes as the commission reports that the country is facing a shortage of about 50,000 teachers. A situation that has greatly overburdened the available tutors. According to Dr. Macharia, primary schools require 48,173 more teachers to address the shortage. There are 211,046 primary school teachers currently out of the required number of 259,219.

Garissa, West Pokot, Wajir and Narok counties headline the list of counties with the highest staff shortages. A closer look at this list shows that most of these areas are largely hardship areas.

Nairobi, Kirinyaga, Laikipia, Uasin Gishu, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Murang’a, Meru, Isiolo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Embu and Kiambu counties are more comfortable in terms of meeting their staffing needs.

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TVETs require over Sh6 billion.

The commission is at the same time seeking about Sh500 million to be used by its field operations to facilitate its officers.

“Field officers play a key role in ensuring maintenance of teaching standards through regular monitoring and quality assurance at the school level,” Dr. Macharia told Legislators this past Tuesday.

On his part, Education Cabinet Secretary says the ministry is in need of Sh429 million to mitigate the effects of covid-19 in the sector. Prof. Magoha says part of the funds will be utilize in buying sanitizers, soaps, masks and carry out covid-19 tests for staff and students in the various Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, institutions in the country.

The CS, while appearing before the National Assembly’s Education Committee on Tuesday, sought for an additional Sh6.6 billion shillings. Of this amount, Sh3.8 billion will be used in catering for needs of the projected 300,000 new numbers of TVET students. There are currently 173,000 students studying in the TVETS countrywide. The remaining Sh2.8 billion is to be directed towards recruitment of an additional 3,674 TVBETs tutors.

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New TPAD 2 Termly Calendar of activities

Calendar of Activities for the New TPAD 2 per term
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, requires each school to plan for the termly appraisals for teachers. All the teachers are to be appraised under the new Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD 2) system.

The New/ Revised TPAD Online System provides a module where all TPAD activities will be uploaded throughout the appraisal period by appraisee, appraiser and countersigning officer.

The planning for the term’s appraisal activities should be done few days before the schools open. There should be continuous monitoring and reporting of the appraisals during the term.

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TABLE: TEACHER PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND DEVELOPMENT (TPAD) CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
S/No TPAD ACTIVITY ACTIVITY EXECUTED BY TIME FRAME
1 Planning meetings before school opening involving all staff to set school TPAD Activity calendar Heads of Institutions , Senior Management Team, Teachers, By the last week of the school holiday.
2 Submission of professional documents Heads of institution All Teachers By the end of the first week of the term
3 Undertaking Lesson observations and identifying and documenting teacher’s professional gaps Appraisees and appraisers. Between 2nd week and 10th week of the term
4 Undertaking teacher professional development to address professional gaps. Appraisees, appraisers, institutional administrators. Throughout the term; from 1st week to the last week of the term
5 Internal Monitoring & Evaluation of the implementation of TPAD process. Heads of institution, Deputy Head of Institution, Heads of Department Continuous throughout the term
6 Monitoring the implementation of TPAD process at county level; zonal, sub county & county Curriculum Support Officers, Sub County Directors and County Directors Throughout the term; from 1st week to the last week of the term
7 TPAD rating meetings Appraisee (teachers) and appraiser (HODs, deputy heads, Heads of Institution, CSOs, SCD) By the closing date of the term
8 Uploading of TPAD data and evidence. Appraisee (teachers) and appraiser (HODs, deputy heads, Heads of Institution, CSOs, SCD) Throughout the term

 

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2020 TSC Teachers Recruitment news

The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has been asked to stop employing teachers on internship. The National Assembly Education Committee wants the Commission to put a break on the internship programme and focus on employing teachers on permanent and pensionable terms.

While appearing before the Committee on Wednesday January 19, 2020, TSC boss Dr. Nancy Macharia said the Commission is seeking to recruit an additional 10,000 teacher interns this year. Macharia was quick to defend the move saying their budgetary allocation from the National Treasury is stifled making it difficult for the Commission to employ teachers on permanent basis.

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According to Dr. Macharia, TSC has only 2 billion shillings for recruitment against a budget of 15.4bn Shillings.

Macharia said the Commission will also recruit 5,000 teachers on permanent and pensionable terms this year to close the teething staffing gaps; more in secondary schools. She said the 100% transition policy has overstretched the teaching work force in the country hence need for additional teachers. The TSC boss appeared before the Committee to present the Commission’s budget for the 2020/2021 financial year.

TSC kicked off the internship programme in 2019 with about 10,000 teachers enrolled on the program. An intern teacher in secondary school earns Sh15,000 per month while their primary schools’ counterparts pocket Sh10,000 per month.

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