Teachers declining to take up positions in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS)
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About 60, 000 teachers have declined transfers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) according to TSC (Teachers Service Commission)
About 60, 000 teachers have declined transfers to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) according to TSC (Teachers Service Commission).
About 60,000 primary school teachers are not interested in teaching in Junior Secondary Schools.
Although the Teacher Service Commission has employed 30,000 instructors in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), some regions of the nation are having difficulty filling teaching positions.
According to a publication by The Standard, only 8,367 teachers from primary school had moved to teach in the newly established Junior Secondary Schools.
This is despite some 68,671 primary school teachers being qualified to teach in junior school.
The minimum qualification for deployment to JSS is a diploma in Education.
TSC report explains that primary school teachers were not willing to transfer to junior secondary school as the new roles came with little to no benefits.
“Our analysis has revealed that a sizable number of teachers beyond the grade of C2, especially deputies and headteachers of primary schools, did not apply for deployment to Junior Secondary School since they are already in higher job groups as there was no extra motivation,” the document reads.
Collins Oyuu, secretary general of the Kenya National Union of Teachers, noted that while junior high appears to be a step up in terms of subject matter and workload, the same cannot be true when it comes to compensating teachers.
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Oyuu contends that the roles are undesirable since there is no compensation to represent the difficulty of managing the junior high school.
Learners take 12 compulsory subjects in junior school; they are English, Mathematics, Pre-technical studies, Kiswahili, Integrated Science, Social Studies, Business Studies, Agriculture, Religious Education, Health Education, Sports and Physical Education, and Life Skills Education.
“If a teacher will earn the same amount of money they get but get a heavier workload and teach a more complex level they would rather not move,” Oyuu said.
TSC says the portal for teachers wishing to migrate from primary to secondary school is open and that it will continue recruitment on a rolling basis.
“The portal for application for deployment to Junior School is still vacant and teachers who acquire the necessary qualifications are free to apply and be deployed on a continuous basis,” the document reads.
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